Questions - Recycling Clothing

For those of you that recycle clothing into quilts - how do you prepare the fabric? Do you cut out the seams? Do you use your seam ripper? Do you use all of the fabric from shirts - or do you discard collars and cuffs?

And does anyone make pet beds from pillowcases? What do you stuff them with? Can you use the scraps from recycled clothing? (I guess you can see where I'm going with this - is it possible to reuse ALL of an old piece of clothing?)

I suppose the easy answer would be just to do go ahead and do whatever I want, but I'm curious. That plus I want to be sure I'm doing it right. ;-)

Earth Day 2009

This is my favourite song for Earth Day. I sing it frequently, and try not to cry each time.

Whose Garden Was This

Nothing to Report

I'm quite a bit behind on posting, and there's really no such thing as catching up here, is there? :)

It was a quiet day - a little sewing, some garden work, some housework, and a little walking on the treadmill. In other words, nothing to report.

So, just to add some colour to this post - these are some fat quarters I picked up a while ago at Sew-Sisters. These may very well make it into a cat quilt for the local humane society.

A Silly Photo

This is Gandalf the Furry guarding Minas Tirith.

Sorry, just couldn't resist! LOL

Pay-It-Forward

A while ago I joined the Pay-It-Forward challenge on QuiltObsession's blog. Here are the rules:

I must make and send a handmade item to the three people who join my PIF within 365 days;
In turn, the three people who join my PIF must also host their own PIF and ask three people to join and on and on;
There are no set times other than the gift must be made and sent within 365 days of hosting your PIF.

If you're interested in joining in, please tell me in a comment that you would like to join my PIF.

This means I'm looking for 3 people to join my challenge. Anyone care to join me?

Baby Quilt

Here's a picture of a quilt top I've finished for my grandniece. When I had completed it, I thought it was ugly, and so haven't been really quick to pick it up for sandwiching and quilting. But my DSIL, the grandmother, says it's her favourite - so it can't be all that bad.

From My Quilts

I don't think the photo does the colours justice. The fabric is from Fabric Freedom.

Laurel Burch

Quilting Obsession mentioned Laurel Burch in her blog a few days ago, and I mentioned that I had made one of the quilts based on her fabric. The quilt is called "Canines and Felines", and I fell in love with it when I first saw the sample in our LQS.

From My Quilts

I appliqued the blocks in the centre with variegated thread - one of my favourite quilting notions. Here's what it looks like.

From My Quilts

I'll add photos of a couple of other quilt tops shortly.