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How To Make A Pretty Upcycled Denim Flowers Bouquet

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One of my favourite ways to decorate my home is with flowers, real and faux. I’m also a huge fan of repurposing my old jeans for the home. I managed to combine both passions with these upcycled denim flowers.

Real flowers are gorgeous and can’t be beaten, but I only get them a couple of times a year. I’m lucky if they last a week or two. Whereas, all the faux flowers I make are everlasting.

I’ve made giant paper flowers, beautiful map roses, and even fabric flowers from an old bedsheet in the past. However, I’ve never made denim flowers until now.

DIY Repurposed Denim Roses

I have thought about making denim flowers for a while but just didn’t get around to it. Then when I did have ago I tried out various methods and decided that the best flowers to make out of old jeans where denim roses.

These denim roses are actually made in a very similar way to my map roses but using old jeans instead of old road maps.

Making denim roses was really enjoyable. So much so and ended up making enough for a denim bouquet. Old jeans in different shades of indigo where repurposed to make my denim rose bouquet look more interesting.

I made so many denim roses that I even had some leftover to turn into lovely napkin holders.

These denim flowers look great in a gin bottle vase. Well, that was the excuse I used for finishing off the gin.

I had a really pleasant evening making repurposed denim roses whilst sipping gin and tonics.

Be warned too many gins whilst using a hot glue gun is not always the best idea!

faux flower bouquet

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What You Need To Make A Denim Flowers Bouquet

Denim scraps from old blue jeans

How To Make Denim Roses

1. The first thing to do is to download the rose petal template and print it out. Or if you are confident enough draw your own petal shapes. You will need petals in 3 different sizes.

Map rose petal template

2. Next, place the small petal template onto a scrap piece of denim and draw around it and cut out the shape. Repeat with the other petal sizes.

I used 6 small petals, 5 medium petals and 5 large petals for each rose. If you want a bigger rose you can just add more petals.

Drawing around and cutting out denim petals

3. Next, cut out 2 leaf shapes for each rose. I like to use a slightly different shade of denim to the petals for the leaves so they stand out more.

denim leaves and petals cut outs

4. Before putting the denim flowers together, prepare a stem. Do this by cutting a long thin strip of denim about 1-2cm wide and about 30cm long.

Then using glue stick one end of the denim strip to the tip of the wooden skewer. Wrap the rest of the denim around the whole skewer securing it in places with glue as you go.

Making a stem for denim roses

5. Next, glue the denim petals to the stem with the hot glue gun. Start off with one small petal and wrap it around the tip of the denim step. Then glue the other 5 small petals around the stem.

Next, glue the 5 medium petals around the stem. Make sure they are evenly spaced and overlap the gaps between the small petals. Repeat the process with the 5 large petals.

Finally, glue the two denim leaves to the base of the roses.

Making denim flowers
Finished denim roses

Tips For Making Denim Flowers

The denim roses I made were soft and a little floppy as I upcycled denim from well-worn jeans. However, if you would like a stiffer denim flower I suggest that you cover each petal with fabric glue beforehand. Once the fabric glue has dried the petals will become stiffer.

Finished denim flowers

Create roses of 2 different colours using the same pair of jeans. The colour will depend on which way round you glue the petals. For darker roses glue the petals on the wrong side of the denim and for lighter denim flowers glue the petals the other way around.

Making A Denim Rose Napkin Ring

To make a denim napkin ring instead of using a wooden skewer for the stem of the denim flower use some thick garden wire.

Once the denim rose is made then twist the wire into a loop to hold a rolled-up napkin.

denim flower napkin ring

Making a Denim Flower Bouquet

If you make the denim flowers from scraps from different pairs of jeans you can make a lovely denim bouquet. With the long wooden stems, it is easy to display the denim flower bouquet in a mason jar or gin bottle vase.

denim flower bouquet
Denim flowers in gin bottle

I warn you that making these denim roses is an addictive craft. I spent one Saturday evening making a load of the denim flowers whilst drinking gin and tonic so I had some lovely gin bottle vases for them.

Since making these denim roses I have made some other repurposed jeans flowers. These jeans pom pom flowers look more like thistles.

single denim rose
single denim roses
Denim roses in Bombay saphire bottle
Yield: denim roses, denim flower napkin ring

How To Make Denim Flowers

denim flower bouquet

These gorgeous upcycled denim flowers are made from scraps of fabric from old jeans. You can create a lovely bouquet of denim roses by using jeans of different shades of indigo. Single denim flowers can also be made into gorgeous napkin rings. This is a no-sew denim upcycle.

Prep Time 20 minutes
Active Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Difficulty Easy
Estimated Cost $1

Materials

  • Denim Scraps
  • Petal Template
  • Wooden skewers for the bouquet
  • Garden wire for napkin rings
  • Glue

Tools

  • hot glue gun
  • Scissors
  • Pen

Instructions

  1. 1. Cut out the petal template
  2. Use the template to cut petals in 3 different sizes, 6 small, 5 medium and 5 large.
  3. Cut out 2 leaves in denim of a different shade.
  4. Cut a strip of denim 1-2cm by 30cm wrap around the wooden skewer and use glue to hold it in place.
  5. Starting with the small petals glue them one by one to the top of the skewer.
  6. Once all the petals are glued to the stem then glue the 2 leaves to the base.

Notes

To make the denim flower napkin ring use garden wire for the stem rather than a wooden skewer. That way the stem can be bent around.

© Pillarboxblue
Project Type: Upcycle / Category: Denim

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Comments

  11. Ann

    I love a good upcycle project and your bouquet is beautiful! Thank you for sharing at Party In You PJ’s …You are being featured on my blog tomorrow night!

    Reply

  13. Alexandra

    I love upcycling projects! And these flowers are so beautiful!! Pinned for inspiration. I have chosen this as one of my features for this week’s Snickerdoodle Create Bake Make Link Party, which goes live today at 5pm EST.

    Reply

    • Claire Armstrong

      Thank you, Michelle. It is a bit of a super glue gun I don’t know if because it’s cordless that helps keep it cleaner. Also it doesn’t drip. I know what you mean my other corded little glue gun was a right state.

      Reply

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