Denim Button Wall Hanging - 2003

Just another way to display your buttons.  Made this little wall hanging in 2003. I proudly display it on my wall the I see when I look up from my quilting machine.

There will be a post on July 15th about my quilting Studio where I will tell you more about my little treasures in my shop.  There is a beautiful large framed cross stitch in the center on this wall, that my friend Bette made for me in 2003. I love looking at it and thinking about all her little stitches.

This little denim pocket button wall hanging was made by my friend, Karen in 2003.  She sewed my vintage buttons on it!  I love it! It is also on display in my quilt shop.

Raggy Sweatshirt for my Mom - 2002

This is from November of 2002 at Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas. Photo is of my Mom and cousin Freddie. We had a wonderful meal at the restaurant. It was a day or two before Marty and Ann's Wedding.

On this raggy sweatshirt I left the original collar on the sweatshirt.

Raggy Blue Sweatshirt from 2002

I made this Raggy Sweatshirt in 2002 using a large sweatshirt and blue fabric scraps.  I stitched the squares and rectangles onto the sweatshirt with my regular sewing machine.  I just wiggled back and forth across them.  It was a fun project to make.  I made several of them in 2002 and 2003 for my Mom, a friend, and customers. 

I am the headless model.  Sleeve rolled up on the first photo and sleeve down in the last photo!  See feature posts of the other sweatshirts.

Adding Quilt Squares to My Clothes from 2002

When I was making all the raggy quilts in 2002, I found myself adding little scraps of fabric to clothing.  This was a cream colored denim shirt. 

If I remember right, I stitched the 9 patch on pocket and right through the shirt making the pocket unusable.  But I don't use those pockets anyway. I am pretty sure I top stitched over the cream colored thread with a blue thread on the pocket, collar, and the front placket.

Why not make a plain shirt look like a quilt? As if I didn't have enough quilted items.

Quilts in My Home - Denim Shirt Large Coaster

 I used denim shirts and up cycled them to make this large coaster for my coffee table. I stitched the triangle scraps onto 2 layers of denim shirt fabric with a piece of cotton batting in between. The quilting is just where I stitched the triangles. Then I stitched around the outside edge and clipped to let it fray! Washed it and dried it so the raw edges would fray too. It measures about 10" X 10". It could be used as a hot pad also.

Quilts in My Home - Denim Shirt Quilt

• This quilt was made from old denim shirts. 
• It is an "up cycled" quilt.
• I free style quilted it on my long arm quilting machine.
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More photos in the Photo Gallery.