Today’s (re)purposed project uses some of the small strips that I salvaged from the vintage quilt. Not only am I reusing some of the patchwork but mostly some canvas from a previous project. This series is all about (re)purposing what I have to work with. I really only bought thread, buttons, interfacing for most of the projects, and some of that I had on hand as well.
I admit, I have an addiction – to making fabric pumpkins! I can’t stop; if I make one, I make another, and another, and another. I simply can’t get enough. They’re quick, easy, cute, and a great (re)purpose project; what could you not love about them?
For the last two years I have made hundreds of the little beauties but not from a vintage quilt like these. I’ll show you other (re)purposed pumpkins after I have exhausted all the projects I’ve created from the vintage quilt, but for now enjoy these precious little patchwork pumpkins.
My friend who gave me creative license with her family heirloom vintage quilt has a son who is in the Marines. He is newly married [just shy of two years] and will be off on his first foreign assignment after Thanksgiving. His precious bride will be able to accompany him and the thought of them together on one of the biggest adventures of their lives was the inspiration for this project.
A good use of the small pieces of vintage quilt patchwork is to make them into these little teddy bear softies.
They are just the right size for tiny hands.
This (re)purposed sewing project makes good use of a larger intact piece of the vintage quilt I am using.
Much of the barely salvageable parts of the quilt are very small and I tried my best to put every bit of the useable pieces to good use. A challenge to myself was to use as much as possible and create as many different keepsakes as possible from Rosalie’s mother’s quilt.
Today’s (re)purposed project from my friend’s vintage quilt is a pennant banner.
Banners are festive; they can be used for special occasions or just for everyday.
Who wouldn’t want every day to be a special day?
Every day is a gift to be savored and appreciated.
Everyday should be celebrated.
Of the two quilts my friend asked me to repurpose, one was a wedding ring pattern. The former colorful patches that made up the wedding ring were almost totally destroyed leaving the white space of the quilt the most intact.
Some of the pattern around the edges was still good enough to use and because I wanted to showcase the patches,
I decided to make a small project – a zipper bag.
When I decided to take the challenge to Write 31 Days, I had to consider what topic I was going to cover. The challenge is to write about one subject. My first thought was sewing but that is a very broad subject; I knew I had to narrow it down. The answer came from a good friend of mine – (Re)Purposed Sewing.
Hello, fellow quilters. Thought I would pop in to show you another brown quilt top that I had completed in the early spring. As I mentioned in this post, I had a lot of browns in my stash for making quilt tops for our Prayer Quilt Ministry. On this top, I used a fair amount of browns while throwing in some orange along the way – a perfect quilt for fall.
It’s finished! Finally! It’s been sitting in my sewing room waiting for one last row to be attached so I can pass it on to the next person in our Prayer Quilt Ministry at church.
