💜Recycled wool Men's Vest for a special someone

Vest made from a pair of wool pants as a specially requested gift for my son.

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I especially like the way I inset the pockets on the front😏 No pattern. $killzzzzz😜

 

 

🐌 Sentimental Quilt Commission

Snail Quilt commission made from old sentimental clothing. 🐌👕👖🧣🧥👙🥻64"x57"

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In a previous chapter of my life I was a clothing designer for a living, making machines out of conductive textiles, ready-to-wear & wearable art from upcycled materials. I worked with a great client & wholesaler who commissioned a similar quilt about 10 yrs. ago.

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 Last summer she contacted me out of the blue and asked me to make her another one. Then she sent me a box of ummm 🙄.... clothes that have been ridden hard & put up wet... shredded, stained sweatshirts and pants,  moth eaten stained sweaters, stretched out bathing suits, lots of well loved shirts and one nice organza skirt. This project has felt like being on a competitive cooking show trying to make something gourmet out of roadkill and wild harvested weeds gathered along the highway of her life. 

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But I really love snails so I made it work. It even has pockets in the rocks at the base of the trees! Whew! Big job out the door before I head back out into the wild blue yonder!! Er Mah Gawd! So glad it's DONE!

 PS. Living in my tiny house honestly this project would have taken over my world so I rented a storage unit down the street from my house a set up my operation in there. Conveniently I also remodeled my house at the same time so it was great to have some overflow space. My home building/doings is at: homemadesolartraveltrailer.blogspot.com