DIY Denim Belt

How to make a relatively decent belt out of an old pair of jeans and another belt.

This is SERIOUSLY cool.

Step 1 What you will need

Tools:
Scissors/Stanley Knife (or Xacto knife, I think, in the US).
Needle and thread (preferable similar colour to the stitching of your jeans, but it doesn't matter. White, yellow or blue look the best). Or a sewing machine, if you know how to use one.
Something to mark your jeans with (optional).
Pliers (optional).

Materials:
An old pair of jeans that you no longer want to wear (or that you don't mind looking like a prat in afterwards).
A belt that you don't wear.

Comments

[pie popper]

i think I'm gonna try it, but I'll use 2 D-rings instead of the buckle. (more feminine:)

[platinum15]

 heh heh...... we think alike(:

[jongscx]

I used 2 D-rings for utility reasons.  They let you hang the belt from hooks as well as letting it be cinched along the entire length of the belt...

[nikolardo]

Agreed. That's what I'm going to do.

[starfox384]

why would you take the buckle off a MUSE belt?!?!?!

[jongscx]

to improve it...

kidding.

[bassclarinet23]

Coolio

[rpgdude789]

you should have said to use a web belt but anyway great instructable!

[dansheadel]

If you want to avoid a seam along the length, you could stitch the edge while the belt is folded inside out, and then reverse it. For long skinny things like this, it'd be easiest to stitch a rope/string on one end and lay it out across the length. Then, fold it over, so that it's inside out, enclosing the rope. Then sew it all together, and trip all the excess next to your stitching. Then, you can fold the end with he attached rope inside, and pull it through. Remove the rope and you have the seam neatly hidden inside the belt. This method may involve trimming off a bit of length though, so make sure you accommodate it.

[Williz]

You murdered, a Muse belt I will have to kill you!

[Danielfish]

Don't worry! The spirit is still here, and I can easily swap back. It just means i now have a strip of black fabric which is the perfect length of my jeans, which says BLACKHOLESANDREVELATIONS down it. I'm gonna try that mod when I get home!

[tiuk]

Neat idea, I like it.