Quilt from men's shirts

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03-21-2012, 03:41 PM

#41

lfstamper

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Great job! Love the colors and design.

03-21-2012, 03:53 PM

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weasier22

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Great quilt! Love how she used the plackets ... the buttons give it a fun look!

03-21-2012, 03:59 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by hopetoquilt

Was it quilted using a LA machine? Does having the buttons on the border pose a problem when LAQ'ing?

Yes, I quilted Kay's masterpiece on my longarm machine. The button plackets were about two inches wide and I did not quilt up close to the buttons so they posed no problem when quilting.

03-21-2012, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by redhotnana

This is a great looking quilt!!!A thrift shop in our town had a 10 cent clearance sale on everything in the store--this makes me wish I had gone and stocked up on men's shirts! Would you share the instructions for doing the button-placket border? Very original--I love it!!!

Since Kay prepared the shirts and pieced the top I don't know how she made the borders. But here is how I would have done it.
1.After cutting the sleeves and backs from the front of the shirts, button the shirt fronts and trim 1/2 inch on either side of the placket. Set aside the buttoned plackets for use in the borders.
2. After the quilt body has been pieced, measure for the border lengths. Sew the plackets together to fit the borders, use some spacing fabric between the ends of the plackets if needed to get the correct lengths. Attach the border plackets to the quilt body as you would any other borders. Quilt and bind as usual.

Hope this helps a little.

03-21-2012, 04:14 PM

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jayelee

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Now I am really going to make that quilt from those shirts You inspire me

03-21-2012, 04:15 PM

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dunngriffith

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I agree- love the button edging!

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Originally Posted by lee_stitches

How creative! Love the way you used the button plackets. Very attractive quilt.

03-21-2012, 04:46 PM

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QandE2010

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What a manly looking quilt. I love it. Thanks for sharing.

03-21-2012, 05:03 PM

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janetter

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Originally Posted by jenOSU

How clever using the buttons for the border! Great overall design and look

thats what I was going to say Just beautiful

03-22-2012, 03:13 AM

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What a timely thread this one is for me. As I type, I have a shirt on the floor by the coffee table to take apart. I have already anihilated about six of them and faithfully taken off all the buttons and thrown away the button strips . Now, I know better. What a novel idea and wish I had come upon this idea earlier, but now I will save those button rows.