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!

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What You Need To Make A Denim Flowers Bouquet
- Scraps of denim from old jeans in various shades of indigo
- Hot glue gun
- White craft glue
- Large wooden skewers
- Garden wire (for napkin holders)
- Petal template
- Scissors and pen

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.


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.

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.

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.


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.



How To Make Denim Flowers

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.
Materials
- Denim Scraps
- Petal Template
- Wooden skewers for the bouquet
- Garden wire for napkin rings
- Glue
Tools
- hot glue gun
- Scissors
- Pen
Instructions
- 1. Cut out the petal template
- Use the template to cut petals in 3 different sizes, 6 small, 5 medium and 5 large.
- Cut out 2 leaves in denim of a different shade.
- Cut a strip of denim 1-2cm by 30cm wrap around the wooden skewer and use glue to hold it in place.
- Starting with the small petals glue them one by one to the top of the skewer.
- 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.
These denim roses featured in the A to Z of repurposed denim crafts and the in the alphabet of unique upcycling ideas.
If you liked these upcycled denim flowers then you will probably like some of my other scrap no-sew denim projects.
- Denim Feather Wall Decoration
- A Denim Hanging Mason Jar Vase
- Simple Gorgeous Rustic Stars
- Delightful Denim hearts 2 ways
- Repurposed Denim Christmas Decorations
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Fabiana
Beauteful gostei em português
Claire Armstrong
Thank you so much.
Fabiana
Muito legal e criativo
Dee | Grammy's Grid
Love these and denim!! Pinned.
Claire Armstrong
Thank you so much and thanks for the share.
JUDITH M OBERG
I made three today. So much fun to do & they turned out great. Thank you so much for your on the spot tutorial.
Claire Armstrong
That’s lovely to hear, I’m glad you were able to follow the tutorial and they turned out great too.
Pamela
So creative!!
Claire Armstrong
Thank you ?
Linda at Mixed Kreations
Another amazing denim project from the denim queen! Love the bouquet of denim Rose’s, very pretty!
Claire Armstrong
Thank you, the different shades of denim make the bouquet look good.
creativejewishmom/sara
another amazing upcycled denim project! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!
Claire Armstrong
Thank you, Sara. Glad to see you are back and had a great summer.
Cindy
Omgoodness these are just too adorable! I just might have to make some for our home! Thanks for sharing!
Claire Armstrong
Thank you, they are so easy to make.
Crissy
Thanks for sharing your denim flowers with us at Tuesday Turn About, Claire! You were one of my features this week. Lovely work!
Claire Armstrong
Thank you and thanks for the feature.
Sylvia | Grace for a Gypsy
These denim roses are so cute. I love them! Found you at the https://www.thesitsgirls.com/diy-linky/august-27th-recipe-diy-linky/
Claire Armstrong
Thank you so much ?
Rebecca
These denim roses are fabulous, Claire! Thanks for sharing. They’ve been featured tonight at Celebrate Your Story!
Claire Armstrong
Thank you, that’s awesome.
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!
Claire Armstrong
Thank you, I just love upcycling denim.
Nina Lewis
Love, love, love these denim flowers! I’m going to feature them at my Party in Your PJs link party tomorrow night. Thanks so much for sharing!
Claire Armstrong
Aww, thank you so much I look forward to seeing them.
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.
Claire Armstrong
Thank you so much, I look forward to seeing it.
Iris
Many thanks for the denim roses, they are beautiful but how do you stop the edges from fraying.
Claire Armstrong
Thank you, if you don’t want the edges to fray just brush some diluted white glue on the petal edges. It will be easier if you do this before making the flowers.
Cecilia
Claire, you are the queen of repurposed denim! These are lovely. Thanks for sharing at Vintage Charm!
Claire Armstrong
Aww, thank you ?
Michelle Leslie
Beautiful Claire. A bouquet that will never die.
Psssst, please tell me how you keep your glue gun so clean. Mine’s a hot mess 😀
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.
Dee | Grammy's Grid
Love this! They turned out great! Now I have to try 🙂 Pinned!
Claire Armstrong
Thank you, they are quite straight forward to make.
Michelle
Absolutely awesome!
Claire Armstrong
Aww, thank you so much.
Tania
These are so pretty, I pinned them!
Tania
Claire Armstrong
Thank you and thanks for the share.
Anita holland
Great projects, thanks for sharing. Pinned
Claire Armstrong
Thank you and thanks for the share
Amy
Your denim flower bouquet turned out absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Found you at Thursday Favorite Things.
Claire Armstrong
Thank you, I did like making them.