clothing-scrap quilt

[petritent]

My first Craftster post! I’m always so inspired by the stuff I see on here, so I’m excited to make my first contribution to the site! Anyway, here’s the story behind this quilt.

When I returned home after traveling abroad for a while, I wanted to kind of commemorate the experience in some way. The idea of making a quilt popped into my head, and I began going through my travel photos in search of an image that would both represent the trip and translate well in fabric.

Next, I rifled through all my old clothes and selected colorful fabrics to use for the design. At Jo-Ann Fabric, I picked up a bunch of orange fleece to use for the main body of the quilt. The whole thing came together through a process of cutting up bits of my old clothes and gluing them to the fleece. Once I’d finalized the design, I began sewing randomly over the entire thing, occasionally alternating thread colors. An old blanket served as batting, and when all the pieces had been assembled I roughly quilted it with a handful of star-shaped clusters of gold stitches.















Thanks for looking!
Cheers

[acidalbatross]

that is gorgeous!! what an amazing way to remember a trip.. i love how you used the different fabrics, she's beautiful...... i am uber impressed

[MamaLou03]

Gorgeous work! At first glance it looks like a painting. Great job.

[april_cocaine]

that is beautiful - a true work of art.

[thriftjunkie]

i am stunned beyond words.

[chica grande mas bonita]

This is so *#(%& amazing!! my goodness! great colors, and her face! I am so incredibly impressed.

[pinkangel1979]

Absolutely beautiful!  A great way to remember your trip (and to do some recycling too!).

[xfoxglove]

This is so amazing.  Makes me want to attempt a quilt I've been envisioning.

Awesome.  This rocks.

[skarinja]

I pressed This Rocks! I love this. It's utterly beautiful.

[frankie loves chartex]

this is so, so, so utterly amazing!  i love her face- the shading you did with the stitching.  i bow down in reverence to your crafting abilities.