repurposing fabrics, do you do it?
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One of the reasons I love quilting is that re-purposed fabric makes some of the most amazing and one-off quilts. I collect vintage fabric, anything that can be cut up and incorporated into a quilt or an embellishment for a quilt. No thrift store is safe from my "rummaging":).
Love the stuff you got...specially the pillow panels with the buildings, could be a brilliant quilt, as a centrepiece if you only have the one or incorporating more, surrounded by geometric blocks using plain fabrics that co-ordinate with the colours in the panel....see...salvaged bits and pieces just get the creative juices running:)....have fun and happy quilting.
Love the stuff you got...specially the pillow panels with the buildings, could be a brilliant quilt, as a centrepiece if you only have the one or incorporating more, surrounded by geometric blocks using plain fabrics that co-ordinate with the colours in the panel....see...salvaged bits and pieces just get the creative juices running:)....have fun and happy quilting.
#34
Originally Posted by Rhaorth
Wish I knew how to test fabric, so I could determine if the ones that did not have labels are 100% cotton
#36
Here's a post about using decorator fabric sample books: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-158818-1.htm
#38
My real passion I guess is finding great fabrics in weird places. And I love my seam ripper, too, so I enjoy buying curtains or skirts or bed ruffles or tablecloths, or whatever and ripping them down to make something else out of . I'd guess probably half my fabric is reclaimed.
Recently bought a valance that when I had finished ripping apart was 45" wide and 4 yards long--------------pastel seersucker plaid, just perfect for a baby quilt back I'll be making in the next couple months.
Recently bought a valance that when I had finished ripping apart was 45" wide and 4 yards long--------------pastel seersucker plaid, just perfect for a baby quilt back I'll be making in the next couple months.
#39
Originally Posted by LeslieFrost
Originally Posted by Rhaorth
Wish I knew how to test fabric, so I could determine if the ones that did not have labels are 100% cotton
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