Some swatches of the patterns I have worked up with the Used clothes fabric for the “Bed Clothes” run of quilts

Dutchman’s Puzzle

Tumbling blocks

Rail Fence

Log Cabin

Lone Star

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this project logged over 300 hours on the ole quilt-o-meter.
I am so happy with it, and almost equally happy it’s over.

This is a project working with a bay area designer for a bed quilt.

he wanted a famous person on his bed, and with his love of Magritte we designed it to be a bit uncanny.

I wanted the image to show up when viewed on the bed, since most of my work is designed for viewing on the wall.

Here are the three pertinent images:

front:

the whole enchilada:

a picture of the quilt hung up:

what do you think?

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I am on the Board for the Alliance for American Quilts, and we are starting an awesome contest for design schools. I made the first project to showcase the how-to and to get an idea of how easy/difficult the project would be.

the whole thing took me a day, including the video.

my youtube Debut.
inspiring i know.

here is a picture of the quilt:

its all from a jacket [as you no doubt saw in the oh so interesting video]

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This quilt has taken me 300 hours already.
I think [Hope] it will be my most successful piece when its complete.

Here is the figure in fabric layed out on the driveway:

From roughly the right place to see the image:

here is the Background its going on:

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Here are a few shots i found from the process of making those super sweet jeans:

i really liked what happened fixing the hole on the back passenger side of the jeans so I moved the pocket down below so the orange was still visible.

I like having a low pocket.
It means that I dont have to sit on whatever I store down there.
[i also like the fix for the pockets so i dont drop what I put in the pockets. [like my phone when I am talking on the headset... like three times per call]]

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As a quilter it seems to me that I should not have to walk around with holes in all my pants.
somehow all my jeans decided to have their knees bust out at the same time. some I have had for 5plus years and some for a matter of months. dunno what that’s all about.
I took a whole day and made patches for them. some more interesting than others.
here is one pair that took quite a makeover.

I’ll make you some if you want.

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I have been wrangling a flag over the past few weeks.
I wanted to unvail it in its doneness but since the timing is so right.
thought i would post a teaser to show what the process has been:

I think its important to note my car for scaler dimension.
[I realize the travesty of laying a flag on the ground, but this flag is far too large to be measured or seen on any floor or surface I know of. it's 20 feet by 30 feet. It was purchased at the goodwill bins and salvaged from being turned into scraps. i think making a flag out of it is a better fate and the few moments on the ground will be made up for as its displayed with pride across the country in all the best museums...[hint hint hint]]

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I liked the look of the last tumbling blocks quilt top I made, but I learned a few things in the process.
I have made another using the same method of clothes into quilt, the difference being the size of the pieces are twice as large.
Lara my assistant on top of the top:

A detail of the piecing:

Once the piece is finished there will be more images.
This piece will have Benjamin Franklin on top.

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Here is another project made from clothes into a quilt top waiting for the image to be appliquéd on top.

Here is my studio assistant wading through the pile of reds that will become the top

cutting the clothes into usable pieces:

cutting the pieces into strips to be sewn into the top:

Assembling the pieces into blocks:

the blocks into the whole:

the finished top: [Maggie for scaler reference]

Detail:

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I have a bed quilt for sale at a local botique.

Nube Green

The place has an interesting theme. its products are all green. [as in recycled or sustainable local rather than the secondary color combination of yellow and blue]

The quilt I have there is the one made from recycled clothes into the Log cabin pattern.

the bed that was in my studio to show the quilts on:

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