Dress Clothes Quilt

I made this Dress Clothes Quilt for a friend from some of his old clothes that made there way to the rag pile. Each square is 12 inches and i was able to get 3 squares from each side of the shirt and 1 from each sleeve. I though the buttons and zippers gave a nice effect to the quilt. so i incorporated them but I only put them on the front of the quilt and not in the first row so they would be less likely to catch on something unexpectedly or bother the user if they pull the quilt up to their eyes.

The squares cut out and arranged for the front.


The squares cut out and arranged for the back.

The back squares sewed together in a row.
The front all stitched together.

Quilt sandwich the front and back faced good side to good side with batting on top. I trimed the batting after i had sewn all around the edges.


The most fun thing about this quilt is that i did not have to leave an opening on the side to turn the quilt inside out.

I just unbuttoned one of the front squares and pulled the quilt though this opening, :)

The opening right side out.

The front of the finished quilt.
The front of the finished quilt with some of the back showing.

Angry Salad Puppet.

For a friends birthday another friend and I made an Angry Iceberg Lettuce Salad puppet.


The early assembly stages: carrot stick eyebrows, hard boiled egg eyes, mushroom nose with leaves cut awaiting assembly.




Now add 3D eyes and cucumber ears

Close up of eyes

Close up of ears/nose
The plate and dinner table cloth base.

The angry salad comes to life!

Various Paintings Over the Years

These are some of the paintings I have done in the last few years...

Margarita: for a friends birthday


Nor Cal Disc Golf: for a friends birthday

Sparkle Monkey frame: Christmas present for a friend


Rock N' Roll frame: a Christmas Gift for a friend.

Desert Window: I painted this to hang in my windowless office
CA Ripe Olives: Do i need a reason??

Baby Frame: gift for a fiend who had just had a a baby

Enterprise: for a friends birthday

Sketch of the enterprise to get it right on paper before i moved to canvas

Up close on the finished enterprise

The whole painting
Iona Abby