"Quilts"

What would you with grandma's old Quilt? The first thing is not to discard. I'm sure you can salvage banquet and turn them into a unique art work. This picture depicts something old in a modern space. Notice how the modern glass vases seem to pick up the blues and golds from the quilt.

Here is how to do this project:

1. Lay quilt flat on a table and decide how big squares can be. It all depends on the design.

2. Purchase a blank artist canvas at your local craft store. Our sample is a 19x19 canvas. Also

purchase thin frames just like in the picture (20x20 inches). Frames must be a bit bigger than canvas. Remember that after square is quilted it will be thicker and you want to make sure it fits into the frame.

3. Cut quilted fabric 2 inches extra (22x22).

4. Lay quilted square centered on canvas and start hot gluing all four sides, leaving corners for the end.

5. When finished, carefully place quilted canvas inside frame and you are ready to hang it.

6. There is a trick to hang art when they are in sets. Take any type of paper (construction paper, newspaper, etc) and cut four pieces at 20x20 inches. Place on wall leaving for example two inches apart from each other. There is no formula but sometimes the closer they are the better they look.

7. Look at the back of your frame and see what type of hook it has.

8. Mark a dot with pencil or nail directly to make an indentation on the wall.

9. Remove papers and proceed nailing.

10. Hang Quilted art work, step back and enjoy!

p.s. You can substitute quilt and use vintage clothing for example.