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
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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. |
I vote for doing it. What a fun gift for the children!
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Sounds good to me! I've used seersucker and it came out nice, I liked the texture.
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Thank you ,all of you!
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Great way of using the scraps. Each child can match their clothes to fabric in quilt. I SPY quilt.
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My grandma put all sorts of things together in her quilts. They've survived for years.
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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 |
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.
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go for it. My mother remembers some of the clothes she wore when she was little by the quilt she has.
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