Originally Posted by DogHouseMom

Love the DWW Dee!!

Aside from that lovely piece, I'm thinking crazy quilt with a ton of embellishing n embroidery and bobbles and such.

Non quilt ideas: purses, throw pillows, place mats, and garment bags !! I personally would love to have a quilted garment bag made out of upholstry fabs!!!

Originally Posted by Kat Sews

I have used upholstery sample fabric in a few quilts. They turned out great, in fact the ones I made for my mom and mom in law are the envy of all their friends. My advice would be to choose a simple pattern and sort the samples by weight and fiber content, try to keep it the same in each article. Also plan on using something light weight for the batting and back or it could be too heavy. They make nice warm comfy quilts.

Originally Posted by Holice

if you want to use the fabric for chairity quilts you might search on the web for "Ugly Quilts" These are sleeping bags given to homeless shelters. They usually want unusual fabrics. The term ugly is used because the quilts (sleeping bags) should not be the traditional pretty quilts but rather those that might be stold.

Originally Posted by Jackie Spencer

I have used it in my crazy quilting, with silk ribbon embroidery, and embroidery and bead work. I love the look I get from them.

Originally Posted by deemail

i'm sorry if this is boring people...i seem to have put it on all week....but look at the centers...it's upholstery fabric... the effect is terrific because of the large scale...
Double Wedding Ring from Cheryl Phillips' Book

Originally Posted by Lori S

I have used decorator fabrics in quilts. First make sure they are all able to be washed, some are dry clean only. I use large designs or a small scale design enlarged . The bulk of the seam allowances of home dec fabric can be very problematic in smaller work. Additonally alot of seams will add to the weight.
Since many home dec fabrics are larger scale prints, work with the larger scale pattern. A nice simple one can be a dissapearing nine patch but start with a larger square. Some of the most beautiful I have seen are just simple squares sewn together. My sister did a log cabin , but used 2.5 inch logs. It came out beautiful.
One last note do test the fibers to make sure you can iron/steam them during construction.
Home dec fabrics use paints and dyes that are rated for longer exposure to sunlight before fading than quilting cottons. The other side of that coin is.. most home dec dyes/paints are not rated very high for very much washing before fading.

Originally Posted by Pat M.

I have used the sample fabrics and the only thing you have to do is wash in a sink and then let dry. The ones that run or shrink I toss. I made a wedding quilt using the samples.