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12-13-2010, 12:04 PM
#32
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Originally Posted by jayelee
I was given about thirty cotton men's dress shirts for my husband but they are too big for him. Can I cut these up and make a quilt out of them. Many of them look like they have never been wore. They are a mans xl big and tall. Although dh is five eleven he only wears a large and that is a little loose so he suggested that I use them in a quilt alot of material there
12-13-2010, 01:25 PM
#33
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Yes, I would use them in a quilt. In fact I've already made several with men's shirts. Good ol' Salvation Army has loads of barely worn shirts. The percale white shirts are great for setting blocks together.
12-13-2010, 01:38 PM
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My uncle died a year ago and his daughter had my daughter make 8 small quilts from her father's shirts. One for each family member. My DD used the pockets on many of them, and has a way of folding a piece of fabric to make little shirts, used the button band and buttons on them. They were made in love and will be cherished forever by three generations of family members and still there is fabric left to make something else.
Use them up or give them away or do both, how lucky can you get?
Carol J.
Use them up or give them away or do both, how lucky can you get?
Carol J.
12-13-2010, 03:47 PM
#38
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check this site out:
http://thethriftyquilter.blogspot.co...e-thrifty.html
There are several of us going to start this after the first of the year.
Good luck.
http://thethriftyquilter.blogspot.co...e-thrifty.html
There are several of us going to start this after the first of the year.
Good luck.
12-13-2010, 04:09 PM
#39
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COULD donate the extra ones you don't need to a ministry to folks needing clothing. That is a LOT of shirts. Maybe you don't need that many to make a quilt. Maybe some are to thin to really make up well in a quilt. Know what I mean, if they are "see-thru" your quilt's seams would show pretty bad. Anyway, just some thoughts. Blessings! <3 <3 <3
12-13-2010, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by jayelee
I was given about thirty cotton men's dress shirts for my husband but they are too big for him. Can I cut these up and make a quilt out of them. Many of them look like they have never been wore. They are a mans xl big and tall. Although dh is five eleven he only wears a large and that is a little loose so he suggested that I use them in a quilt alot of material there
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