How to Upcycle Jeans with Stencils, Paint, & Simple Stitches with Jenn Swift
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About your presenter
Jen Swift
Well Crafted Studio
How to Make an Accordion Birthday Card Full of Fun
Katherine is the creative mind behind KatherineLearnsStuff, where she shares her passion for crafting with projects that include paper crafts, vinyl, woodwork, sewing, upcycling, and Cricut tips and so much more
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In this workshop, you’ll learn how to upcycle a pair of jeans into a wearable piece of art using your Cricut, custom Procreate designs, and fabric paint. I’ll walk you through creating and cutting your own stencil, painting with a fun, artsy technique, and adding optional stitched details for that extra handmade charm. Don’t worry if you haven’t painted since middle school… I’ve got tips to help you get great results without overthinking it. By the end of this project, you'll have a pair of jeans that are DEFINITELY one-of-a-kind… just like you!
This Project can be made with the Explore Series, Maker Series, Silhouette,Venture, Juliet,Joy, Joy Xtra, Joy 2
Supply List
Please visit this page for the full clickable list of supplies used in this project.
Materials and Consumables
- Transfer Tape
- Vinyl
- Embroidery Floss
- Soft Fabric Paint
Tools & Equipment
- Cricut Maker
- StandardGrip Mat
- Brayer
- Weeding Tool
- Fine point Blade
- Embroidery Needles
- Small Paintbrushes & Water Dish
- Paint Pallet Or Teflon Sheet(to mix colours)
Adhesives & Optional
- Paint Marker (Optional)
- Embroidery Scissors (Optional)
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Live Crafting with Katherine - June 9th at 1:30pm EDT
This is a live Crafting event happening on Tuesday June 9th at 1:30pm EDT This event is for ticket holders only. Ticket holders will receive a link 1 week before the event with a link to the event, as well as a supplies list. Replay for this event is available until 8/17/2026 just in case you can't make it, or in case you want to rewatch it! The theme for this crafting event is Summer
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Smaller Accordion Card Template
This is an SVG file that can be use to make an accordion card with fewer peaks and valley. This one has 3 peak-valley's to allow for fewer elements in the card
