Quilt from men's shirts
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Yes, I quilted Kay's masterpiece on my longarm machine. The button plackets were about two inches wide and I did not quilt up close to the buttons so they posed no problem when quilting.
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This is a great looking quilt!!!A thrift shop in our town had a 10 cent clearance sale on everything in the store--this makes me wish I had gone and stocked up on men's shirts! Would you share the instructions for doing the button-placket border? Very original--I love it!!!
1.After cutting the sleeves and backs from the front of the shirts, button the shirt fronts and trim 1/2 inch on either side of the placket. Set aside the buttoned plackets for use in the borders.
2. After the quilt body has been pieced, measure for the border lengths. Sew the plackets together to fit the borders, use some spacing fabric between the ends of the plackets if needed to get the correct lengths. Attach the border plackets to the quilt body as you would any other borders. Quilt and bind as usual.
Hope this helps a little.
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What a timely thread this one is for me. As I type, I have a shirt on the floor by the coffee table to take apart. I have already anihilated about six of them and faithfully taken off all the buttons and thrown away the button strips . Now, I know better. What a novel idea and wish I had come upon this idea earlier, but now I will save those button rows.
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