Quilt Sale!

My Internet quilting buddy, Debra is having a big quilt sale during the month of June. She has a selection of quilts for sale for $100 on her Etsy shop, Debra's Design Studio.

Also: tomorrow, June 11, she will feature her quilts in a Showcase on Etsy. Check out the Showcases here. She is generous enough to list a couple of my upcycled tshirt quilts as well.

You can't beat the prices for these items. Go take a look!

NOTE: Debra's Showcase will not be on the page until Saturday, but the link above will take you there.

Sweet Dreams

I've just posted two new upcycled tshirt quilts to my Etsy shop, Barefoot Girl.

These quilts are incredibly soft and cozy. I made them with teens and toddlers in mind. Since they're "old" already - made from gently worn tshirts - you'd have no worries about spills and other toddler/baby related mishaps. Good to throw in the back of the car, or in the grocery cart without stressing over messing up that nice quilt someone worked so hard on.

As you can see - very conducive to afternoon naps.

Visit my Etsy shop to see other similar items at VERY reasonable prices.

(Model not included.)

T Shirt Quilts

I've been collaborating with Debra Spincic on these wonderful t-shirt quilts, made with recycled shirts and fleece.

I had to wrestle these away from my 23 and 19 year old daughters. Teens and toddlers would love these and since they're already "old", no worries about what kids can do to them.

Lots of fun to make, priced to sell (as they say) since this is a new collaborative effort...

Very cozy & snuggly.

Fabulousness Found on the Internet While Unable to Sleep

Morna Crites-Moore's recycled sweater art. How wonderful is this! (via Art for Housewives.

Here's another place to waste time spend productive inspiration-gathering hours looking a wonderful images and photographs(again from Art for Housewives.) What if you spent a day with your camera just recording images you see that somehow resonate with you, that set off a spark inside? I love the patched aprons and the old photographs.

Lamenting the demise of Home Ec. Did you take Home Ec in high school? I did. Every girl did (before it became politically incorrect to do so). That's where I learned to sew. Although my mother and all my aunts could sew, it was a very prissy, but wonderful, home ec teacher who taught me how to put in a zipper and also the phrase, "It'll all come out in the wash" - referring to the sash on my apron. But i took her literally. What'll come out in the wash? I believe my response was "Huh?"

Nobody mends any more. We just go buy something new. When was the last time you had a pair of shoes resoled? Darned a sock? resewed a button? Thus the proliferation and success of the thrift store! And for those of us who love a bargain and get excited over a $2.00 sweater, keep it coming. (i have a blazer I've worn for about 5 years that i bought at a thrift store for $3.00).

A few months ago I made a shower curtain and matching window curtains out of a discarded sheet set my SIL gave me. Also in the pile were dozens of old mismatched pillow cases which I see as place mats and maybe napkins. They won't match but isn't that chic these days? Thrifting is chic! I ripped one seam in a flannel moose-print pillow case and made a pad for the dog's crate with it - that and a $3.00 fleece blanket from Ikea.

And how about this fabulous felted scarf - I feel a trip to the thrift store coming on.

Not to mention my favorite, this totally charming stuffed Scottie!

Great thrifting/crafting/sewing ideas. Lots to keep us insomniacs occupied in the wee hours.