Sublimation on Jeans | DIY Storage Bins for Pets’ Toys | Upcycle Jeans | UPDATED!

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MACHINES USED:
🩷HTVRONT Auto Heat Press 2
🩷BROTHER XR 1300 Computerized Sewing & Quilting Machine
🩷Cutting Machine
🩷Sublimation Printer

HEAT PRESS SETTINGS:
Fusible Fleece - 305 F, 10 seconds with 150 # of pressure
Sublimation for both HTV & Paper - 395 F, 45 sec with 150# pressure

MATERIALS USED:
🩷HTVRONT Sublimation HTV
🩷HTVRONT Sublimation Paper (125 gsm)
🩷4 pair of old jeans (light & dark colors)
🩷Pellon Fusible Fleece 987F medium weight
🩷Matching thread, pins
🩷Schmetz Sewing Machine Jeans Needle Size 16
🩷4 1/2" square ruler, hem gauge, tape measure, 12" ruler
🩷Frixion pen/fabric marker or pencil
🩷Scissors, rotary cutter
🩷Self-healing Cutting Mat
🩷Ngoodiez Sublimation Coating Spray for 100% cotton
🩷Sublimation Designs
🩷Air Purifier (optional)

Finished size (wide x deep x tall)
MEDIUM - 7" x 7" x 6 3/4"
X-LARGE - 9" x 9" x 8 3/4"

Time expenditure: 7 hours and 30 minutes
Sewing difficulty: Beginner

FULL VIDEO TUTORIAL WILL BE FOUND IN THIS LINK BELOW:

UNDERSTANDING THE SUBLIMATION PROCESS

Sublimation is a chemical process where heat turns solid dye into gas, which then bonds with polyester fibers. It’s not just “printing”—it’s embedding the ink into the fabric itself. For sublimation to work properly:

  • The substrate must contain polyester (or be coated with it - which I did in this tutorial!)
  • The ink must be “sublimation ink” - which is I have installed to my sublimation printer.
  • The process involves “heat and pressure”, typically using a heat press - which is I used in this video

Jeans, however, are usually made of cotton or denim, which don’t bond with sublimation ink so for both bags, I used different type of substrates:

SUBLIMATION SPRAY COATING AND SUBLIMATION HTV and of course with Sublimation paper and sublimation ink.

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Oh, Wow! Another inspirational project! I can’t believed that you can sublimate on Jeans!! What a great idea! This is so stunning! Creating from scratch (upcycled jeans) and personalized it with photos using sublimation. Beautifully done :heart_eyes: Very detailed video tutorial! New, unique and refreshing look from Inspiration tab.

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I really got to get sewing again. I miss it. These look lovely.

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Thank you! You should as I am so excited to see your sewing creations with collaboration of HTVRONT/LOKLIK MATERIALS & PRODUCTS :star_struck:

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love the idea! i have a lot of jeans that we could upcycle :sweat_smile:

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You should start making one using your old jeans :wink: There’s a lot of different projects out there and using jeans are always trending and they come back and forth. I already planned my next one with bags. I already made some of them and some projects but I didn’t have videos of them. So, I need to re-make it and roll my camera :joy:

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Thank you so much to your wonderful comments :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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I have made some bags and pillow cases back in high school and college from jeans as well… so many projects indeed! but I can only do so much hahaha wish I had all the time to craft :sweat_smile:

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I commented and liked your vid too. Great job

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I just read your comment and thank you so much for supporting my Youtube Channel :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Wow you are very talented Rinsky I love the idea and the fact that we can recycle old jeans into cool bags it’s so creative

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Another awesome tutorial! Thank you for sharing your talents. This is a great idea to try!

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You are very welcome, we gotta support each other

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Thank you so much! :blush: I have more ideas to make with my leftovers jeans.

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Can’t wait to see more projects. I’m planning to set my sewing machine up next week and start doing some projects.

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Can’t wait to learn from you :heart_eyes:

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