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Get ready to embark on the course Sulky Presents: Upcycling Denim with Kelly Nagel

This class is all about denim! Learn how to upcycle your favorite pair of old jeans, jacket or even thrift-store finds. We will learn how to deconstruct denim into wonderful useable elements, and show you some great techniques for making denim easier to sew in several great projects!

Upcycling and redesigning are passions for Kelly Nagel. She has been sewing and upcycling for almost 40 years and in that time she has created lots of fun projects and upcycling techniques. 

Kelly says, “For as long as denim has been around, we have found ways to reuse it and upcycle it! Denim is such a great fabric for so many things, and I especially love it when it has been ‘worn-in’. That is when denim has the most character. It can, however be tricky to work with because of the thickness and the stretch. In this class, I will show you how to use both of those properties to your advantage!” 

In this class, she will share with you the tricks she has learned for working with denim, stabilizing denim, and choosing the right denim items to upcycle. She will go through step-by-step how to make a cool backpack and a pillow cover. You will get full instructions and videos for these projects, as well as a fun and inspiring trunk show that will give you some great ideas on other denim upcycles you can do. 

Upcycling and redesigning are passions for Kelly Nagel. She has been sewing and doing hand embroidery for almost 40 years and in that time she has learned lots of different hand embroidery stitches and upcycling techniques.

BONUS: Sulky is giving you a free pattern of the upcycled denim journal cover.  It makes a great gift!

REMEMBER…you get to download and keep the instructions forever!  So there really is no timetable to this course once you do that.  You work at your own pace and Sulky will help you anytime in the future with any questions you might have.