suggestions for pattern to make simple quilt from men's shirts
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Originally Posted by cannyquilter
Hi my brother has donated 15 very large 100% cotton shirts to me. He is quite ill at the moment and I would like to make him a lap quilt using his shirts. Any suggestions as to an effective but relatively simple and quick pattern. I am not a fast worker but would like to do some thing I could piece in a day but I still want it to look "patchwork" rather than just blocks. Thank you for any suggestions.
It uses short strips and triangles ....and looks very fancy!
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Hi to all,
thanks so much for suggestions I finally decided on one using half square triangles, someone suggested that it looked like sailboats, but I could not picture how that would work. Anyway at my quilting class on Friday one of the other ladies had an old quilting magazine in to show us and on one of the pages was a quilt that someone had made using half square triangles and rectangles so I had a look at the block and mocked up a 12 inch finished block. I decided to alternate the blocks with a 12 plain block. I am making a 5 x 6 block quilt but have not decided on whether to put a border on or just bind it. So far I have completed 2 blocks cut out 5 plain blocks and hopefully today will complete another 3 blocks. Obviously I overestimated my speed in cutting and sewing so no way will I finish it this weekend but am hoping to get the top done this weekend and quilt it next. I will post a picture of the blocks and/or completed quilt if my son comes to visit cos I don't know how to get pictures onto my computer!
Thanks again to everyone for taking an interest and making suggestions Eileen
thanks so much for suggestions I finally decided on one using half square triangles, someone suggested that it looked like sailboats, but I could not picture how that would work. Anyway at my quilting class on Friday one of the other ladies had an old quilting magazine in to show us and on one of the pages was a quilt that someone had made using half square triangles and rectangles so I had a look at the block and mocked up a 12 inch finished block. I decided to alternate the blocks with a 12 plain block. I am making a 5 x 6 block quilt but have not decided on whether to put a border on or just bind it. So far I have completed 2 blocks cut out 5 plain blocks and hopefully today will complete another 3 blocks. Obviously I overestimated my speed in cutting and sewing so no way will I finish it this weekend but am hoping to get the top done this weekend and quilt it next. I will post a picture of the blocks and/or completed quilt if my son comes to visit cos I don't know how to get pictures onto my computer!
Thanks again to everyone for taking an interest and making suggestions Eileen
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Originally Posted by Fran Juern
Hillary I really like your colors in this quilt. I'm in the process of starting one using this pattern
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go to quiltville.com and check out her "crayon box" pattern, I did that one with mens shirts. I just got back from the thrift store on my lunch hour and bought 6 more shirts. I'm doing a 8 1/2 square block , ten in a row
and I'm alternating it with a tumbler block done in rows.
I'll post once I'm finished. Then I'm thinking I'm going to cut the labels from the yokes into 4 in blocks and make a border, I love the labels.
and I'm alternating it with a tumbler block done in rows.
I'll post once I'm finished. Then I'm thinking I'm going to cut the labels from the yokes into 4 in blocks and make a border, I love the labels.
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Originally Posted by reginalovesfabric
go to quiltville.com and check out her "crayon box" pattern, I did that one with mens shirts. I just got back from the thrift store on my lunch hour and bought 6 more shirts. I'm doing a 8 1/2 square block , ten in a row
and I'm alternating it with a tumbler block done in rows.
I'll post once I'm finished. Then I'm thinking I'm going to cut the labels from the yokes into 4 in blocks and make a border, I love the labels.
and I'm alternating it with a tumbler block done in rows.
I'll post once I'm finished. Then I'm thinking I'm going to cut the labels from the yokes into 4 in blocks and make a border, I love the labels.
I think I will save the crayon box pattern as one I would like to do (will add it to the list along with countless others).
Hope to finish quilt by Wed 1st of June as that is when I will be seeing my brother again. I will post pictures and once again thanks for all the suggestions.
Eileen
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Originally Posted by cannyquilter
Hi my brother has donated 15 very large 100% cotton shirts to me. He is quite ill at the moment and I would like to make him a lap quilt using his shirts. Any suggestions as to an effective but relatively simple and quick pattern. I am not a fast worker but would like to do some thing I could piece in a day but I still want it to look "patchwork" rather than just blocks. Thank you for any suggestions.
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