recycled quilt

The fleece quilted fine - no problems.  Ill wash it and let you know how it goes.  I woke up George and took a pic of him. Of course now he thinks he needs to go outside.  Those recycled tee shirt quilt go together well - I really love dots. Quilters dont like the way they finish because they ripple LOTS! Its frustrating to me, too --- but, after they get washed they get so comfortable the ripples dont show up the way they do on pieces quilts.

I decided to make some pillows - These ones are made from some old things I had around.  I hope to keep learning how to make better home dec. items. 

Yuck .. I have been quilting -- still working on some older things moving forward slowly. I worked on quilting the red and white one today - I just did stitch in the ditch. George and I are doing OK.

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!

Well, I made this. Yes, I did add another side with orange/yellow blocks. I am deciding I might need to make some full size quilts -- too many huge quilts. IDK if people in the city have huge beds?

I am in love with strip quilts all of a sudden! I finally got the "pebble" free motion quilting motif down! I worked on it for a long time b-4 i figured out a way for me to do it so I liked it.

I love this style quilt - I have so much fabric in my house that needs to get sewn that Ima go nuts for this style for a bit. I already have the pieces cut for the next one. Here is a larger pic - but, taken with a flash so there is a bit of wash-out. The size of this quilt is a  generous Queen - it will have about a 10 inch drop on each side and the bottom. I had not used lots of prints in my other quilts - I need more pratice on how to use a mix of solid, print and graded colors. I really like the solid color quilts I make - but, I love prints and want to use more of them.

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

I had been working in the Garden - we have a small area in the front of our house and on the side of the house where there is about a 5 foot piece of land that we can put a flower garden in. A friend of mine came over and really helped me get motivated to get the back garden done. I worked hard tog et the front one done - but, always neglect the side. Now, it looks great back there. Next summer it will fill in and look so full and flower-y! I cant wait.

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 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.

I like pics of works in progress. Im working on a large scale quilt of this wall hanging. I made that little quilt a few weeks ago - and now - Ill take the parts I like and make it bigger. Here, Ive cut some pieces and put some onto a foundation. Again, Im using recycled fabrics - and a straight stitch to raw edge applique the pieces onto the foundation. 

this is a raw edge applique quilt. i cut out blocks of tee shirt fabric, in any size. big, small, medium. and used a blanket stitch to sew random blocks down to the foundation (a thin old sheet.) the best thing about using an old sheet as foundation is.. the quilt will come out a perfect size.

one on my recycled t-shirt quilts went down south an turned into a table cloth.

the t-shirt quilts that i see people make dont turn me on. at all. i sew with recycled t-shirts all the time. i use the fabric just like any other fabric. here is a shot of one of the quilts i made with recycled t-shirts. the "rules" for making t-shirt quilts are stuffy and boring. i never interface t-shirt material. my goal in quilting is to save fabric from a dump not create more trash by interfacing everything.