recycled quilt

Im a nice queen - I give away quilts! I had a show at Mamas Cabaret a few weeks ago. The show was great - it was hot as fuck and fabulous. I loved it. The people there made it special. The door guy took the time to call us all "Ladies" and walked us to and from the car. We got treated to some food! The house girls were like personal butlers! It was out of this world. I loved it. I hope the show was enjoyable to everyone. Any-how .. I made this table cloth quilt as a give away. I told people it was going to the person who participated the most during the show. The fabrics are recycled teeshirts!

Ive been working on more tee shirt quilts. I love using recycled fabrics - and am learning to cut better and tp piece better. Tee shirts can be so streatchy. I am learning!

I finished the quilt - I decided to keep the back after all. I just put a hot pink binding on it. Yes ... I match, today. The back will be plenty strong enough. All I was worried about was snags - and I put lots of heavy criss crossing quilting into the piece to prevent that.

I am torn about what I want to do and made this video about my process on working it out.

OMG! - My friend got the tablecloth she had me make -- !

I made a few little baby quilts that are Blue -

Here is a video showing how the Pfaff c-1100 pro works doing applique. I also wanted to show a tip how to use up old bobbins.

I made two little baby quilts -- I love love the colors. There are light Pinks - so light they look white in this picture- right up to bold pinks, neon really. And some grey pinks and a grey border.

I had some circles leftover from the last quilt and decided to try to make a pillow... I added some couched yarn to it.

Hey, I made a little video showing some of the work Ive been doing. I hope that people who have old fabrics and a sewing machine laying around will feel like they can make some cool stuff for their house, friends, kids, ups man, bank teller --- seriously. I love my U.P.S. guy. He and his wife seem to be nice people. Hes been my U.P.S guy for prob. 7 years and Ive never tipped him. I feel like I should and I want to - but, Im so poor. He and his wife like my quilts (they are facebook friends) Im gonna give them one. I can afford that gift - it means something. I would love to have all kinds of money to give out - but, I dont. I know lots of other people dont, too. Lets make things. The audio is terrible - but, content is good. I hope you are doing well.

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I decided to turn some of my old tee-shirts into small quilted pieces. Im planning on using them for place mats and wall hanging's -- I know thats boring. Im also going to use them modern crochet things. You know, Il put them under plants. Ill put them on the back of chairs. Ill also use them as tea/snack treys. They can be on my bureau, under lamps - EVERYWHERE!

Do you guys ever use two threads in one needle? Ive been wanting to try out some of the thicker threads available for free motion quilting and haven't got around to buying any. Today I had the idea to try putting two threads through the needle to get some extra thickness and its working out great! Ive added two of the same color (orange) and it looked great. Here is how that came out. It was easy to load the thread and I had no problem with shredding using a 100 needle. Each of the threads were 40 wt. I also liked the greater impact the double threads made. I also used two threads but different tones. One thread was deep forest green and the other thread was a chartreuse. I love the way the two threads mix. It almost looks like a variegated thread - the lighter and darker threads are bolder together than they would be on their own. Here is what they look like on a bigger surface. I had bought two spools of thicker thread to try this method. But, I need...

Recycled fabrics, raw edge applique.

I finished up this wall quilt tonight. It is raw edge applique using a zig zag stitch. Every fabric is 100% recycled fabric. I did the free motion quilting.

Last week it was HOT! I cleaned out the garden and took some quilts outside to see them in the light of day. I love the way they look on the side of this fence.

Im putting together some things for a show, new stuff. This is going to be something. All raw edge applique, with a zig zag, on a foundation. I was locked out of my house for a few hours today - it was very nice out. Sunny and warm.. crazy weather for this time of year in Maine. My dogs were thrilled we got locked out! I did not mind.. it was nice out!

but, raw edge applique is one of the best ways to make a bold statement, easy! as you can see, i used a blanket stitch to sew scraps of fabric onto a foundation piece. the foundation piece is a giant old sheet. bold enough ? all raw edge applique. dont go crazy if your sewing machine does not have a blanket stitch ... zig zag stitches work great for raw edge... you can also raw edge with with a straight stitch or, a hem stitch. try out whatever stitches u have. try matching thread, contrasting thread.  try everything!

this is a recycled quilt. love love this quilt. it was my first try at applique. i quilted it all - three layers of sheets and a t-shirt layer and a blanket - on my old viking 150. it was hard. but, i did it. yes that is a recycled tee shirt quilt top.