The prompt this month was for clothing recycling. Well, I have plenty of projects to fit that! The first project will be the piece I started in the Gee's Bend workshop at QuiltCon in 2015. We were to bring some old clothes and work on starting a quilt top out of them. I brought two denim shirts that I did not wear, a beige shirt, and a red polo shirt. I remember Mary Ann Pettway asking me how big I was going to make my piece. I said I would keep sewing until I run out of fabric from the shirts. She smiled and approved. Here is the piece as it stands right now. When time ran out the ladies were happy to pose for pictures. I asked them to sign my piece. They looked at me and said really? You want us to write on your piece? I said yes! They said nobody ever asked them to do that before. I was glad two of the ladies dated it too.
I managed to get a bit more cleaned up in the future garden bed. Here is the current condition. I had to leave that fern! It was too pretty to rip out!
At the far end there is still some weeds I need to clean up and I ran out of rocks. I have some concrete blocks that I will used until more rocks find their way into my life. I did dig a hole in the bed as you can see with the darker dirt. I plan on transplanting some of my Lenten roses in this bed to grow along with the squash.
3 comments:
Getting these master quilters' signatures is a fantastic idea. I like the curves and colors of your strip sets, too, and hope you move this project to the front of the line. Too good to languish in the corner!
My "garden" is way behind for our zone but all the seedlings are up now. I have a couple of containers.
I love your clothing creation. That's super cool! Love the curves and stripes. That's awesome to have the others sign it.
Good luck with your plants and garden. It's looking awesome. I appreciate how much work that is. It's nice and warm this week. It's a great time for garden growing.
I look forward to seeing the quilt progress
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