Introducing Stephanie Ruyle – Guest Juror
An Exploration in Sustainable Modern Quilting is a a juried gallery show from the Boulder Modern Quilt Guild and the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Community at University of Colorado Boulder. The vision for An Exploration in Sustainable Modern Quilting is to challenge quilters and our community to view and interpret what a modern quilt is and apply sustainable, environmentally friendly, materials and practices to create a functional quilt.
The Boulder MQG is thrilled to have Stephanie Ruyle as a guest juror and today we are introducing you to her and her amazing work. Stephanie blogs at Spontaneous Threads and creates many quilts with sustainable fabrics. We asked her to share with us how she got started with sustainable quilting, here’s what she told us:
Part of the process leading up to the show is to reflect upon and think about sustainable quilting practices as well as to put together some of these thoughts and share some ideas for sustainable quilting/creating.
Coming to quilting from garment sewing, I have been keenly aware of the fabric waste in garment sewing and have for many years devised my own pattern hacks to keep the amount of yardage used in the construction of a garment to a minimum. I have also done that with quilting, creating one of my best known quilts, “Embers”, entirely from the scrap waste of 2 other quilts. Recently I have challenged myself to be thoughtful with all the sewing that I do. It is quite fulfilling to find only selvedges remaining at the end of a project, and even those do not go unused.
