Hi there! Here is a quick update on the 03/30/17 post What’s on My Lap.
This weekend I completed the hand quilting on The Recycled Road, an 18″ x 40″ improvisational art quilt for our annual Central Oregon SAQA Art Quilting Group’s themed exhibit. Our 2017 theme is “Pathways”.
For more background on this piece, please see the posts What’s on My Lap, Slow Stitching, and What’s on the Design Wall. Someday, this art quilt is going to be part of a series of 18″ x 40″ art quilts from recycled materials using the same materials/adding in additional recycled materials as needed for the design.
Here is the other quilt in this series so far – Recycled Door (the 2016 theme was “Doors”):
The Recycled Road quilt was made completely with recycled materials: old jeans, sweat pants, corduroy pants, corduroy shirt, tweed jumper, curtains, and home decor fabric scraps. The jeans, shirt, pants, jumper and home decor fabric were reused from the first piece in the series, Recycled Door shown above (which is a much better photo).
All of the clothing or home decorating items used in this art quilt were destined for the landfill. There were all in poor condition, or scraps and not donate-able for reuse as their original purpose.
Currently I am working on the Artist Statement, and in a future post I will share the Artist Statement explaining the piece and share my research on writing an Artist Statement (one of the tierneycreates readers asked for more info on writing Artist Statements, something many of us struggle with!).
This art quilt will debut at the 2017 Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show as part of the special exhibit for Central Oregon SAQA. Eventually become part of the Improvisational Textiles Collection – improvisationaltextiles.com.
I hope to share a better photo in the future of this piece.
tierneycreates 
I really like your interpretation! All that hand stitching adds dimension and character. The silk fabrics are a nice contrast with the denim and the other textures. I wish I lived in Oregon!
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Thanks and I think the Artist Statement will help explain my thought process. 🙂
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Stunning handiwork, Tierney. I love that this piece is hand-quilted, and that it saved all that beautiful fabric from the landfill! I’ve heard about this outdoor quilt show (that it’s one of a kind in the US?). Happy to read your hand-quilted work will be a part of it! 🙂
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Thanks! I think others have followed the lead and done other outdoor quilt shows around the US but this is the premiere/most famous one – http://sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org/show-info/about-us/ 🙂
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Thanks for the link. I’ve heard awesome things about this fest from another quilter!
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It turned out wonderful. What an awesome way to repurpose the fabrics! Your quilting adds the perfect touch bringing it all together in harmony.
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Thank you, it means a lot coming from a professional long arm quilter as yourself 🙂 I cannot wait until my Cindy quilted quilt comes in the mail!
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You are so very welcome! I consider your items to be made by a professional. Always so creative, so imaginative! You are my inspiration.
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Virtual hugs 🙂
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Loving these rustic quilts!
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Thank you queen of painting 😀
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Thank you!
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Sisters, Oh Boy! maybe, just maybe I’ll get there this year.
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Let me know if you are coming so we can meet up at the show. My friend Joan from Washington who I met at a quilt retreat is coming and I am looking forward to meeting up with her too.
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I love your quilts!
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Great save of fabrics!!
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Thank you😀
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