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Tutorial for a Great Denim Pocket Organiser

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Upcycle old jeans into a great Denim pocket organizer

Denim Pocket Organizer: I keep all the family’s old jeans to upcycle into other things, such as a sunglasses case, magazine racks and quilts. I just love working with old denim, I love the different shades of indigo and the different styles.
 
One of my upcycled jeans projects that really shows off the varieties of denim styling is this denim pocket organiser I made for my sons room. To complement the rustic upcycled look of this organiser I used a wooden branch to hang it with.
 
Make this fantastic denim pocket organizer from your old jeans. Full tutorial and step by step instructions. Would look great in a teen bedroom or a home office.
 
Denim pocket organiser
 
Jeans Pocket organiser
 
 
 

What you need to make a denim pocket organiser

 
Raw jeans
 

  • Lots of old jeans
  • Sewing machine, with needle suitable for denim
  • Scissors
  • Pins
  • Thread
  • Wooden branch, or stick

 

 

How I made the pocket organiser

  1. Cut out the pockets from your jeans, don’t forget to allow for a seam edge of approx. 1cm. For this denim pocket organizer, I used 16 pockets, front, and back

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  2. Lay out your pockets in 4 rows of 4, rearrange until you are happy with the design. Jeans pockets come in various shapes and sizes, don’t worry about your arrangement being a neat rectangle, you will be able to straighten up the edges later when you add a waistband border. Personally, I love the irregularities of the pockets.

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  3. Once you are happy with your design. Pin the pockets next to each other right sides together in each row leaving a seam of about 1cm. Then using a sewing machine with a needle suitable for heavy denim work sew these pockets together. You should now have 4 rows of sewn pockets.

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  4. Pin right sides together with the top row of pockets to the second row of pockets, and the third row of pockets to the bottom row. Sew these rows together again allowing for a seam edge. Make sure all your pockets are going to be the right way up before you begin sewing as this is an easy mistake to make.

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  5. Pin these 2 denim pieces right sides together and sew.

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  6. Cut 4 whole waistbands from your jeans. Don’t cut right along the waistband edge you want to allow for a seam. I like to keep buttons and buttonholes and leather labels on the waistband as I feel these add interest to the pocket organizer.

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  7. Pin and sew these waist bands round the four edges of your organiser in such away that it evens up the edges. If you are struggling to straighten up your edges due to pocket irregularities you can always make small denim patches to even up your organiser, (these just add character to the project).

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    Denim pocket organiser
     
     

    Fixing the denim pocket organiser to the wall..

  8. To make the denim loops you will need to cut more waistband from your jeans. This time I cut the waistband right to the seam edge of each band. You will need six strips of close-cut waistband approximately 20 cm in length.

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  9. Fold these loops in half pin along the back of the top band of the organizer. One loop at each end of the organizer and the remainder four evenly spaced in between.

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  10. Sew these loops in place. Due to the multiple layers of denim, your sewing machine may struggle with sewing these loops in place. If this is the case then just sew them by hand, this shouldn’t take long to do.

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  11. Cut your wooden branch so that it is at least 20cm longer than the top of your pocket organiser. Thread the branch through the hoops and hang. I used two hooks in the wall to rest by branch on.

 
Denim pocket organiser
 
Denim Wall Oraganiser Pillarboxblue
 
I just love the rugged look of this denim pocket organiser and the fact that it is made from the families old jeans. It is really useful my son loves using the pockets for all his little bits and pieces. I may stencil some letters or numbers on the pockets at a later date.
 
Upcycle your old jeans into this fabulous looking and really useful denim pocket organiser.
 
There are so many other ways you can repurpose jeans in your home decor. Don’t forget to check out my denim page.
 
Unique upcycled denim and repurposed jeans ideas for the home.
 
If you are looking for more wall organiser ideas visit allfreesewing.com.
 


 
 

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  5. These are lovely! Would also make a GREAT Advent Calender, either 4 rows of 6 pockets each row, or 5 rows of 5 pockets — depending on if you want to include Dec. 25th or not.
    Big plus — pockets are big enough to hold decent sized items for each day!!

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  9. Love this!! I’m thinking about making it either 4×6 or 6×4 pockets, for a great Advent Calender — one with pockets big enough to actually hold things larger than coins or candy.
    Maybe a few felt appliques w/holiday themes, & numbers.
    I’m also thinking that as is it could be a really cute Birthday Count Down too. Like an Advent one, but going towards someone’s birthday.
    Love this tutorial/idea, can you tell?
    Thank you!!

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  14. I am currently maiking a patchwork quilt using old jeans. I wish I had seen this sooner as I could have utilsed the pockets too. I will be saving pockets from now on.x

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    • I use all the parts of the jeans for different projects. I made a jeans quilt a few years ago and still love it, it’s on my bed at the moment. Good luck with you quilt, I’d love to see a picture of it when it’s finished.

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  16. This is the coolest thing EVER!!!!
    First, I am Stumbling this post.
    Second, soon as I get home I pin it (I am working at someone else’s computer and it thinks I’m her! LOL)
    Third, I am Tweeting this.
    Fourth…I am inviting you to PLEASE come to my blog hop that goes live at 7pm EDT tonight (tuesday) and share this. Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop that starts on Tuesday. Yes, that’s the one on Ducks ‘n a Row! I am expecting to see you there, now. My readers will eat this up!!!! metaphorically speaking LOL

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  20. Hi Claire, I have just looked at some of the links added to the Threading My Way link parties this week and I can see you have already added this awesome jeans pocket wall hanging. I look forward to reading the other posts you have added.

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    • Thank You ! I just discovered your great blog and have added a few of my projects to your on going link ups.

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  22. This is awesome! It would look great in my daughters future room. I love upcycled projects and this sure is useful and cool. I am stopping by from Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop. Shared!

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