Challenge Quilt 2014

For this years Foothill Quilt Guild's annual show the theme for their Challenge quilt this year is 'Recycle or Repurpose'. I was a little stuck for ideas but then I thought of all the fabrics I have to recycle. I have so many T shirt off-cuts that I usually send to Salvation Army for textile recycling, those I could use. Then a customer sent me extras ties for my own use so I could use those and recently I have started saving selvedges off fabric. So my plan was set.

So I went with the ties in the center, surrounded by a row of selvedge squares and then two rows of T shirt squares and finally my border is denim form jean legs.

'Out of the Box' Contribution

This quilted art piece I made as part of Placer Arts 'Out of the Box' Auction that is currently on display at the ARTS building in downtown Auburn, CA. I was given 6 pieces of 10" x 10" plywood. I could have made a "box" but I quilted each piece and chose my theme to be views and wildlife from the Galapagos Islands.

Each piece includes cup hooks top and bottom and some chain so that the arrange of the blocks is interchangeable and can be arranged to fit different sites or preferences.

The Crabpot at Lincoln City, Oregon

For Christmas this year I decided to make my friend Sue a small wall hanging of The Crabpot near Lincoln City in Oregon. Its a fish shack that we have visited previously and again this past October. Sue tried to buy a print of this iconic location but couldn't find one.

The quilt I made is about 20" x 17" and uses some hand dyed fabrics and some commercial ones. The lettering I drew onto the fabric and then free motion quilted around it.

The funny thing was that we were given a painting by Sue and Fred for Christmas and it was the same Crabpot! We were so surprised and it seems like the artist wasn't even sure he wanted to sell it but wanted it to go to the local museum. Sorry but we now have it!