I have been a bit stuck with entering the whiplash comp this month, as just about everything I craft with is inspired and created with recycled materials, usually fabrics .
so I've been pondering over what to enter.
i ve been wanting to make a quilt for Arkie, and
I have so many little scrappy bits of fabric that i hoard, not so much because they are beautiful, although a lot of them are, but we dont have an abundance of lovely old fabrics around here and every little bit is treasured.
I make kids clothes from them for the market and dolls, so the left overs have gone into this quilt.
there are sheets, aprons, tea towels, rags, (bits of lovely fabric unapreciated by the op shop sorters cut up into rags), table cloths, pillowcases and trims .
i love how all these mix matched colours and tones work, the softness and fadedness seems to pull it all together
I am now on the look out for some recycled wadding, i am heading to sydney and plan to check out the bower, maybe pick up a rejected doona/blanket. Has anyone ever quilted with something other than new wadding, i would love some tips if you have.
go the recycling, I am loving this whole shift in awareness at the moment, doing our bit for
Mother Earth
3 comments:
I really like your quilt. It looks nice and summery too.
I've never quilted anything but have thought about it heaps (my inner craft life gets quite busy sometimes) and have often thought that an old washable wool blanket would make a good quilt inside. But as I said, I've never actually tried it.
I have never quilted sio no advise ... Just wanted to say it is a very lovely quilt.
Very beautiful. It's like a museum of old fabric memories.
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