Little Lulu

I think I am ready to begin a baby quilt for my first great grandchild using my late husband's shirts (his great grandpa of whom he will be named). My question is about the pattern/design. His shirts are mostly stripes, a few plaid and a few solid. What pattern/design do you all suggest? I consider myself an intermediate quilter. Thank you for your help.

oksewglad

Not know how much "yardage" you will have, but I'm thinking a simple HST made of solids/plaids or stripes would look great. I would cut starting squares no smaller than 5" but no larger than 9".

These examples use 6 1/2" cut squares. To make it bigger than the 40 x 40 size, just add more triangle squares.
https://www.createwithclaudia.com/20...ngle-tutorial/

Crqltr

I made a quilt out of shirts using a pattern called heart quilt. I don’t have a picture but I really liked the way it turned out. Just googled heart quilt and got a pattern.

Tartan

Moda fabric has a free pattern on their site of a shirt. I did a trial block and I think it would make a good memory shirt quilt.[ATTACH=CONFIG]619983[/ATTACH]

Little Lulu

Thank you for your help. Believe me, I have plenty of shirts. I looked at all the different layouts for HST. Thanks again for taking the time to help.

ibex94

How about an apple core quilt? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13iWcOriyZU

Little Lulu

Thank you for your help. Believe me, I have plenty of shirts. I looked at all the different layouts for HST. Thanks again for taking the time to help.

AprilM

My favorite go to patterns for these special types of quilts is the Disappearing 9 Patch. You can establish one size of patch (2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 inches) and go from there.

I really do like Tartan’s suggestion better though!

oksewglad

Cute, Tartan...AprilM...like the DP9 idea too.

Jingle

Really cute Tartan.