How to repurpose pieces of fabric and turn them into beautiful quilts by ARNE & CARLOS

This week we go into a completely new territory, as we look at our stash of fabrics and show you some of our quilt ideas.
ARNE & CARLOS
How to repurpose pieces of fabric and turn them into beautiful quilts by ARNE & CARLOS
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Hi and welcome to our channel!
Who are we:
Scandinavians Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrison are highly regarded designers, textile artists and authors. They are best known for their craft books and their original, colourful and visually striking designs. Their work is highly influenced by their Scandinavian background and their everyday life in rural Norway. They work under their artist name ARNE & CARLOS, which they established in 2002.
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[@yowgyrl]

So Carlos is the practical one, and Arne is the one that gets distracted by shiny things! Love it!

[@ARNECARLOS]

That sums it up

[@paulam.5785]

I can't believe those beautiful patchworks were stuffed into walls. So glad you have saved them.

[@ARNECARLOS]

We know!

[@bajaboolie]

Just discovered this channel via this recommended video. I think my grandmother somehow had a hand in putting it on my feed. I am currently making a quilt using leftover pieces from her dresses. I also have my mom’s old taffeta wedding dress from the 1960’s that I don’t know what to do with, thinking that material wouldn’t work for a quilt. You guys have helped me realize that rules are meant to be broken & to think outside the box. Thank you!!!

[@lisabissett9940]

A friend lived near a ribbon factory and used salvage to make wonderful crazy quilts. My family treasures those she gave to us.

[@linettelow]

The way Arne sniffed the beautiful lace like a deer in the garden made me chuckle and smile :D Your passion as designers is evident and so inspiring. Cheers for adding warmth & sunshine to our days. ♡

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you for watching!

[@marshaflorom5036]

What joy! I love quilts! Thanks so much! Great video! Marsha

[@nahyunkim6335]

Wanna call it Memorial quilt. How lovely!!

[@carola.6990]

OMG!! So sweet seeing how excited you are with the gorgeous fabric. 🤗🥰🇨🇦

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you!

[@conniehale2387]

This video makes my heart smile! Glad you are back and hope that you enjoyed your time away!

[@ARNECARLOS]

We did, thank you, we hope you had a nice summer!

[@lynnbean7200]

That first tablecloth with lace is absolutely beautiful. I just love it.

[@wakanavkirachel8068]

Already you two have Broaden my insight and medias-choice .. subscribing. And, sharing. [also saw just now your journaling posting... and your wording of..." help keep your ideas'" again, was an eyeopener for me... ] That you would layer, and layer... well.. yes!!! Never thought of that.. some have, I didn't!!

[@anushashyamkumar5036]

I enjoy watching you both !! Its very relaxing :)

[@margaretbedwell58]

This is the most beautiful quilt I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing.

[@darlenecuker9711]

Brocade. The fabric with dyed threads woven into a pattern. Thanks again for a lovely video. This is so inspiring.

[@tangotwo73]

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing this wonderful idea.

[@susanthompson6803]

I am so thrilled that I came across your KZbin! I have a great deal of fabric in storage in another town, and you all really made me long to be able to get to it and do something with it! What, I don’t know, but it would be so much fun! I will be on the look-out for more from the two of you! Have a great time quilting!

[@reneevrieling8386]

Thank you for the Inspiration...your passion is obvious and Beautiful!! I really enjoy watching your videos...Thank you!!

[@alicebair1811]

I love lace as much as you do, Arne!! 💜

[@paulinewqi]

Wow!!...just discovered you 2 masters on KZbin. .. Hopefully to watch more... Thanks for sharing. ..

[@Lory_D]

Beautiful heritage.....each piece has a story...love it.

[@veroniquevialard313]

Superbes tissus. J'aime tous vos sujets tricot, crochet, jardin, cuisine et maintenant patchwork. Merci de ces moments. Vous êtes mes chouchous

[@rachellelewis8705]

You two are so good with your hands. Really admire your creativity.

[@Megan-qq1lo]

This is a fabulous idea! My mom and I are going to gather family/heritage fabrics to make a quilt. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@laurafifer4453]

Beautiful work. Thank you for sharing something so personal.

[@maggiebowden1399]

Yes you are so right, you’ve inspired me to get my collection of scarves and use them. Once again thank you x Maggie x

[@ARNECARLOS]

Go for it!

[@Marisol0625]

You both are so talented . . . Enjoy all your videos.

[@judithtaylor6916]

Absolutely gorgeous fabric, sequined material and lace.

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you!

[@kathybays910]

Absolutely loved it, my own mother used to make crazy quilts and they were each and everyone beautiful work of art

[@marilyngandhi8571]

❤👋😊🇦🇺❤️thanks for sharing with us all ❤

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you for watching!

[@catherinemorgan9916]

I love all of this so much. Thank you for sharing.

[@bnyzhny]

Superb!!! Absolutely Elegant!!! Please more videos on quilting 👏👏👏😍

[@Pretties4alice]

I've started making a crazy quilt from my mums dresses, her gowns and deb dress ect, all the fancy stuff she had. I've made first a cushion for her from some :) :) i know she isn't into what i do at all, but it's still something i've made , so part of her life is still around.

[@sharonmiller2940]

You two are so enjoyable to watch. I'm in love with your work!

[@julbea]

Love to see the passion you both have for past treasures.

[@wendyproud2201]

This is inspirational and feeds my need to preserve our histories.

[@patriciacoughlin1654]

I am so in awe of you two. 💛

[@monicabermea7652]

Precious precious beautiful work!

[@nadiak9099]

OMG! I loved this video! I already repurposed worn out flannel pyjamas and cute baby blankets I just couldn’t give away into rag quilts & I love them. Recently, I made a super quick patchwork blanket out of a bunch of pyjamas my daughter loved but had outgrown. I also can not bear to throw away fabric - you gave a whole new world of inspiration for my next quilt! Thanks so much! I absolutely love your design inspiration videos! The art journal one was also amazingly inspiring bcs I also can not throw away pretty paper but didn’t know what to do with it. Please, keep making these inspiration videos, it gets creative juices flowing! :-D

[@ARNECARLOS]

We are so glad you enjoyed it! we will continue...

[@justmakeitwithloveangelajo7439]

Absolutely stunning! Masterpieces!

[@calicrafter2697]

I love, love, love this crazy quilt idea. Please do more videos showing how you crazy quilt.

[@elizabethsoleas1755]

Such beautiful fabrics + the way you put them together ❤️. Very inspiring. Thank you!

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you so much Elizabeth!

[@melanienicholson2834]

I adore your creativity. I came just in time for me to make my granddaughter a quilt. I want to try my hand at making new fabric out of scraps and than cut out cats to applique. I just finished my grandsons quilt. So time to put all this creative thinking to good use.

[@beverleyscorgie7487]

Hi.... fron South Africa I.love you ideas, like things like that.beautiful

[@mayolson2]

Foundation piecing is my favorite quilt. It is so interesting what you can come up with!

[@nancyfrix6858]

I thoroughly enjoyed your video! I have always loved & saved fabric as well.

[@michellebernal1370]

I could watch you make crazy quilts 24/7....you two are do cute together and make me laugh and your work is so beautiful and you inspire me

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you Michelle!

[@michellebernal1370]

@@ARNECARLOS Thank You...I watch your videos everyday. Im self taught as well, and i find you guys to be extremly inspiring and helpful. I am buying your regia yarn and sock pattern soon.

[@kathrynbarker7967]

Gorgeous work! Love this episode. Yes, inspiring.

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you!

[@patriciadoutreligne9749]

So beautiful... Thank's from Spain

[@jacquelinehorton9983]

I am new to your channel and enjoyed watching and listening to you both. Your love and passion for fabrics is a breath of fresh air and I to am a great believer in make do and mend. Your work is very beautiful and is a credit to you both. x

[@barblc3202]

gorgeous quilts! - thanks for sharing

[@ARNECARLOS]

🤗

[@pennyforit1232]

Really beautiful, so talented, thanks.

[@terrybuckalew6874]

wow how elegant and pretty

[@ditteliljapetersen9315]

I really love your videos and you are so inspirational. I World love to se more of your beautiful Home. Maybe a house Tour? I love all the colours and special things you collect. Me and my familie were on a holiday this summer to sweden and I just love those wodden houses. It is so authentic with the burn stove in the kitchen. Your house looks so beautiful like a large doll house and I World love to se more of it.

[@annemier]

I love it! I have tons of fabric, lace and old garments from my mother. I kept them to make a white or cream memory quilt. This video is very inspiring and I am definately going to do something with it.

[@lyndasnart7823]

Holding the lace and material to your face even smelling it thankyou it validates my reaction to special things that maybe others have not taken any interest in

[@junebamburg1704]

Wonderful Wonderful!

[@leticiaolvera9114]

Very beautiful . Thank you.

[@ruthlamb3700]

Very inspirational. Thanks

[@indesrpringles5356]

Lovely work, very inspiring. Will def start a quilt with all the scraps I've collected over the years. I do my own stitching. Thank you. Greetings from Mussoorie, India

[@marshaflorom4220]

God bless you gentlemen!!

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you Marsha!

[@marlenewilson7696]

Keep up the good work and the inspiration

[@ARNECARLOS]

Will do!

[@gailgaddy5340]

Good ideas for scrap lace. Thanks guys. 😊

[@ARNECARLOS]

You are welcome!

[@Dailywhatnots]

So inspirational. Thank you!

[@victoriahagopian1741]

Really beautiful job. I love it !!

[@PinkSallyProductions]

Great inspiration! I make memory crazy quilts too 🌹

[@zz-by4jb]

You two just make my day! Your joy and the beautiful inspiration you share is wonderful. Your quilts and fabrics are lovely. Thank you so much for again sharing such personal pieces from your lives. I hope you had a Happy Birthday Carlos 🎉🎂🎉 and I hope you and Arne and Freja did something special.

[@carinaschembri9802]

Wow love you art very much. Man märker tydligt på er att ni älskar detta, när ni visar upp era tyger mm. Kommer se igenom allt ni gjort. //CarinaSchembri/Sweden

[@MissTuppy]

Hi I love this I have pieces like this too. I hoard them but I think this will inspire me to use them a little more. Thank you for sharing 🤗

[@teresabourgoin2948]

This video came at the perfect time. My parents are in a convalescent home and my dad passed away last Monday. I saved all his dress shirts from his closet. My Mom is so lonely without him as they have been married 62 years. Her space is small and she can’t have a lot of personal items there. I will take those shirts today and start her crazy quilt from them. A quilt is something personal she can have. Her birthday is in three weeks. A quilt from dads shirts will be a wonderful gift for her. Thank You so much.

[@moniklds]

Beautiful!

[@DarcieGlam]

Great idea!

[@jeanandrews6977]

What a lovely idea and it will bring your mom so much joy.

[@nicolejanssens199]

Teresa Bourgoin condoleance

[@amyahdocq8835]

What a wonderful idea... would like to see it when finished

[@nickelvins8272]

So beautiful guys!

[@scarlettskies100]

you are inspired and inspiring glad i found your channel.....subscribed

[@melanietannertaylor0401]

Awesome tute !!! Just started sewing very inspiring!! Please share more of these!!

[@chantalbourrut410]

Marché St Pierre in Paris! I know it well. I live in Montmartre and scrounge about the place at least once a week. Thanks for your inspiring video.

[@annieboulton5759]

Beautiful pieces. Thanks for your video. I would just love to have a rummage through your stash guys lol xxx

[@karenlulay]

Thank you so much for sharing.

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you for watching Karen!

[@spinningwheel8]

Beautiful!

[@lottiefaith6935]

I'm a new subbie here and I loved this video. I am working on a family crazy quilt with different blocks from clothes of family members and a journal in the crazy patch way. I love crazy quilting! My motto is if you mess up put a flower over it!

[@tracyparris-volkner2721]

Great inspiration guys x

[@dorothygriffiths6626]

Hello lovely Guys, a wonderful vlog tonight. Like Teresa I have my darling husband’s shirts which I cannot bear to part with. He was a climber and I have many old shirts that he wore on the mountains. You have inspired me to make a quilt from them all which will not only keep me warm but will help me feel connected to him. Thank you both, as always you are so inspiring and fun too😃😃. Big hugs and loves to you both, Dorothy xxxxxxxx😘🙋🏻❤️ Teresa, many good wishes to you and your lovely Mumxxxxxxxx

[@wildflowerwind6941]

You two are so creative. It is nice you have each other to bounce ideas off of. I love your quilt ideas.

[@patriciablanton6243]

He is like a kid in a candy shop : ) with all the different fabrics and bits and bobs

[@roseofmercy]

I'm just the same - and I have to smell textiles, including yarn ♥🌼

[@lorakramer6821]

Lovely!

[@leeder1g]

Love this video, I had to it watch again

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you!

[@jackieheathcote976]

How fabulous.

[@francesinglis6078]

I love fabric and I’m jealous of what on your table I was a window dresser in a fabric shop a long time ago

[@ARNECARLOS]

That must've been a fun job!

[@francesinglis6078]

@@ARNECARLOS it was a fantastic

[@sammiller1649]

So nice to see Arne in his element! His passion and creativity was really obvious in this podcast. Thanks guys!

[@lynnbean7200]

Arne is amazing. Boundless creativity.

[@robindudleyhowes]

Wow I just found your channel! I love all of your textiles and the way you put them all together thanks for sharing!

[@barbarakoeppe2623]

You two are amazing

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you!

[@marciadaniels2526]

Extraordinary!!

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you!

[@runslowrunner]

exquisite work!

[@leighrinker]

Fabulous. I can't wait to see more. My culture does a lot of crazy quilts. I have my father's clothes that I am going to make a quilt with for my mother and then one for me. I made Christmas socks with my mother in laws clothes after she died during the winter holidays. It really helped me with my grief.

[@maryrichardson8790]

This was so enjoyable! Your fabric pieces are so beautiful, I am quite envious! Did I hear you correctly saying the skirt shaped sequined fabric was for a Barbie dress? Oh my, I thought I was the only one who loves to do that! You two are the best - creativity is what makes life magic. Thank you for sharing! ✂ 💕✂

[@ARNECARLOS]

You are welcome, thank you for watching Mary!

[@sagasandstars]

Beautiful.

[@artfulyama9071]

VERY inspiring!

[@ARNECARLOS]

Thank you!

[@Lola-yw8ki]

Good morning Arne & Carlos! So wonderful to see you both! WOW!!! Gorgeous fabric samples!!! I LOVE your ideas! Inspiration along with tutorials are very important. Sometimes you know what to do but can't come up with an idea. Others, you have an idea but don't know how to implement it lol! Showcasing both as is so incredibly done here is the complete package!

[@barbarajohnson1572]

I spend each and every day of my retirement in my sewing room... trying to use up my "fabrics" (over 40yrs of collection..LOL)... same with yarns buttons, needles... is there any other way to live... Memory quilts for people and some for charity and donations... How in the world can anyone say EVER that they are "bored".. So enjoy you fellows.. Be well , God Bless... Hugs, GrammaBabs

[@HWolfe]

Hi, Gramma Babs, if I may call you that with respect; I remodeling my craft room, I do the same things as you ; giving back is soooo rewarding.... I love this aspect of retirement; and I actually whooped 'cause getting older has alot of ups, but some downsides but for us crafters, not many; crafting and $10 less on driver's license renewal...LOL...happy crafting!

[@zoeysweetie1]

Babs, hi! I feel like I know you. I, too, spend as much time as I can in my sewing room, which my granddaughter named Pandora. The satisfaction of making various items for many different reasons is so much fun! I am always saying to my friends that I don't think I've ever been bored either! Love peace and joy, Audrey

[@gmtegirl]

Just found you guys! What an awesome video. Love how you reminisce about the things you have acquired in other European countres.

[@ARNECARLOS]

Welcome to our channel!!

[@wendyferraro8552]

Gentlemen thank you for the video! The quilt with all of the beautiful designer fabrics made my heart go pitter patter, but alas it something that I will not do for the fact that I have no experience working with those types of fabrics. However, when the second quilt-in-progress was pulled out it reminded me of the set of quilts I finished for my daughters, completed with my father's shirts. He passed 10 years ago, and some of those shirts were at least 6 or 7 years old themselves making them somewhat threadbare. All were plaid, fitting for an older American man, and the quilts were finished off with a dark chambray to resemble blue jeans. Tears were had all around. (The girls made me promise to save enough fabric for my own quilt) It is my favorite thing to do to make a quilt to remember a special occasion or friendship. I may never make a masterpiece but I will make something that touches the heart and for me, that is much more important.

[@ashimade]

I really loved this video. In India we have a great tradition of making quilts with very fine embroidery called the Kantha. It's a running stitch. I felt it was creativity unleashed!

[@ARNECARLOS]

Yes, India has some fantastic textile traditions, love everything from old printing techniques to the incredible craft of embroidery. We hope to go to India someday, I am sure we'd be so inspired by spending time there!

[@ashimade]

@@ARNECARLOS I am sure you will find weath of information about natural dyes, quilting and various types of textiles across India. Kantha work for quilt is essentially from Bengal and its exquisite.

[@grammadovey5706]

Oh my goodness, this was such an exciting video to watch! The passion for the fabrics was intoxicating! And the walk down memory lane was so touching! I've watched your knitting videos, but have never seen Arne so alive and passionate. What a beautiful, inspiring video! And it was also inspiring to see you using reclaimed fabric for those stunning quilts.

[@judymarkel8029]

I just found you. You are so talented. And fun to watch