Jean Genius
Jean Genius by Janelle Hanna is a contemporary guide published by SKITTLEDOG on June 12, 2025, featuring 160 pages in English. This book offers a step-by-step approach to repairing, restyling, and repurposing denim, providing readers with practical techniques to breathe new life into their favorite jeans. Janelle Hanna, a denim expert, presents a variety of inventive designs that cater to sewers of all skill levels, encouraging creativity and sustainability in fashion.
Readers will find a range of projects that include repairing techniques such as darning and patching, as well as restyling options like transforming jeans into skirts or cut-off shorts. The book also explores repurposing ideas, allowing for the creation of unique accessories like tote bags and sun hats. With a focus on eco-conscious crafting, Jean Genius invites readers to experiment with their denim, turning old garments into fresh, stylish pieces while enhancing their sewing skills.
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A contemporary, step-by-step guide to repairing, restyling and repurposing the denim in your closet.
Give new life to your favorite jeans with these simple techniques and inventive designs: repair, restyle, reimagine – and experiment with these genius denim upcycling projects.
Discover that satisfying feeling of turning something old into something new with this practical book from denim expert Janelle Hanna. Teaching sewers of all levels a range of genius jean repair, repurpose and restyling skills, Janelle’s designs will show you how to breathe new life into good denim.
Your favorite jeans can be patched, visibly mended, reworked into a new style, or even cut up to form a completely new garment or accessory. Whether you want a tote bag, a bucket hat, or a fresh new silhouette, this book will inject new life into one of the most loved staples of your wardrobe (and introduce you to a new eco-conscious craft in the process!).
Projects include:
REPAIR
Darning
Crotch repairs
Knee repairs
Patch techniques
Repair pocket bags and pocket scoops
Repair belt loop rip
Hand-stitched repairs Sashiko style
Taking in the waist
Expand the size
Hemming
RESTYLE
Straight to wide leg
Straight to flare
Cut-off shorts
Jeans to skirt
Simple jacket or waistcoat
Splicing
REPURPOSE
Sun hat
Scrap patch pouch
Patchwork tote bag
Visor
Slippers
Patchwork styles
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