Oh look at me – now that I’ve caught up on all my blogging buddies’ posts (well I think I have), I’m trying to pretend that I am back to posting regularily 😉

Here’s a follow up to my mid November 2024 post – ScrapHappy November 2024: Update on Denim Quilt. The denim quilt you all are probably tired of reading about, is now hung on the wall leading up the stairway from the first to second floor of my house.

Here are photos:

John built the wooden hanger for the piece which I place through the hanging sleeve I added to the back of the quilt.

I am very pleased! We really needed something on that blank wall and the quilt seems to be what it needed!

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Postscript

RECYCLED HOPE VS UPCYCLED HOPE

This quilt will become part of my “Recycled Hope” series of quilts which I describe as follows:

The Recycled Hope an ongoing series of improvisational art quilts using recycled materials to include denim as the primary fabric on many of the pieces, combined with other recycled materials. “Hope” and the interpretation of the word “hope” is the primary theme of infused into these pieces. Most of the fabrics were not reusable as clothing or home decor and were destined to end up in a landfill. Reimagining recycled clothing and other materials into art quilts satisfies my hopeful desire to honor the environment and make art that is eco-conscious. Ending up in an art quilt is a better outcome than ending up in a landfill.

One of the comments on the post ScrapHappy October 2024: Recycled Hope I wrote in October 2024 about this series, went something like this (paraphrased): “shouldn’t your series Recycled Hope be called instead Upcycled Hope?”

I thought about this and researched on line various definitions of “recycled” vs “upcycled”.

Recycled: “having been used before and then put through a process so that it can form a new product” (Cambridge Dictionary)

Upcycled: “to recycle (something) in such a way that the resulting product is of a higher value than the original item : to create an object of greater value from (a discarded object of lesser value)” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

After reviewing those two definitions and thinking a bit, I’ve decided to eventually rename my series – UPCYCLED HOPE!

I’ve added to my list of things to do to update my tierneycreates website…