A whole pint of buttons!
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I just started cutting my husband's dress shirts for a quilt. I removed the buttons and set them aside. As my husband is 6'5" tall and I had 28 shirts, I filled an entire pint sized jar with the buttons.
I think I am going to use the "floating stars" pattern. The shirts are white, off white, yellow, green, gray, light and dark blue and white with pinstripes. (see picture below) I was considering using pink as the main fabric and the shirts as the corners. How does that sound? |
I just love the buttons in the jar. I like finding them in sales and such. Your project sounds fun. I just watched a tutorial on cutting dress shirts up for quilt pieces. Very cool. Teresa
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Good luck with your quilt and that's alot of buttons.
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Does he know about this??? lol Nice fabric and buttons.Mary
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Originally Posted by lawsonmugs
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Does he know about this??? lol Nice fabric and buttons.Mary
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Should be a fun project!!
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This is a great idea! The fabrics look wonderful together. Will you incorporate some of the buttons when you're finished?
Christine- http://quiltdasher.blogspot.com/ |
are you going with all 100% cotton? Usually the lighter the color, the more of a mix it will be. THey do that so they are easy to get clean!
which is sad, because they make the best backgrounds! I have over 200 shirts to cut up...it was to be a winter project, but it never got WINTER here! Keep us posted on your progress! |
Your project sounds like a winner to me and I love your jar of buttons. It will look great on a shelf or table in your sewing area.
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All shirts are 100% cotton. I tried to make one of these shirt quilts before and material is more difficult to work with so I am going to try with a mix of quilters fabric and shirts. Not sure how I will use the buttons yet.
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