By Patricia Belyea WAUCONDA WA Right now I’m leading the Something To Say Workshop. In Session 2, I taught the classic jeans quilt technique, Stitch ’N Flip—with the addition of patterned letters in the strips. Take a look at some of amazing projects my online students have made! YOCHI from Moshav Dekel in Israel commented: I had a hard time cutting wearable jeans . . . an almost criminal act for my generation. CYNDY in Seattle WA stated: This is for my dog, Rover. He’s on a road trip so I included my other dog, Finch. She’s unimpressed. SALLY in Bend OR didn’t chose jeans for her fabrics. Instead she used kasuri (ikat-woven cottons) and contemporary Japanese cottons. MAUREEN in Margaret River AU explained: I've never been keen on quilts made from jeans, but decided to “give it a go” and created a wood carrier. BARBARA of Milwaukee WI couldn’t find enough interesting jeans at her local thrift store, so she headed to Kohl’s and bought some clearance jeans for her project. CAROL from Tucson AZ started with the word OM in her quilt design and expanded her concept to the word HOME. SYLVIE of Ashland OR could not find anything more than blue or black jeans so she opted for buying denim at the fabric store. DIANE of Argyle TX likes to make bags and decided to make a small Stitch ’N Flip project. ALLISON of Pismo Beach CA commented: I have always liked the word “Goofy” and I have always wanted to make a silly patchwork face. Here I have the word, a momma, and a baby. NANCY of Eagle ID made the top for a 32
