The amazingly talented Siobhan has constructed a quilt out of coffee sleeves. The finished quilt is a traditional design and measures 4’3″ x 5’6″. She used close to 200 used coffee sleeves. About 80% came from Starbucks. Reduce, recycle, reuse.
I guess the main point is the reduce part right? Reduce your waste. Siobhan collected 200 coffee sleeves from coworkers in a couple of weeks. I admit the recyle and reuse part of the project is very cool, but I’m taking my own mug down to the coffee shop today.
If you want to see more of the coffee-sleeve quilt, check out Flickr.com or if you live in Vancouver the quilt is on display at the Seamrippers Quilt Show.
Seamrippers Quilt Show
March 3 to 18, 2006
436 W. Pender Street
seamrippers.ca
604-689-7326
From the press release: The Quilt Show is a collection of various textile pieces that expand from the traditional notions of quilt making and the one of a kind hand-made object.Using these notions artists explore ideas such as: gentrification, cultural identity, queerness, hairdos and geometry.