I love to upcycle my old jeans into fun crafts for my home. But occasionally, I also love repurposing them into new things to wear, like this DIY denim bracelet and the denim bow ties I made a couple of weeks ago.

This effortless denim upcycle requires only a tiny amount of hand sewing. If you prefer no-sew jeans projects, the DIY jeans bracelet can be made with glue instead.

I got the idea for this cool denim bracelet when making denim coasters from old jeans seams. Weaving seams made the coasters. I liked the pattern the seams made. I thought it would look good as a bracelet.

This is a very affordable craft, as it is made from upcycled fabric. The bracelets can be made in any size. The way the bracelet is fastened, with a lobster clasp and chain, can be adjusted to fit wrists of different sizes.

The bracelets would make a lovely gift and could easily be made to sell. You could also make matching denim earrings.

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How To Make A Denim Bracelet

What You Need

• Seams from old jeans – I used the long seams on the inside leg of a pair of jeans. These are the double-stitched seams. Cut them out of the jeans as close to the stitching as possible.
• Jewellery fastening set comprises ribbon ends 25mm, a lobster claw clasp, o-rings and a short chain.
• Cloth tape-measure
• Small hammer and scissors
• Needle and thread or super glue

Cutting Out The Seam

Step 1: Cut out the double-stitched seam from a pair of jeans. Often this seam runs up the inside leg of the jeans. A double-stitched seam also runs along the back seat of jeans, between the pockets and waistband.

You will need three seam lengths of about 30cm each to make the DIY denim bracelet. These can all be from the same pair of jeans. But I think this looks better if you use seams from different pairs of jeans. It’s nice to use denim seams that are different shades of indigo.

Measuring the wrist

Step 2: Before starting the bracelet, measure the width of your wrist. Then take a couple of cm off this measurement. This will be the length of braided denim needed for the bracelet. My wrist measured 18cm in width, so I needed 16cm length of braided denim.

Braiding the denim

Step 3: Take the three lengths of denim seams and secure them together at one end. I used a few simple hand stitches to do this, but they could also be glued.

Step 4: Braid/plait the denim seams like hair or bread. Take the seam on the left and place it over the middle seam. Then take the seam on the right and place that over the new middle seam.

Repeat this process until the denim is braided to the desired length for the DIY denim bracelet. Keep the tension even as you braid.

Step 5: Carry braiding the three denim seams until you reach the needed length. Then cut away any excess seams and secure the end with simple stitches.

Adding A Bracelet Clasp

Step 6: Add the jewellery fixings to the end of the braided denim bracelet. First, add a ribbon grip to both ends of the bracelet. Use a hammer to secure the ribbon grip in place.

Step 7: Add a lobster clasp to one end of the DIY jeans bracelet and a short chain to the other.

The beauty of this fun jeans bracelet is that it can be adjusted to fit wrists of different widths. The lobster clasp can be fixed to the chain at different points for different widths.

This bracelet will go really well with my DIY denim necklace.

If you liked this upcycled denim bracelet, you should try some of my other DIY bracelet crafts.

Like this silk scarf necklace, which includes a tutorial on denim beads. Or these cute world map necklaces made from old eyeglasses and avocado pit button bracelets. And this upcycled sweater felt heart brooch.

My second favourite thing to upcycle after denim is old road maps. I’ve even made paper bead bracelets and necklaces.

Visit Favecrafts for more upcycled crafting DIYs.