Carli The Quilter

I made this quilt back in 2002. Made from men's pant material harvested lovingly. And some plain men's work style shirts. I tied and it would still be around if someone hadn't taken in on  date and spilled coke all over it. It was thrown into a lake to 'clean'it and no one thought to ask about wool pant materials or the best way to wash it. Sour faces brought it home and with heavy hearts they handed it to me without too much crying. Shit happens and I learned a fair thing. Don't make and then call quilts Camper Quilts then others think they are hardy and can be washed like another other cotton material. I'm sure you've got some stories like that, if it hadn't been for my inexperienced upcycler habits that I included teh red/black tartan, it would still be in use. Instead the wool tartan shrunk and everthing around it came too. Rumples, canyons and wired twisting occured after the lake experience. I was ahead of the MODERN quilting curve back in 2002...

Lots of learning going on here as Zander learns about rotary cutting! Kay is just in love! She started on the first workshop cutting out squares and she continued cutting and sewing and eventually she had herself a flimsy! And look at this fine tutorial on basic squares into a quilt at her blog, A Maiden Hair Fern http://amaidenhairfern.blogspot.ca/2010/12/lauras-fish.html I'm so proud of this small group, who with few funds, they are into recycling, reuse and new! Quilters are born. This quilt is so beautiful and anything you'd like to donate to this group, you can mail to me and I'll take it over. Its amazing and so rewarding to help these ladies learn the art of quilting. more later, Carli