I have been commissioned to make a quilt using shirts and pants which I am in the process of cutting up. My dilemma is what type of pattern would anyone suggest I use for this. It will be a lap quilt and of course there is limited fabric of each color but I have around a dozen nice pieces of clothing. The lady died of cancer and the DIL is having it made for the lady's hubby which is her FIL
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Depends on the use. Will it be a bed quilt or a wall hanging. A wall hanging may be perfect to use many of different fabrics
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She wants it as a lap quilt for him.
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The 10 minute block is a nice, easy way to use a lot of random fabrics, but still have some sense of order. I recently started one using a bunch of shirts I've collected from the thrift store and it's coming together so fast and it looks like I did much more work than I did.
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I have done the 10 minute block. Did you use smaller pieces than the 10" I don't have a lot of 10" pieces. This lady wore a size 0 to 2
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You can use any size you want. I'm using 5 1/2 inch squares. Which gives me 10.5 inch blocks.
You can also use bigger/smaller squares in the center. It's all about the look you're going for. Here is my WIP. By the time it's done it will have about 20 different fabrics. |
I really like it. It looks so patchwork but I know how easy those blocks are. They definitely don't look easy though. Thanks so much for sharing your pix.
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That is really neat.... thanks for showing yours...
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Originally Posted by lisalisa
You can use any size you want. I'm using 5 1/2 inch squares. Which gives me 10.5 inch blocks.
You can also use bigger/smaller squares in the center. It's all about the look you're going for. Here is my WIP. By the time it's done it will have about 20 different fabrics. |
Love the colors in your quilt. I couldn't believe how fast the 10-minute blocks went together. I used 10.5 blocks and before I knew it, the quilt top was done.
Originally Posted by lisalisa
You can use any size you want. I'm using 5 1/2 inch squares. Which gives me 10.5 inch blocks.
You can also use bigger/smaller squares in the center. It's all about the look you're going for. Here is my WIP. By the time it's done it will have about 20 different fabrics. |
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