Grandfather's Flower Garden, 42 x 42", by Margit Kagerer
We love this original and beautiful quilt made from silk neckties. Winner of the third place award in the Theme category, Margit Kagerer says: “Grandfather went through his stash of neckties and revived them as flowers. He arranged the tips in hexagons like grandmother did for her garden.”
close up, Grandfather's Flower Garden by Margit Kagerer
Goodwill Hunting by Sandra Branjord
"Goodwill Hunting" won a blue ribbon for its creative use of thrift shop materials. Sandra Branjord says: “My inspiration was the thrill of the hunt. This is a mixed media quilt using all materials from Goodwill. I cut apart and reused garments and recycled batting.”
close up, Goodwill Hunting by Sandra Branjord
Sandra used all animal-themed prints to make this artistic quilt. In the close-up photo you can see pieces of some of the blouses, including the buttoned front and clothing label of a zebra-prnt blouse. The words "Goodwill Hunting" were spelled out with Scrabble tiles.
close up, Goodwill Hunting by Sandra Branjord
it was fun to see all the different materials and embellishments that covered this quilt. Sandra incorporated buttons, beads and bottle caps, a wooden necklace with carved animals (in the upper right) and other metal pieces. She must have had so much fun "hunting" for all of the different materials.
Delightful Thrift Store Challenge by CJ Fuhrman
CJ Fuhrmann made this very cheerful wall quilt with one yard of fabric and six different shirts/blouses from the thrift store, spending $25 or less. She picked up the colors of the tie-dyed fabric in the various flowers, and added interest with squiggly quilting lines. The block pattern was called "Fanciful Flowers" by Lori Hein.
Delightful Thrift Store Challenge by Gayle Reed
Delightful Thrift Store Challenge by Gayle Reed. “What to do with a dress, two mens shirts and a scrub top? Make appliques by fussy-cutting the stitched flowers from the dress and [adding] a braided border to tie it all together!” We thought the braided border was the perfect finishing touch.
It's Not Easy Being Green by Judy Peters
Judy Peters says that her quilt was inspired by the 2013 Cool Globes exhibit in Boston, which focused on "hot ideas for a cooler planet". The adorable Kermit-like frog is pointing at the earth, while wooden Scrabble tiles spell out the title: "It's not easy being green."
close up, It's Not Easy Being Green by Judy Peters
All of the materials were purchased at thrift stores.
Image credits: Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration.
