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The Reprintery
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Charlotte and Michelle are artists, educators and reuse advocates collaborating as we print and sew reclaimed textiles in Portland, OR
https://www.thereprintery.com
Showcased in the 6th Pattern Directory
https://uppercasemagazine.com/spdg6
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The Reprintery @thereprintery.bsky.social · Feb 7
Hi! Welcome to The Reprintery. We are new here to Bsky and plan to share our collab with you: We print on reclaimed garments, unfinished quilts and the occasional bed sheet and then cut them up and sew them back together! #textileart #reclaimedtextiles #textileprint #thereprintery
Charlotte wears a printmaking apron and is poised to print a linoleum plate w rose color ink. It is a 1-inch grid pattern. Michelle in a grey tunic dress uses a rotary cutter to cut printed fabric they made. They are talking while working in the studio together. A finished quilt of many colors hangs to the right of them.
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Happy Halloween to our creative friends! We dressed up at work today because we get to go to work together every day! Michelle is a Gingham Witch hoping to make all your gingham dreams come true, and Charlotte is just a creepy cat 😹
What did you come up with? Please share!

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Charlotte and Michelle stand in front of a Halloween themed quilt wearing their festive costumes. Michelle on your right, wears a black and white gingham dress with matching pointy witch-style hat. She accented the black and white with poison green chiffon underskirt that peeks out under the dress and also as a floppy bow pinned off her left shoulder. Her socks are also black and white in a grid pattern with black flowers. In her right hand is the magic gingham wand created with a variety of ribbons and pompom sewn to a felt star and affixed to a glittery stick. To your left is Charlotte, wearing layers of black clothing and ankle boots. On her Face is a spooky plastic mask of an orange cat with scary big green eyes and tongue sticky out. Her face is hidden which makes it even more creepy!
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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The quilt at Josephine’s is almost filled up! It’s been so neat meeting people and talking about our process and ideas and ways we can connect with each other. We really appreciate everyone coming out to support us ❤️

www.josephinesdrygoods.com/shop/New-Arr...

#thereprintery #reuse #quiltsky
The Josephine’s Vermie Community Quilt is pinned to the back of this fixture that has rolls Of gorgeous Versace fabrics on the other side. This Vermie is in colors of purples, teal, greenish aqua. Each 3.5” square is pinned to a sewn grid that is a sage color. On top of this shelf fixture is a big potted rubber tree plant. Just about 25 empty spots need to be pinned toward the bottom to complete the layout. We will carefully unpin in the exact placement order, and sew this together as a finished quilt.
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Any friends from Bluesky come out to visit us? Thanks if you did! We had a really fun time with everyone, brainstorming ideas about what to do with all these shirt parts. A gal from Canada got a full random set to remake a shirt!

#thereprintery #sewing #reuse
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October 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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It’s a pop-up shop and you’re invited!
We’ve got some shirt pieces for you to use in quilts, reuse projects, mending, appliqué or whatever!
Sunday, October 26

Josephines Dry Goods 
2609 SE Clinton St.
11-2

#thereprintery #reuse #quiltsky
A bundle of rolled shirt fabrics that look like a bouquet of flowers.
October 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Together is better and often sillier!

Join us at “[things/found] Atelier “
on Thursday, October 23 from 6-7:30pm.

We are joining three other artists discussing our work and process in the Altered Thread Show

[things/found] Atelier
1704 NW Johnson St
Portland
#thereprintery #quiltsky #printsky
Charlotte and Michelle strike a joyful pose in front of one of their “Vermie Community Quilts” at Kat+Maouche, the beautiful rug shop selling traditional Moroccan rugs they have collected from the mountains there. In the foreground and hanging on the wall are three examples of these woven beauties in shades of blue.
October 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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We are having a pop up at Josephine’s Dry Goods
10/26 Sunday 11-3
Have you been there? You must go! We have over 250 pieces from our shirt stash, all curated washed cut and rolled ready to inspire your reuse projects!

2609 SE Clinton
www.josephinesdrygoods.com
#thereprintery #quiltsky #reducereuse
A person below neck out of focus wearing a bright pink patched sweater buttoned over a green skirt that also has buttons running up the front, standing outside holding a bundle of rolled fabrics in her arm, the fabrics are in various colors and are yarndyed shirts we have cut from the seams to reuse as fabric for quilting, mending, small projects, etc. there are cut sleeves, shirt fronts (some with pockets) and larger back pieces. Come curate a small bundle for your own projects!
October 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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For Portland Textile Month, we made 4 different Vermie Community Quilts. Please join us for an artist reception www.katandmaouche.com and add a piece to Vermie!

Thursday, October 16, 4–7 PM
33 NW 4th Avenue, Portland

#vermiecommunityquilt #thereprintery #portlandtextilemonth #quiltsky #printsky
Photo of all the squares of fabric for the Vermie Community Quilt at Kat + Maouche. They are mostly blue colors but there is some purple as accent, too. Each fabric square is made from a thrifted shirt and screen printed with one of fifteen connecting shapes. Every shape will link with the next, no matter the direction or placement. The marks were first illustrated in pencil, then transformed into three-dimensional cardboard reliefs. We combined all fifteen on a single screen to create the sets. Note that each of the four locations has a different color palette!
October 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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This week we are celebrating the installation of our 3rd Vermie Community Quilt, at katandmaouche.com
Join us for the opening Thurs October 16, 4–7pm.
Kat and Maouche
33 NW 4th Ave
The quilts are part of:
www.textilex.org/event/vermie...

#vermiecommunityquilt #portlandtextilemonth #thereprintery
Charlotte installs the piece “A Thread Through” which is made from reclaimed and unfinished quilt pieces of many colors and thrifted blue shirts, both overprinted with polkadots. She stands on a short foot stool, back to the room, hammer in hand. In the foreground is a vintage Moroccan rug, such as is sold at this shop.
October 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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We’ve been experimenting with hand stitching, and we made a quilt frame using a thrifted painting frame and leftover pieces from a quilted Vermie grid. We’re excited to explore this technique and our new DIY tool!

We’d love to hear your thoughts!
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#tangledquilt #quiltframe #quiltsky
A person holds a blue and white overprinted quilt that has been pinned to a 24” x 36” frame. The excess fabric is rolled to the viewers right side. The person holding the quilt is only visible by their hands on either side of the frame and a few inches of their legs in black pants. The person holding quilt stands a few inches from a white wall. The overprint design is a block we call “Tangled”, and it repeats on all 4 edges no matter how the block is turned. The blue and white quilt is antique, probably from around 1900’s and is mostly hand stitched, but machine stitched along the sashing/border, which seems to have been typical of the time A person holds the backside toward viewer of a blue and white overprinted quilt that has been pinned to a 24” x 36” frame. The excess fabric is rolled to the viewers left side. The person holding the quilt is only visible by their hands on either side of the frame and a few inches of their legs in black pants. The person holding quilt stands a few inches from a white wall. The overprint design is a block we call “Tangled”, and it repeats on all 4 edges no matter how the block is turned. The blue and white quilt is antique, probably from around 1900’s and is mostly hand stitched, but machine stitched along the sashing/border, which seems to have been typical of the time. The back side of this Flimsy quilt (no batting was used) is made with an antique linen and lace square tablecloth.
October 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Thanks to everyone who came out to see an and pin a square to our Vermie Community Quilt at Cargo! It was also the first run use of our DIY hand quilting frame.

And… Come visit us at the reception at K+M this Thursday!

#vermiecommunityquilt #thereprintery #portlandtextilemonth #quiltsky #printsky
October 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Are you in Portland? Come swing by Cargo and visit with us! We have a Vermie you can contribute to, and we will be working on our DIY hand-quilting frame we just made up!
81 SE Yamhill
Come downstairs find the pink wall

#vermiecommunityquilt #thereprintery #portlandtextilemonth #quiltsky #printsky
Close up of one Vermie printed square printed in hot pink of a pink and white gingham cut from a Ralph Lauren Polo shirt, which is knowable because there is a navy blue Polo logo embroidered on the square shown.
October 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Please come meet us tomorrow (Tuesday October 7th) from 6-8:30 at Mija Hot Yoga in St John’s, Portland
7025 N Lombard street- up the stairs in back by the parking lot.

More info here!

www.textilex.org/event/vermie...

#vermiecommunityquilt #thereprintery #portlandtextilemonth #quiltsky #printsky
View from standing position looking down, against the wall to create deep perspective. On the wall hangs a vintage yellow sheet with orange butterflies, which has been quilted with a 3.5” grid pattern in an orange thread. At the bottom of the quilt, placed near the floor on a piece of 12” x 4’ wood plank, are perfectly lined up printed Vermie squares, each 3.5” square. They are printed in various orange, rust, yellow and white colors, on thrifted shirt fabric in the same range of colors. The yoga studio has an orange logo, and its “hot yoga”, so we were inspired to make these colors reflect both those aspects. Right in the middle of these perfectly arranged squares of three rows tall and 12 rows long, is a white metal bowl with scalloped rim, holding long yellow pins. Each person is invited to pin one or more square into the grid, and once filled, the pinned squares will be sewn together and finished as a quilt by The Reprintery. The Vermie pattern is a continuous repeat, so all squares will repeat in printed pattern design, as the color shifts across the surface. We request each contributor to add their name to the list, so that this information of contributors will live together as part of the document of this community quilt. We really hope those of you in Portland can come! Thanks
October 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Please join us for one of the 4 openings in Portland, this time in the neighborhood of St John’s. Mija Hot Yoga is hosting the Orange #Vermiecommunityquilt for #portlandtextilemonth and we would love to see you Oct 7, 6-8:30! Come add a square to the quilt!

www.mijahotyoga.com

7025 N Lombard st
Image with text over it: The image is a stack of orange/peach/yellow hued fabrics cut in squares and stacked together. These are the fabrics being used in the Vermie quilt, they are made from reclaimed thrifted shirts, and printed with a 360 pattern we call “Vermie”, which repeats each direction no matter which way you turn it. The text on top is in a stencil style, and is based on THE REPRINTERY logo but is stacked to be less than clear what it says, which is intentional, because it focuses on the shape of the letters more than what they say. The type is set this way: THE RE PRI NTE RY This is one piece of printed fabric with text. The fabric is a thrifted Hawaiian shirt in primarily orange colors with olive green leaves, and the Vermie style repeating over print is in two shades of orange. This is the full print that is then cut into 15 3.5” squares and are then repeating in all four directions. The text on top is in a stencil style, and is based on THE REPRINTERY logo but is stacked to be less than clear what it says, which is intentional, because it focuses on the shape of the letters more than what they say. The type is set this way: THE RE PRI NTE RY This is white text on orange ground with the words “The Reprintery x Mija [the location of this Vermie community quilt] VERMIE Opening 10-7-25 6:00-8:30 PTXM” PTXM is the short version of Portland Textile Month
October 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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We’re excited to share that @josephinesdrygoods is one of four locations hosting Vermie: A Community Quilt Project during Portland Textile Month.

2609 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR

Artist visit + Pop-up 10/26

#portlandtextilemonth #josephinesdrygoods #thereprintery #vermie #vermiecommunityquilt
A stack of printed fabrics that are part of the Vermie Community Quilt with the words THE REPRINTERY overlaying the image. The type design is based on our logo font, which looks like a printed stencil. The Reprintery will be visiting on Sunday, 10/26 from 11-2 We’re excited to share that @josephinesdrygoods is one of four locations hosting Vermie: A Community Quilt Project during Portland Textile Month. On View 9- 27 to 10-31 Artist visit + Pop-up shop Sunday, 10/26, 11-2 The installation will be up through October 31, featuring the community quilt in progress along with the original Vermie Quilt, displayed in the front window. Stop by and add a piece to Vermie.
September 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Portland Textile Month officially opens on October 1, but our installations start this weekend! Watch this space for details and locations for our four Vermie Community Quilts. We hope to see you this month and celebrate! #portlandtextilemonth #vermiecommunityquilt #vermiequilt #thereprintery
THE REPRINTERY is spelled out in a variety of blue reused shirt fabrics printed with a magenta ink for the letters. Each letter is like a quilt block that will be sewn together.
September 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Our community quilt, Vermie, is complete! Since the last block was added, we’ve pieced, quilted, and finished it and we’re thrilled to announce Vermie will be featured in Portland Textile Month this October.
We’ll share details soon!
#portlandtextilemonth #thereprintery
#vermiequilt
August 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Setting up Sonne Batik and this is the last glimpse of the quilt back before it’s forever sandwiched! At www.pdxsewlarium.com for the better part of the day! #longarmquilting #quiltsky #thereprintery
Michelle walks in front of the longarm that’s set up with brightly colored batiks.
April 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Oh, the magical backside…!
(Cubical quilt)
#quilting #sustainablequilting #thereprintery
The backside of the Cubicle 2” quilt blocks shown on the ironing board. Stripes, plaids, ginghams, chambrays and the seam allowance peaking around has the added prints we reprint of checks and stripes and dots.
April 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Our first Reprintery show was at the Estate Store inside the amazing www.communitywarehouse.org
They are an incredible furniture bank organization, so if you are in the area, please look them up for donating house goods! Here we are with Placket quilt in the warehouse.
#thereprintery #quiltsky
Charlotte and Michelle sit on a yellow vintage fainting couch inside the furniture bank warehouse. On their lap is their colorful Quilt Placket, made from reprinted men’s button down shirts sourced at thrift shops, and behind them are rows of mattresses ready to help make someone a comfortable home. We donated our proceeds to this organization from selling abundant scrap packs of our printed fabrics.
April 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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A new and delish selection of shirts wanting to be printed on! We are carving up some new plates too, and making up more appliqué designs, so each project gets pushed forward one step at a time. Hope you’re all having a great day💐🧵🪡 #thereprintery #sewing #sustainablequilting
A folded pile of button down fresh shirts photographed close up: navy indigo pattern, a few blue and green plaids, some black/grey/orange/aqua women’s, a small greyish grid, a red/white/blue gingham, a pink chambray, a purple gingham, a tiny blue railroad stripe, a purple/teal plaid and a bright cerulean blue oxford.
April 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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We spent the day at www.pdxsewlarium.com practicing our Longarm skills! Zachariah was a great teacher and we aim to rent time on this machine so we can do all aspects of our quilt making 🥳🧵🪡
#thereprintery #longarmquilting #quiltsky #learningnewthings #quilting
Charlotte guiding a Longarm quilting machine, photo taken from behind looking over the backside of quilt using a bright ombré backing fabric being sewn w a 1” grid pattern. Behind her is a curtain that parts the sewing space with the fabric shop where there are shelves of fabrics. Michelle guiding a Longarm quilting machine, photo taken from behind looking over the backside of quilt using a bright ombré backing fabric being sewn w a 1” grid pattern. Behind her is a curtain that parts the sewing space with the fabric shop where there are shelves of fabrics.
April 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Lucky Black Cat Friday to you! Buddy was persistent in being present while we laid out these Sonne quilt blocks on the floor, determining the best layout. These are old batik strike-off samples
#sonnequilt #thereprintery #usewhatyouhave #sustainability #blackcats #catsofbsky #quiltsky #catsandquilts
Buddy, a fluffy 3legged black cat sits on the brightly colored Sonne quilt blocks being organized on the floor. He stares into the camera with this big green eyes.
April 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Hoisting 64 Sonne blocks ready to be set together! These are made with batik strike-off samples. In background is the Sonne Mini maquette pinned to the design wall.
#quiltblock #readytosew #quilting #quiltsky 🪡🧵 #thereprintery
An arm holds up a pile of colorful quilt blocks. The arm is clothed in a turquoise sweater with yellow lemons. In background on the design wall is a blurred out maquette of Sonne in a 5” block sampled in mustard and cream color. The edge of a woven straw trivet is also pinned to the wall as well as a board of fabric swatch combinations used to guide the quilt combination process.
April 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Almost finished a new Sonne quilt this weekend, and was delighted at each stage of the process. Combining patterns makes the world a more beautiful place, don’t you agree?

#morepatternmorebetter #quiltsky #quilting #patternplay #sonnequilt #thereprintery
View of a wood table with a tablecloth of many colors that also looks like a quilt, but is woven. On this is a self healing cutting mat and a neatly stacked row of batik squares. Also a pile of squares with the Sonne pattern traced out, with scissors near by waiting to cut out. A board with pinned swatches of batik combinations is on the left, and on the right is a coffee cup.
April 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Sonne quilt first started as a quick rubber stamp idea for a gift of printed napkins (on left). It’s been refined and made into an appliqué quilt now, too! Isn’t it fun to see where an idea take us?
#creativeprocess #ideadevelopment #thereprintery #printsky #linocut
Pink pattern printed on orange fabric. Lino carving of the Sonne pattern on a 10” square block. Three Lino tools rest nearby
April 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM