Cut up shirts - Neck Band uses?
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
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I've decided to make a quilt from recycled men's dress shirts. I've been slowly cutting them up and I have a question for all you crafty folks. I've been cutting the collars off, then cutting the collar band from the shirt. Now I have a pile of bands with a button on one end and a button hole on the other. Seems to me i could use these for something. First thing that comes to mind is to "button up" rolls of stabelizer. You can button multiple bands together to wrap around large batting rolls etc. anything else you can think of?
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Dayton, OH
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Use them (or the top half of the collar) as applique to simulate shirt collars with (silk) ties. Various possible designs are possible. Mixed with fabrics used in sports jackets and suits the outcome would be nice for any man. The backing could be a real surprise...by using flannel plaids!
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