Here it is – my first organic baby quilt! This great quilt has certified 100% organic cotton fabrics in an unbleached, natural cotton and a checked homespun. The batting is an environmentally friendly batting made from fast growing plantation trees that are broken down in a green facility and spun into cellulose fibers. The batting [...]
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Organic Baby Quilts
Posted in Miscellaneous, Organic, Organic Quilts, Works In Progress, tagged babies, baby, biodegradable, cellulose, color, colors, craft, environment, green, handmade, Organic, pineapple, plantation, quilt, quilts, sewing on November 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Environmentally Friendly Blankets
Posted in Miscellaneous, Organic, Organic Quilts, Works In Progress, handmade, tagged blanket, blankets, envoronment, green, handmade, quilt, quilts, sewing on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am pleased to be able to finally announce the first of the environmentally friendly Toddler Blankets! These blankets still contain designer 100% cotton fabrics and chenille fleece, but the batting is a unique 100% fire retardant rayon made from plantation trees! These trees are harvested and processed in a green facility where the fibers [...]
Organic Sewing Thread, Continued
Posted in Organic, Stories of Special Quilts on June 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This week-end I was at the Vermont Quilt Festival and had a wonderful time seeing all of the quilts. But, let’s face it, it’s the vendors we all go to really see! And boy was the shopping great!
I stopped by the YLI thread booth and asked about their organic thread being sold through Keepsake Quilting. [...]
MSG and Me
Posted in Cooking, Miscellaneous, Organic, tagged Cooking, food, MSG on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As someone with an intolerance for MSG, it never fails to amaze me what you might find MSG in. In my head there is a running list of what I can and cannot have to eat. Every time I go out to a friend’s, go to a party, or go out to eat I have [...]
Organic Sewing Thread
Posted in Miscellaneous, Organic, tagged crafts, Organic, quilting, sewing, thread on November 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In an effort to be a more “green quilter”, I have been researching different organic fabrics, battings, and threads. Today I got a call from a rep at Gutermann thread. He said that no one makes an organic thread and he wished they did.
The problem, he said, is that while you can grow and spin [...]





