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Thursday, September 06, 2007

gee's whiz

It's done!

I finished the binding about 10 pm.
(Thus the crappy photos.)
I can't decide which one is worse...this

or this.

In the true spirit of the Gee's Bend quilters, I made this mostly out of jeans, khakis and shirts. (Most of the navy was new fabric picked up in remnant bins.) I love how it turned out. I love that I was able to recycle most of the materials for the top and come up with this.

23 comments:

  1. The beauty of it shows through the pictures, not to worry! I love the simplicity of this one. Sometimes I think reusing stuff like this is almost more fun than buying new (almost!). By the way, I am really loving hand sewing stuff these days (embroidery, trim, etc.) so I think sewing the binding would be my favorite part too.

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  2. I can't believe you finished the binding in just one day! I really like the pattern of this one.

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  3. Love it!!! You rock on the recycling too!

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  4. Anonymous7:10 AM

    wow! you are speedy :)
    You would laugh if I told you what I managed to sewing (by hand) last night while sitting in bed :)

    Again, so impressed with your talent and creativity. I LOVE that you used jeans, khakis + shirts!

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  5. It's beautiful, and heavy, I bet!

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  6. Gee whiz, you're fast!!!

    It looks beautiful! I love it.

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  7. Yeah for getting it done! I like the simplicity of it. I've made 3 quilts so far with recycled fabrics and they were so much fun to make.

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  8. Just beautiful. You certainly were quick with sewing the binding down.

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  9. looks great! I have that same fabric as the binding I think.

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  10. I can't wait to try it out with you, but it looks like today is out of the question-- too yucky!

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  11. Wow! It is beautiful.......how accomplished you must feel to have used all recycled material!

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  12. Woman, you're a machine!!

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  13. The quilt looks great. I have bags upon bags of scraps. I need to take this inspirations and start whipping up some quilts.

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  14. It looks wonderful and you finished that binding some quickly! Impressive:) I also love how you recycled other stuff to make the quilt!

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  15. that turned out so fabulous!!! way to go!

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  16. Everything about this quilt is great - from the fabric remnants that you used to the inspiration behind it to the final presentation. You are amazing!

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  17. Yay! It's beautiful. Do you have a spot for it?

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  18. Nice to be done, huh? I am getting something done on my quilt too.

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  19. Anonymous7:22 PM

    it's beautiful dude!!! turned out amazing. big, bold, beautiful.

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  20. Unbelievable. This looks so sophisticated.

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