Finished Pillow

Here it is all stuffed and ready to put in a gift bag for my daughter-in-law's birthday.  I found a pillowform in my closet and it fit perfectly.  I think I may make a few more of these.  Just need to go through my stash and see what colors I have.  Fun project.

August Quiltie -Recycled

The theme for quilties on the Fabric in Altered Group for August is "Recycled". This is my recycled quiltie. The front "fabric" is the interior of a Frito bag. I painted it with copper Adirondack paint. I hand stitched two butterflies cut from fabric on the recycled "fabric" and made beads from a recycled FedEx mailer painted with the same paint. The painted mailer was then cut into long triangles and rolled around a toothpick. The piece was then heated with a heat gun. The result was these beautiful beads. I stitched the word FLY and added the word recycle with a sharpie. The back is a recycled bubble mailer with a flower from the same fabric as butterflies. The flower was stitched onto the mailer. As I sewed the flower, I noticed that the bubbles would flated when poked with needle. "Idea" - why not leave air in the bubbles behind the flower and poke all other bubbles? The flower is now puffed and the remainer is flattened. The front and back were attached with a blanket stitch. The entire piece has a rustic look.

Goddess of Green

This is my ATC for a swap on Fiber Art Traders. I decided to use recycled products in my ATC.

The theme of the swap was Goddess. I had read people were using FedEx packages are backing for quilts and in other fabric art projects. The background is the Fed Ex package and the backing is soda pop packaging. I decided to use the theme of the fabric bags that we are encouraged to use when shopping. The bag is made from a scrap of green fabric. I drew the arms and legs. Check out the sparkly green shoes. I wrote Reuse but card still needed something so I added crystal Stickles. Not sure Stickles goes with the green theme but oh well, it's artistic. I don't know why the crystal has a pink tint in the photo. It is more green when you look at the card.

Patriotic ATC

This month's theme for ATCs at Mystic Paper is Patriotic - Red, White, and Blue. I haven't participated in one of their swaps for some time because we have been out of town. Since I had just completed a Patriotic Quiltie, I decided to participate in the swap. These are the ATCs for the swap. The image is from Dover it says "Work on a farm this summer. Join the US Crop Corp". The mesh is recycled from a tomato bag. I thought it was an appropriate use for the mesh. Green can be RED!

Thrift Store Treasure

This patchwork piece was one of my found TREASURES yesterday at the thrift store. It measures about 14" x 80". I assume someone began a quilt and didn't finish. "Their loss is my gain!" All the little pieces in such lovely colors. Wonderful vintage piece. This will be a great addition to my stash.

Once home I washed the piece and put it in the dryer. This morning I was searching for inspiration for a mini quilt for a Light Blue Themed swap. As I was ironing the patchwork, I saw the light blue star. Perfect for the background of the Light Blue Quiltie! The results are shown in the photo. An image from Dover and a little vintage rick rack (also thrift store) and my quiltie was on its way to completion. I embellished the image with Stickles and added backing and binding. I'm pleased with the little piece of art!