Showing posts with label recycled clothing quilt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recycled clothing quilt. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Custom Memory Quilt for my Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing...

Last month my husband's Pepere passed away. 
He was such an amazing man and we all miss him terribly. 
Today I have started on a memory quilt, for my mother-in-law, 
from her father's clothing and accessories.
I thought it would be neat to show all of the different pieces of clothing 
that I will be working with before I cut them up!
As you can tell from the items, George was a VERY proud grandpa
 as my husband is the one who attended West Point and is an Army Ranger. 
All of his clothing holds so much sentimental value for the entire family
 and I'm so happy to make this quilt for Denise (and one for Kim also). 
For this quilt I'll be using his suits and dress pants, sweatshirts, ties, jackets, hats, t shirts, sweaters, etc. There are so many more pieces of clothing that I am using that I just haven't photographed yet!
Stay tuned for the progress!
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.
Custom Memory Quilt for My Mother-In-Law from Pepere's Clothing.



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Monday, March 21, 2011

Custom Memory Quilt Made From Clothing and Sentimental Fabric

This is a custom memory quilt that I made for a family using lots of recycled clothing and very sentimental fabrics. As you can see in this pic, a lot of the clothing was vintage, belonging to a couple generations...


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There were pieces of clothing as well as bits of fabrics from old sofas, curtains and handmade items that were of sentimental value to the family...
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I had to first interface the clothing that was knit or too weak to withstand quilting. There were also some old fashioned swimming bloomers (lined with a waterproof plastic) that I had to attach some non woven interfacing to.
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I then started to cut the pieces into strips and proceeded to sew!
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I then finished the quilt with a double heart pantograph, of their choosing.
The border was done with clothing from their young grand daughter, 
who had passed away the previous year.
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mamaka mills recycled custom quilt made from clothing
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On the back of the quilt I used some of their old t shirts that I wanted to keep whole instead of cutting them up into small strips.
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I think this quilt came out beautifully and the family was so happy with it when I was done. :)



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