clem55

I have made many summer outfits for my granddaughters while they were little. I've used gingham checks, plisse, seersucker and pique, plus smooth cottons. Has anyone used a mixture like that for a quilt, and would it work? I wanted to make them quilts with fabric from clothing I made, and didn't realize I had so much of textured cottons. Quilt patterns I would use would probably be very basic blocks. Any advice or tips???Carol

amma

I say go for it :D:D:D
If some of the fabrics ravel easily, you may want to consider increasing the seam allowances to a 1/2" :wink: and adjust the patterns accordingly.

isnthatodd

I vote for doing it. What a fun gift for the children!

MaryStoaks

Sounds good to me! I've used seersucker and it came out nice, I liked the texture.

clem55

Thank you ,all of you!

sewgull

Great way of using the scraps. Each child can match their clothes to fabric in quilt. I SPY quilt.

bearisgray

My grandma put all sorts of things together in her quilts. They've survived for years.

Angellight

In my future quilting is a quilt (actually 4 of them) that my mother had made using fabric scraps from the clothes she made me as LITTLE girl. I am over 50 now & whenever I look at those quilts I love remembering the favorite dresses that I used to wear.
Make those quilts and see what your recipients do when they see the fabrics... :-D
Happy Quilting
Susan

quiltsRfun

Yes, definitely go for it. This will be a great memory quilt for your granddaughters. I have one I did with the scraps from clothes I made for my daughters and it really brings back memories for me.

quiltingfan

go for it. My mother remembers some of the clothes she wore when she was little by the quilt she has.