I was helping my friend sort clothes at the Lutheran Church she attends. The items are donated clothing, mostly, but occasionally bedding, toys or other things. The volunteers are well organized, standing around two long rows of tables, pulling clothing out of bags that two other volunteers bring in from a truck outside, a few at time. The camaraderie among the volunteers is great. They joke about the strangest and grossest things they've found: a soiled bathing suit seemed to be the worst.
We examined each item, throwing anything too worn, torn or stained, into a pile that would be discarded or recycled. The rest of it would all be laundered before being sent to their thrift store.
A quilt was examined and found to be too worn to be saved. I asked if I could see it and wondered if I would be able to save parts of it. Since they were just going to throw it away, they let me have it.
And so my journey begins, just like my master quilter friend in North Carolina, of finding and repairing or salvaging parts of old quilts.
As you can see in this up-close picture, it is in really bad shape so salvaging is probably what I'll have to do, and then to totally rebuild this quilt.
We examined each item, throwing anything too worn, torn or stained, into a pile that would be discarded or recycled. The rest of it would all be laundered before being sent to their thrift store.
A quilt was examined and found to be too worn to be saved. I asked if I could see it and wondered if I would be able to save parts of it. Since they were just going to throw it away, they let me have it.
And so my journey begins, just like my master quilter friend in North Carolina, of finding and repairing or salvaging parts of old quilts.
As you can see in this up-close picture, it is in really bad shape so salvaging is probably what I'll have to do, and then to totally rebuild this quilt.
 |
| In this view, it doesn't look bad. I've saved this view for rebuilding. |
 |
| I'm excited. A winter project. |
