Feel the Love Blankie

I found tons of U-Tube videos when I Googled "Tag Baby Quilts". I wanted to make my upcycled texture quilt into a tag baby quilt/blankie for Challenge Two of Project Quilting. I had never made a tag baby quilt and I thought it would be fun to make one for this challenge.

I selected a yellow car/motorcycle shammy, (got it from my husband when I was searching in the garage for materials) for one of the materials that would not be intended to be a quilt or clothing.

I selected a dish towel with a red ruffle as the second material that would not be intended to be a quilt or clothing.

I selected an old fishing shirt, a fleece vest with cute little puppies on it, a leftover embroidery stitched tab from the quilted bags that I make and a ribbon from a present. Both of the tags could also qualify as materials not for quilts or clothing, as one was for bags and the other was for wrapping presents. 

For the back of the blankie I cut up an old flannel pillowcase that was from my kids back in the 80's.

I not going to go through how I made it, but I share the photos to show you what I did.  I cut the squares about 8 inches square.
No words just photos.

I only stitched the ribbons on one side.

I named my quilt "Feel the Love Blankie" as I will give this to my grandson.  All four squares represent Grandpapa and Grandmama.  The shammy and the fishing shirt for Grandpapa and the dish towel and the fleece for Grandmama. I also like that there are two dogs on the fleece sending their love too.

I will be traveling to the Netherlands in March.  I will give him lots of love, not just the blankie!

Enjoy!
Marcia

Gathering Fabrics for Project Quilting Challenge Two and Why I Share

Or should I say non quilting fabrics?

Here is an exert from the Challenge:  
"The front, back, borders, binding and embellishments should all be made from materials that have had a previous life as something else.Your project must include at least 2 materials that were never intended for use in a quilt or clothing."

Hop over and read Challenge Two -"Upcycled" --- Click Here and get all the details.

I started gathering up fabric items.  As I gathered up things I thought about what I could make. 

I have always wanted to make a texture quilt.

I gathered:
  

A yellow shammy cloth, an old fishing shirt, a dish towel, a fleece vest... 

... and ribbons, sew on patches and old logos from old shirts. I can't use the new ones only the ones that have had a previous life. But I don't know if I will use any of these, but I needed to have the visual thoughts in my mind for brainstorming.

I found a couple of Royal Crown bags.

I found a couple of old sweaters. These had a previous life, but they are clothing -- but I only have to have 2 that are not clothing or not for a quilt. 

I found lots of vintage kitchen items.  These are toaster or mixer-master and appliance covers.

This is cute little embroidered owl on a dishtowel. I could use that too. It is not clothing and it was not made for use in a quilt -- it's for drying dishes.  I could maybe look through my old tablecloths and linens.

Remember the rule: "The front, back, borders, binding and embellishments should all be made from materials that have had a previous life as something else.Your project must include at least 2 materials that were never intended for use in a quilt or clothing." (This is not the complete details of the challenge -- see link at the top of the post and at the bottom.)

Now I need to dream...

What other fabric/materials can I find for up cycling?

What kind of texture quilt do I want to make? 

a small one for my grandson, a lap size for an elderly person for comfort on their lap, or some kind of memory texture quilt.  The wheels are spinning.

Why do I share?

I share to inspire others to create.

When I share an idea or a quilt pattern or a quilting idea or quilting design on my long-arm quilting, I share it for you to make it or create it or do it too. You can make it exactly the same or make it similar or just be inspired by the ideas and create your own design.  I try to share my ideas for Project Quilting Challenges early in the week to inspire you to create a quilted project too.  You can make yours just like mine.  I would love that! 

Hop over and read Challenge Two -"Upcycled" --- Click Here and get all the details.

     Enjoy!
       Marcia