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Quilting: Simple Charity Quilt Top
kudoz

Simple Charity Quilt Top

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Category: Quilting

Type of item: Functional

For: Charity

Style: Mod, Classic, Casual


Materials

cotton fabrics - largely what I considered "the bottom of the barrel" donated fabrics that had been given to me 10-15 years ago and I'm trying to finally get out of my house.

What was your inspiration?

The inspiration was trying to get some of these fabrics out of my house. I'd never have bought that watermelon print for a quilt, for example, but I felt obligated to get rid of it in some useful way. I didn't think these fabrics were worth a lot of time on a more complicated design, so just planned to make all plain borders around that watermelon print. Someone in a refugee center somewhere would probably be happy to make use of it even if it wasn't quite up to MY standard. But plain borders just seemed too boring so I finally added one simple pieced one, which I think made for a little more interest.

 

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Shoestring on craftsy.com
Mar 13, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
Only you could make the bottom of the heap look like top of the line. This is a fun art piece. My favorite fruit is watermelon--got any more hunks of the watermelon fabric? I love it.
AllThatPatchwor on craftsy.com
Mar 13, 2013   Flag as inappropriate
LOL. No, none left. I deliberately used up every last square inch of it so I woouldn't have to see it again. That's why I had to make additional side borders of a fabric that didn't go on the top and bottom. Ordinarily if I do a central panel I make it in the same proportions as what I need for my final size.
2strings on craftsy.com
Mar 09, 2013    Flag as inappropriate
It turned out very well. The pieced border really did make the difference. I know exactly what you mean by trying to use up old fabrics. It's hard enough to figure out what to do with my own let alone something that someone else didn't want.