Turning a pile of pants into a Friday finish

There were  too many jeans at my house with irreparable rips.

I will patch knees, but can't see my way around fabric rips

near the back butt seam.

So I decided to make a car blanket for my son's birthday,

and he provided the raw materials

I cut the legs into rectangles in three widths,

and sewed them together in long colums

and backed it with a 108 inch wide Henry Glass print.

Here you can see that I quilted the layers together 

(no batting, just top and bottom)

with red 28 wt. thread to match the backing

and I free motioned his name and address onto one of the patches.

You can see the imprint of his wallet on that dark blue pocket.

I also spent four days earlier this month free motion quilting a quilt for my mom.

She made if for my niece's high school graduation  (last June)

but for many reasons, it only got done now.

My mom made similar quilts for my other niece and my son for their grads,

and I also quilted those for her.

We took the opportunity last weekend to get a shot of all three of them with their quilts.

You can see the colour variation in them.

And here's the proud grad with her grandma.

I'm linking up with other Friday finishers:

Confessions of a Fabric Addict 

Crazy Mom Quilts

TGIFF