Here are some pictures of my first quilt. I took the easy way out (while I work on a "true" quilt) by making a raggedy edge quilt for our son for Christmas. He is into recycling everything so I used "old" denim from hubby's jeans etc. for the top and new flannel for the back. I learned how to write words with bleach and did some machine embroidery on some squares. It was fun making this quilt and I plan on making more. I bought some rag quilt scissors which really made the fraying part easy!

That is a great quilt! I love it!

Thank you! It's a very heavy quilt with all that denim. I think the next one I make will be made from various flannels, soft and warm too.

I love rag quilts! And that is too a "true" quilt.

Very pretty !!!

Great job!!

Very original!! You did great for your first quilt!

That is a very nice denim raggy quilt! Never heard of bleach writing...how is that done?

Great job!

Great quilt! Thanks for recycling :)

What are rag quilt scissors?i don't think i've seen them

VERY nice job! I think it came out great!!!!

Clorox pen??

What a wonderful quilt!

I bought a kit from a store in Edmonton, Alberta. It contained plastic bottles with various sizes of tips. You put the liquid soap used in dishwashers - but it apparently has to be white - in the bottles and simply write. There are several tips so that you can make your letters wide or narrow. I wrote on about ten squares. As the bleach that's in the liquid soap dries, the writing shows up very clearly. After I finished sewing the quilt, I washed and dried it several times to make it fray. The writing stayed the same as it looked when it dried the very first time (the initial writing). I know that in some hardware stores they sell plastic bottles with various tips for gluing. They might work.

I used "6 1/2" Rag Quilting Snips VP7" and the brand that I have is Heritage Cutlery. I had forgotten that I owned them (had put them away for that future date that I might make a raggedy edge quilt) and found them about halfway through all the cutting for the fraying. I was going through one of my sewing drawers looking for any kind of scissor that might work. My hands were so sore from cutting and I had some blisters! I was using spring loaded scissors at the time. Once I found these wonderful scissors, I whizzed through the rest of the quilt effortlessly! They are simply amazing!

Thanks. I haven't had a dishwasher for many years...didn't know they made a liquid soap for the dishwasher. have to look for that.

I have the rag quilt snips, mine are Fiskars. I don't know how I ever did the snipping before. I find lots of uses for the snips since I have dropped both pairs of my Ginghers on the tile floor in the past month.

My sentiments exactly!!! :D:D:D

This is an awesome denim quilt!!! I love what you did for embellishing it too 8-)8-)8-) Good job :thumbup:

A Fantastic Quilt , I love the bleach effect also will have to try that on my sons Bluejeans Quilt soon, thanks for sharing your Quilt pic with us.

Great!

What a fabulous quilt! I was thinking of a rag denim quilt for a future project, as I've a lot of denim stockpiled. I really like you're backing. The dog is cute too :)

I think its great. It's masculine, it is recycled AND it has his dad's stuff in it!!! Cool all around
Arent bleach pens cool?

What a wonderful quilt! And your pup is just darling. I hope your cutting fingers have recovered!

It's a cozy,wonderful quilt.

very good job for you first quilt

Very pretty for your first! I'm going to add that to my "list to make" since I have a ton of jeans I can cut up! Keep up the great work!

That is beautiful...wow...good job too. Congratulations on your first quilt.

Great Job!

Very nice quilt. I will have to try the bleach pen.

Great job. Keep it up :thumbup:

Thank you to all of you! What a supportive group I have joined! Your comments mean so much to me! I love all the pictures you have posted and all the great quilting advice. I'm looking forward to learning a lot from you experts!

Tebill, you did good!!! It's also nice to know about the scissors; if or when I get motivated to do a rag quilt, I want a pair.

that is very awesome

Great job and that guard dog just looks ferocious.

hi tebil what a novel idea - bleach writing... I love the idea of recycling too. I try and use the jeans for pot holders and little bags etc. but never thought of a quilt. I also love the way you did your backing. Keep it up. ciao

I love your quilt! Great job!

If this is your first quilt I am so proud of you. Everything looks so straight and even. :thumbup: Really good job!
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Sew cute.

I hope the one I make turns out as nice as yours