Today is the shortest day of the year—the winter solstice. Tomorrow, there will be a wee bit more daylight… and a wee bit more the following day… until the spring equinox. The winter solstice also marks the beginning of Winter of Care and Repair.
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| Winter of Care and Repair Challenge for 2024 - 2025. |
A Winter of Care and Repair pledge
My pledge for this year’s three-month Winter of Care and Repair Challenge is much like last year’s. The main focus is on textiles with the addition of household care.
- textile mending and repairs
- upcycling and repurposing
- organizing my fabric stash
- minimizing scraps
- and this year, an effort to find time to tidy up my home office.
To start off the Care and Repair season, I’m donating four scrappy quilts to our local veterinarian and animal hospital.
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| Scrappy quilts for cats and dogs. |
I use improv patchwork and fabric scraps to make these little quilts for the animals at the vet. The quilts are fun to make, stress-free, and go to both my Care and Repair pledge to repurpose and upcycle as well as providing care for the four-legged fuzzy ones.
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| Scrappy quilt backs. |
Two of these quilts have flannel backings.
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| Free-motion quilting. |
The quilts are free-motion quilted and the bindings are attached by machine with a narrow zigzag stitch.
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| Machine bindings using a narrow zigzag stitch. |
The mending pile
I have begun gathering items in need of mending or repair. The Care and Repair Challenge is a perfect motivation to keep household items, clothes, and other textiles in good working order.
