Directions For The Upcycled Denim Cube

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Step One: Gather about 20 pairs of baby jeans.

Step Two: Deconstruct the jeans into 6″ strips.

Step Three: Build 6 blocks starting with a 6″ center and building out to 5 rows across and 5 rows down:

Step Four: For the last row of the 6th side, incorporate the snaps of the inner leg seam from one of the jeans.

Step Five: Construct the cube, right sides together.

Step Six: Open snaps and turn right sides out. Stuff with stuffed animals and pillow inserts.

Step Seven: Relax!

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Pittsburgh-based fiber artist, Louise Silk, creates art that combines aesthetics and functionality with meaning and memories. From the influence of a 1972 MS Magazine article to the current SILKDENIM label, her quilt experiences culminate in a display of her particular capacity to use her patchwork skills to piece together just about anything into an aesthetic meaningful whole.

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