Need help-turning clothes into a quilt
#1
My aunt's mom passed away last week. She just sent me a text message asking if I could take some of her mom's old cotton blouses and turn them into a quilt for her. I feel this is a request I cannot say no to. I feel honored she is asking me. However, I don't want to mess it up-it sounds scary. I haven't seen the shirts yet, she will be going to Arkansas for the funeral. Do you guys have any advice as to what to do? Do I use light interfacing and pick a simple block? I also don't know how many shirts yet? What kind of quilts have you guys made using shirts?
Thank you.
Thank you.
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Once you receive the shirts you will have a lot of questions answered. If they are cotton and not too thin, I wouldn't interface. I would just treat it like any other cotton material. Any pattern that you are comfortable with and have enough fabric for will work.
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Originally Posted by Sadiemae
Once you receive the shirts you will have a lot of questions answered. If they are cotton and not too thin, I wouldn't interface. I would just treat it like any other cotton material. Any pattern that you are comfortable with and have enough fabric for will work.
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How about making a string quilt out of the clothes? That way, each strip will be sewn to a muslin backing and you won't have to worry so much about the different fabrics, plus it's a style that lends itself well to scrappy fabrics.
Something else neat to do is to again, sew the fabrics in strips onto a muslin backing, then cut the "new" fabric out and make memory bears... teddy bears out of it.
http://www.quiltville.com/stringquiltingprimer.shtml
Something else neat to do is to again, sew the fabrics in strips onto a muslin backing, then cut the "new" fabric out and make memory bears... teddy bears out of it.
http://www.quiltville.com/stringquiltingprimer.shtml
#7
Originally Posted by cjtinkle
How about making a string quilt out of the clothes? That way, each strip will be sewn to a muslin backing and you won't have to worry so much about the different fabrics, plus it's a style that lends itself well to scrappy fabrics.
Something else neat to do is to again, sew the fabrics in strips onto a muslin backing, then cut the "new" fabric out and make memory bears... teddy bears out of it.
http://www.quiltville.com/stringquiltingprimer.shtml
Something else neat to do is to again, sew the fabrics in strips onto a muslin backing, then cut the "new" fabric out and make memory bears... teddy bears out of it.
http://www.quiltville.com/stringquiltingprimer.shtml
#8
Here are some pictures of a memory quilt my friend made recently. I was so impressed at the out come. It kind of reminds me of a Gee's Bend quilt or an art quilt. These were just mens shirts mostly. So simple a snowball block, but a really striking quilt! Hope this gives you another idea.
I forgot to add....when you quilt this, plan to stay away from the triangles in the corners of the blocks! There are 8 layers of fabric! Can you say 'broken needles'!? I just picked 2 freehand designs and alternated them.
I forgot to add....when you quilt this, plan to stay away from the triangles in the corners of the blocks! There are 8 layers of fabric! Can you say 'broken needles'!? I just picked 2 freehand designs and alternated them.
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