The Denim Workshop

The companion page to The Denim Upcycling for Beginners Workbook. Your jeans, your measurements, your layouts.

Will my jeans do?

Lay each pair flat and measure one leg, in inches, as Chapter 3 of the book shows. The page opens each leg into four panels and places every project's pieces on them, the same way the book does for the example pair. The numbers already filled in are the book's example pair.

The answer updates as you type.

My cutting layouts

Choose a project and a pair. The layout is drawn on that pair's panels, with every piece and its letter from the book's cutting list. The top of each panel is the crotch end, where the leg is widest. Print it and take it to the cutting table.

Full-size patterns

Print at 100%, or "actual size". Never "fit to page". Then measure the square marked "1 inch" with a ruler before you cut anything. If it is not exactly 1 inch, look for a "scale" or "fit to page" setting in your printer window and turn it off.

The solid line is the cutting line. The dashed line is the stitching line, 1/2" in. The arrow is the grain: lay it along the leg of the jeans. Each pattern prints on its own sheet.

Tablet sleeve calculator

Project 14, sized for whatever you want to put in it. Measure with its case on if you will keep the case on.

Shopping lists

Everything each project needs that doesn't come from the jeans. Tick what you have; the ticks stay on this device.