Has anyone made a quilt from just ginghams?

Kris

I was looking for cotton gingham and was told it wasn't made anymore. Lots of the poly gingham is available but it's not the same. Dotted Swiss is impossible to find now too.

Estate sales, yard sales and thrift shops, church sales.

I've wondered a long time why certain fabrics were no longer being made. And I'd love to get some of the same thick, flowing
jerseys that is in an evening dress of my Mother's that fits me well. Cut on the bias and I love it, cream with huge reddish cabbage roses. I cut it knee length and added that fabric to the sleeveless top..after 60 you can't do a thing with floppy upper arms.

And then there was the crisp and crinkled fabric (forgotten what it was) that I was wearing when I got my first kiss...oh, bliss!!! Wonder what his name was....also can't remember it but do I remember that dress!!!

I have one my grandmother made from gingham and coordinating solids and it's beautiful...she used the all-cotton gingham and like other posters have said it's much better than today's ginghams which are thinner.

The crinkled dress was probably sear sucker! such a sweet memory!

30+ years ago I made a couple of gingham only quilts....They were cotton and poly, but the one is still OK. I made it as a baby quilt for my son.

My MIL did - a long time ago. She made a baby quilt with the 9-patch using 3 of the gingham colors (yellow, purple and green if memory serves). It was - ahem, dainty - but in my opinion too boring.

the reason I was asking, I have several flat rate boxes that I can fill with ginghams fabric scraps. The are all the poly/cotton blend - I just didn't know if anyone would want to purchase any? I would think they would be great for spring/summer quilts

SOme people like to use blends in their quilts and if the price is right, I'm sure someone will get in touch. Times are tough and fabric is expensive.

Thanks so much Martina - I have no idea what to price them for - the pieces aren't tiny - most are atleast a FQ - some are up to a yard and so much can fit in a box.

100% cotton gingham is hard to find but not impossible; look for it at the big discount fabric houses.Oh, gee, I wish I could recall where I saw it last. Dang! :?

i just love gingham!!! would love to see pics!!!

The very first quilt I made was from all different colors of gingham. I had no idea what I was doing and using scissors and pins made my first daughter a quilt. I have no picture and I must say...my ignorance got it finished. If I had know the rules or followed the rules...It would not have ever been finished. She's 26 now. =) She's getting married in April and I think I might just try and duplicate the one I made for her if I can remember~just in case one day she gives me grandbabies. =) I would be interested in some. This would be fun for me. =)

I guess that would be a good place to start is to take pictures :roll:

okay.. I'll do that - thanks so much for the interest.

I had picked up about 8 different yellow gingham fabrics at a thrift shop and made a quilt top. It turned out OK but I didn't like working with the fabric....it was obviously part polyester and flimsy....almost see-through. I have vowed not to make any more using that fabric.

i bought brown gingham at a hancocks that was closing a few years ago.
i swear JA has it in the kids/baby section. cotton in different colors..

The cotton gingham is much nicer to work with! No, I have never made a quilt out of 100% gingham fabrics.

I meant Ramona - you crack me up! LOL

Ramona - you crack me up!

Hancock Fabrics does carry 100% cotton gingham.

may be a regional thing...i can find ginghams...and dotted swiss, need to hit fashion fabric outlets if you are looking for fashion fabrics, here our joannes carry both. most quilt shops do not because they are not profitable/popular with quilters.
and i am working on a gingham quilt right now for a special little girl.

I've done baby quilts using 1/4" and 1/8" ginghams then applique animals on top of the gingham.

I made a quilt out of just gingham for my baby girl in 1970.

Robert Kaufman has a whole line of cotton gingham now called Carolina Cottons, tiny 1/8 inch checks in maybe 20-25 different colors.

I made my son's baby quilt out of gingham, 22yrs ago. LOL. It was poly cotton. I didnt know anybetter at the time and it worked out ok. Just have to be careful and pin more. the gingham is a little slippery. Yes, we still have the quilt. It held up very well.

I made two, one for each twin bed in our bedroom. Mine has 4 square patches alternated with plain fabric on which I used Artex paint and did flowers and his is 9 patch with sashing. Still using them and I have a box full I have been saving, witing for inspiration. I love gingham. You could embroider the alternate patches with the theme of your choice.
Made a quilt for a friend using her mother's gingham aprons with the cross stitching on them, turned out beautiful.

Carol J.

I wonder why they have added so much synthetic to a traditional fabric such as gingham. I haven't found good gingham for some time. Too, my daughters were summer babies and I made receiving blankets for them from seersucker. It was all cotton, was very comfortable, and easy to launder. I looked for seersucker when the summer grandbabies were coming but nowadays that has synthetic in it, too, and is hot in the summer. Both of these fabrics are traditional and now not as good. Kinda goes with the thing that once you find a product that you really like, they will quit making it!

I have a quilt my great aunt made, its all out of Gingham, She used sashing on it. It looks like what it is. An old fashion scrappy. She did use some of the brighter colors. It looks like what u would expect to see on a bed in the Rural Ozarks in the 50's.

I have found both at Fabric.com. I don't know if they keep it in stock but I know it is there from time to time. The dotted Swiss is wonderful.

I have made baby quilts with gingham. I put white blocks with embroidery between blocks of gingham. The embroidery blocks are themed to match whoever I made it for....cats, dogs, ducks...etc. My gingham blocks are always the same color. Blue gingham is the one I tend to aim towards.

There was an embroidery technique--was it called Chicken Scratch?--that was popular for some time. It utilized the "even weave" of the gingham to create some really nice designs. Seem I remember animals on baby quilts and there were some pretty designs to put as borders on aprons or the bottom of gingham skirts in that era when we wore gingham skirts!

About 4 years ago, I made 2 quilts for both my grandaughters with the Tutti Frutti line. The blocks I used were big sister, little sister paper pieced block. See block pattern here: http://piecebynumber.com/sisters.htm

I asked the girls the colors they preferred, and to this date they still use them and love them. The back I made it with nice flannel to compliment the front.

The Tutti Frutti can still be found at Joann's. (If you are not into bright colors or blends, this is not for you.)

Our church quilt group uses what ever is donated. So we have used the ginghams quite often, we line them with flannel sheeting and then back in solid 100% cotton. We wash and preshrink the sheeting before using. This makes for a very nice baby quilt for Linus Project. They are soft and hold up very well.

might of been same as crinkle crepe , which I believe re-visited as seersucker not too long ago......yup.....I'm older than dirt !!!

a lot of gingham was poly cotton and not very stable, like limp. Yo9u might try starching before using it

I have a fabric shop and I have gingham in several colors and I know that I could get it in more colors than I have. Look in some of the smaller shops.

my very first quilt was made with all gingham - back in the 70s!

Daisydoodle, by 'line them with flannel sheeting' do you mean you use that for the fill instead of batting?

check ebay.

Go to Fabric.com. They have cotton gingham. Didn't know there was any other fabric named gingham.

I was thinking about making a gingham quilt, but now I know why I haven't. The new stuff really is so thin. I thought it was just cheap fabric, but know I know it's all that way.