#basting

My first big quilt from back in March currently lives in the basement for snuggling and watching TV but as the weather got colder I found myself wanting something a bit heavier. Luckily I had a bit of a backlog of stained and ripped jeans, some black canvas, and the cutest flannel flat sheet just laying around the house!

I originally wanted to do a fully denim quilt but I’m glad I didn’t have enough for that - some of those jeans had just enough elastic to cause a headache and I was glad for the rigid canvas acting as the dark half of each block. This is actually my first time using a log cabin blocks and I guess when it’s a matter of ‘go big or go home’ I go big.

I had never seen basting thread used this way for repair. I tend to darn jeans then, add a fabric patch.

Results in a super strong repair for areas with wear. The downside is it tends to add quite a bit of thickness to the jeans. Which in some areas is fine, also using a large patch often makes this less of an issue.