My father passed away last year and my hope is to use some of his shirts to make throws, pillow, etc. for the grandchildren. Does anyone have ideas? These are cotten or flannel shirts - not t-shirts. Thanks for any ideas and remember, I'm new to quilting.
I'm so sorry to hear of your father's passing. You could use part of the front part of his shirts and make different sections for each shirt. The sections would include the front with the collar area. With this you could also include part of a tie, neck scarf, bandana, etc. If he was a man that wore suits you could also include some suit material as well.
The other sections of the shirts could be used to match a scrappy patchwork type quilt.
I hadn't gotten back into quilting when my father passed so I didn't think to try to save his old clothing for making a quilt in his memory.
Good luck with your quilting project. Please keep up posted and updated with your progress, with pictures if possible.
Pam M
Ohio
Gladys
08-21-2011 06:02 PM
Welcome from North Carolina!
Donna H-M
08-22-2011 02:58 AM
Welcome.......I made a quilt for my son using his grandfathers shirts. Here is the post....Donna
