Melanie Maria Ciccone

[director of the Downtown Women's Center Los Angeles]

recycled fabrics, dotted swiss, silk sari rags, thread

[paper quilt]

recycled Equator coffee bags, printing ink, cotton embroidery floss, butcher paper, vellum

dupioni silk remnants (courtesy of Camille DiPedrini dress shop South Pasadena, CA), thread

cotton fabric, batting, linen, thread

cotton fabrics and recycled clothes

various textiles, recycled clothing, cotton batting, thread

recycled chiffon, netting, dotted-swiss, thread

cotton fabrics and recycled clothes. "memory quilt"

repurposed mens cotton shirts, thread, buttons.  back is washable linen

Quilt in process.  Various vintage and contemporary cotton quito fabrics, cotton quilting thread, cotton embroidery floss

Various vintage and contemporary quilting fabrics, cotton quilting thread, cotton embroidery floss