I am almost ashamed to admit, that my quilting fabric is 99% new fabric, in quilting cotton. Quilting is my guilty pleasure. So I challenged myself to try to find cotton fabric suitable for quilting at several fleamarkets and make a baby quilt out of it. The main criteria for me were bright colour, cotton in about quilting weight quality, not too light and not too thick, and also not too washed out.
I received "free hands" in design, when I asked the mom-to-be about the baby quilt. She only asked for bright colours. The gender was unknown, when I started the work, but I knew it would be a boy by the time I added the binding.
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| The final babyquilt |
I ended up buying a couple of shirts and blouses, a cotton skirt, and a dress.
Because of the small pieces for my design and the change in cotton quality, I opted for paper piecing. The template was quickly drawn in "Paint". I didn't feel the need to starch the fabric, but I could see that it might be useful for thin fabrics. The baby quilt ended up being over 50 % made of recycled fabric.
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| Pulling out the paper pieces after assembling the quilt. |
The occasional curse escaped my lips, concerning the small, small pieces I chose to use. But the end result was worth it, in my opinion.
The batting was leftover cotton batting, and the backside is made from an "ikea" fleece blanket to make it nice and soft and cuddly.
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| The backside, finished quilting. |
I opted for a small meander pattern, with the occasional flower free handed into the quilting. I think flowers are fine for baby boys, too. The thread was Aurifil white to blend and sit into the fabric.
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| The quilting |
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| Closeup on the front. |
I quite liked the experienced and I am sure to look out for good recycle fabric in the future. This is not my last recycle project!
What is YOUR experience with reused and repurposed fabric?
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