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Patriotic Painted Denim Bunting

May 4, 2014 By Dusty Rogers 7 Comments

The end of May marks the unofficial start of summer with Memorial Day, and I’m getting in the patriotic spirit with this DIY painted denim bunting!

Patriotic Painted Denim Bunting made from an old pair of blue jeans. | www.allthingsgd.com

Supplies
Denim (I used an old pair of jeans)
Cardstock or cardboard for a template
Marker or pen
3″ letter stencils
White craft paint
Small foam stencil brush
Scissors
Ribbons, rickrack, string, etc.

To start, I drew a bunting design onto card stock to use as a template.  I made mine 5″ wide and 6″ high – the perfect size for 3″ letter stencils.  Click on the link below for a printable of the bunting template I used (print on 8.5 x 11″ paper and cut out).

DIY Bunting Template (for use with 3" letters) - print, cut, and create! | www.allthingsgd.com

DIY Bunting Template.pdf
 

Next, I turned my old pair of jeans inside out, traced the bunting template onto the denim using a fine tip marker (a pen also works), and cut them out.  Now it was time for the fun part – paint!

Patriotic Painted Denim Bunting made from an old pair of blue jeans. | www.allthingsgd.com

Painted denim – step by step.

To paint on the denim I used acrylic craft paint (the kind you find by the hundreds for about $1 at the craft store) and a flat-bottomed, foam stencil brush.  Dab your stencil brush into a little bit of paint, and blot onto your fabric, over the stencil.

Patriotic Painted Denim Bunting made from an old pair of blue jeans. | www.allthingsgd.com

Painting Denim

I secured my stencil to the denim with a few pieces of double-stick tape on the back and then held the stencil down with my fingers as I painted to further secure it.  I found that as long as I blotted in straight up and down motions (and didn’t use too much paint on my brush) I didn’t get any paint bleeding through underneath the stencil.

Patriotic Painted Denim Bunting made from an old pair of blue jeans. | www.allthingsgd.com

Painted denim – two coats of paint, still wet.

I did two coats of white paint for each letter of my denim bunting.  The paint soaks in pretty quickly so I didn’t have too wait long before coats.  I also noticed the paint continues to soak into the denim as it dries, giving it a little bit of a worn and weathered look which I really liked.  The picture below shows how the dried letters look on denim after one coat (lighter and more faded) and after two coats (more pronounced, slightly faded).

Patriotic Painted Denim Bunting made from an old pair of blue jeans. | www.allthingsgd.com

Painted denim – how one coat and two coats of paint look on denim once it’s dry.

To hang my bunting, I folded over the denim at the very top and cut a small vertical slit on each side with scissors.  Then I strung the letters on red rickrack.  I used rickrack because it does a great job of holding the letters in place without them sliding around.  You could also easily use ribbon, twine, or string knotted at the corners as well.

Patriotic Painted Denim Bunting made from an old pair of blue jeans. | www.allthingsgd.com

Lastly, I added little tassels made out of strips of cut denim, ribbon, and baker’s twine:

Patriotic Painted Denim Bunting made from an old pair of blue jeans. | www.allthingsgd.com

Hang and enjoy!

Patriotic Painted Denim Bunting made from an old pair of blue jeans. | www.allthingsgd.com

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Comments

  1. 1
    halfofvamh says:
    May 5, 2014 at 10:09 am

    Um…this is SO cute! I’m making it!

    Reply
  2. 2
    Carla B. says:
    May 6, 2014 at 6:59 am

    Cute! And smart! I’m LOVING your DIY repurpose projects!

    Reply
  3. 3
    Ashley@BiggerthantheThreeofUs says:
    May 7, 2014 at 7:34 am

    I would have never thought to repurpose jeans… such a great idea!

    Reply
  4. 4
    Linda @ It All Started With Paint says:
    May 7, 2014 at 8:19 am

    I love everything about this project – from the use of old jeans to the painting on fabric to the rickrack!

    :) Linda

    Reply
  5. 5
    Holly @ Life as a Thrifter says:
    May 7, 2014 at 1:12 pm

    I LOVE it! This really gets me in the FOURTH of JULY spirit!!

    Reply
  6. 6
    Chelsea says:
    May 13, 2014 at 10:57 am

    So so cute! Love the red ric rac, the denim, it all comes together perfectly!

    Reply
  7. 7
    Michele says:
    June 23, 2015 at 9:25 am

    Love this project. I know what I will be doing next!

    Reply

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