What's on the Design Wall

What’s on the Design Wall: An “Upcycled” Work

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I’ve been itching to work with recycled textiles again and the other day I put together a collection of pieces to work with from my recycled textiles stash (recycled clothing, jeans, home decor fabrics):

I wanted to make a piece that is primarily recycled denim but also includes home decor fabrics in warm colors with lots of textures. I decided to revisit a piece I made in my early days of improvisational/art quilting (circa 2012/2013) where I was working with recycled silk and linen couture fabric samples – Flying Triangles:

Here is my design wall with the piecing I’ve been playing with this evening. Note it is late at night and I did not bring out the “ring light” I use for photographing pieces so the image is dark:

I am going to keep playing, I started out setting recycled fabrics in oranges in denim; and next I will use some browns and golds, and I’ll see what else feels right.

I’ll share more images in the future as the piece progresses and I’ll even take the photos with better lighting!

Upcycling: The act of taking something no longer in use and giving it a second life and new function. In doing so, the finished product often becomes more practical, valuable and beautiful than what it previously was.

UpcycleThat.com/Habitat for Humanity
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14 thoughts on “What’s on the Design Wall: An “Upcycled” Work”

  4. I feel about bikes, the way you feel about quilting and fabrics. I got a bike tuneup and was told that the cassette and chain had to be replaced. I asked the repair shop to save my cassette and chain for me instead of throwing it away. I plan on making something with it but I dont know what. Perhaps a keepsake just to remember all the places I biked.

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  5. I like the “wonkiness” placement of the triangles – i thiink I could do something like that in paper – been playing around with odd shaped squares and rectangles

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