recycled quilt

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. 

Yesterday, I got so sick of my couch breaking all the time that I decided to throw it out. I guess the thing lasted three years, I bought it because I needed a bed. It was a fouton couch. I moved it around my house a few times, and slept on it for a few years.. I dont know if I think three years is long enough for it to have lasted ... but, I was tired of pretending that it was not broken. Both arms were falling off, I had put them back on a few times.. and it still was falling apart. But, now its gone! My tiny house feels so much bigger now! But, where are my dogs going to sleep? I guess they will have to cuddle up with me!! (shhh dont tell them Im thinking about moving my bed back up into the loft!!)

My little house was so full of crap I could not deal with it anymore. Today I decided to haul my broken couch down to the street. Such a mess. This tiny house is 250 sf. and, for the last few years Ive sorta given up on doing anything to it. When I first bought it I was so ready to make it mine ... then, every color I painted it looked ugly. Every idea I had to make it better just failed. Then, the economy crashed and messed with my wallet. But, I feel a little past all of that. I feel like trying to make my house work for me! More later.

The quilt did great in the wash. I put a red binding on the quilt. In the rest of the pic - we see ... My dog George is sleeping on the couch - My dirty box fan - those fabrics are the fabrics for my next quilt -

jeans quilt. i dont have a "design wall." i live in a micro (250sf) condo with my two dogs. i dont have a design wall... but, i do have bunk beds! i toss fabrics on the top bunk till they look nice in a pile - then, rip up the fabrics and sew them back together. thats all anyone needs - a few feet of space to toss fabric together. if it looks like it will work - rip it up and sew it together! its not expensive to fail - used fabric is cheap! even an ugly bit of quilting looks good on the back of a quilt, right? too many anal people are in the quilt work and teaching. dont buy their crap about "only sewing with quilting cotton" and 1/4 inch seams! its all bull. that quilt is 100% recycled fabric. its jeans and corduroy - its heavy. it was thick enough that i decided not to put a batting on the inside. besides, i like having 4-5 blankets on my bed at one time and this blanket never ended up on my bed - i tossed it over a pile of junk i did not want anyone to s...