CVQG has program on repurposing old quilts

Patricia Roebuck (left) of Lola & Viv Designs spoke at the Colorado Valley Quilt Guild meeting on how to turn old quilts into jackets and bags.
Patricia Roebuck (left) of Lola & Viv Designs spoke at the Colorado Valley Quilt Guild meeting on how to turn old quilts into jackets and bags.

Guest speaker at the Colorado Valley Quilt Guild meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 27 was Patricia Roebuck of Lola & Viv Designs. She is an expert on “Re-Imagined Fashion.”

Her presentation, “The Quilted Jacket: The History Lives On,” inspired everyone to start looking for old quilts. The jackets and bags that she presented brought life back into those old discarded quilts which were made into the jacke…