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I originally had another denim stained glass pattern in mind but, our friend was small so wouldn't have been able to cut any 12" squares (unless I left some leg seams in them which I thought might make the quilt even heavier less comfortable). I saw the idea for this quilt for a similar style but with smaller pieces on The Flemings Nine blog. There doesn't seem to be a pattern for it but, color blocks are pretty popular these days so a quick search will give you plenty of free blocks patterns to choose from and adapt one to fit the size pieces you're able to cut from your jean pieces. Or, you can just check out the cutting info below for this one. The quilts I made are each composed of 48 blocks and measure 60" x 80" finished. Here are some photos I took as I was constructing the second one along with a breakdown of the size pieces I used. Press all seams toward the black fabric. Each block denim: 5" x 10" 5" square 5" x 2 1/2" (2) 2 1/2" squaresEach block black: 1" x 10" (2) 1" x 5" 1" x 2 1/2" Sashing: 1" x 10" between blocks (40 pieces for this quilt) and 1" x length of finished rows. The blocks should measure 10" but, I did have to square them up a bit before joining them because jeans had stretch fabric. If yours does too, measure the completed rows and use the average measurement before you cut the rows of sashing. I used 3 1/2" binding strips so the outside edge would be the same 1/2" finish as the rest of the black pieces in the quilt. Click on the photo to enlarge it. Begin by sewing black strips to the block pieces but, only sew them on half of the 2 1/2" squares. Sew 2 1/2" squares together. Sew the black edge of the 2 1/2" x 5" strip to the squares. Sew the black edge of the 5" square to the previous unit. Add the black edge of the 10" x 5" square to the side of the previous unit. Construct all of your blocks with the pieces positions in the same way. Next, sew your blocks into pairs by adding a black strip between blocks and rotating one block 90° counter clockwise. My rows are 6 blocks across (3 pairs of blocks). Add sashing to join pairs of blocks but do not add it to the beginning or end of each row. The binding strip will complete the design. (As mentioned above, I cut the binding at 3 1/2" so it would be a wide 1/2" finished binding.) All of the rows are construced the same. Just flip every other row upside down

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Do you have a go-to size to cut your binding? Have you ever tried a different size to see what effect you would get? I thought I would do a little experiment to show you different sizes and what they look like all sewn up!Here, I have four different sized strips: 2”, 2¼”, 2½” and 3”. I quilted up some sample swatches with a layer of 100% cotton batting in the middle. If you like to use thicker batting or thicker fabric like flannel or Minky, you may want to adjust the cut size to accommodate tha