Originally patchwork was made by using up what was available - scraps left over from making clothes, flour sacks, worn out garments etc. To me, this is what gives patchwork its charm – creating something out of what would be discarded. I’d like this group to reuse and recycle, make amazing quilts out of reclaimed fabric. The end product will always something completely unique.
In this quilt, the pieces were taken from coloured demin jeans.
The picture below is a scrap quilt, made from the leftover fabric from oh so many items of clothing. So many memories for me - a dress made by my mother, a skirt made for a friend, a fabric scrap from my auntie when she left Australia, I could go on and on. This quilt has many stories, lots of little pieces of my life! It’s the making something out of nothing (much) that I love about patchwork.
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