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mimiof4 04-21-2013 12:49 PM


Originally Posted by phranny (Post 6015153)
Recently I was at a farmer's meeting with my husband. I couldn't help but notice all the nice shirts the guys were wearing and was envisioning several quilts out of them. I did notice a few 3X sized men, and thought about all the fabric I could get out of their shirts. Then, instead of taking notes and listening to the speaker, I was sketching designs and doodling quilt patterns.

LOL that is just too funny.

JanieH 04-21-2013 04:09 PM

I got on a Hawaiian shirt kick for awhile and noticed them everywhere. Found a bunch at thrift stores that really worked well for a quilt.

I love we get our fabrics and inspirations from the world around us!

Yooper32 04-21-2013 04:18 PM

This very day, I had a scrubs top folded up on the back of the couch to show my 16yr. old GD who is going off to college in August. They are busily trying to "wardrobe" her. I only wore it two times and now have outgrown it, ( nicely put), and I told myself, I know she won't want it, really, and when she refuses it, I am going to cut it up as it was a really neat blotched pattern of mostly blue with bits of gold and red in it . Wouldn't you know, she tried it on and said, "I'll take it". Oh, well, I have way too much fabric as it is...but, it would have been neat in a small quilt.

kayluvs2quilt 04-21-2013 05:13 PM

I am sooo where you are about beautiful fabrics I see on other people. I also see beautiful quilts in the neckties worn by men.

OHSue 04-21-2013 05:37 PM

I find myself doing the same thing. I will be talking to someone at work and all the while I have visions of seeing their shirt in pieces.

nellie 04-21-2013 06:34 PM

i buy some of my fabrics from sassy scrubs .com they have fabrics to make scrubs or they can make them for medical services , you mght find some nice one,s there

purplefiend 04-22-2013 06:11 AM


Originally Posted by jeaninmaine (Post 6016536)
I can't look at a man's shirt without wondering if it's 100% cotton and how would it look in a quilt. My DH is getting really paranoid, he has visions of having to run around in his t-shirt.

I love using novelty prints in my quilts, since I make mostly children's charity quilts. I too have said to total strangers that some item of clothing they're wearing would look wonderful in a quilt. They give me strange looks. lol
There's a song that Cathy Miller, the singing quilter, sings on one of her albums about the DH who's reduced to boxers and a shirt and no sheets on the bed because his wife has cut them all up for quilts. :D
Sharon

running1 04-22-2013 06:13 AM

My new favorite store is a good thrift store!! Love 'em!!!

mjmachin 04-22-2013 08:09 AM

My daughter works for a vet, therefore our house is full of used scrubs. I took them, cut them up, and made a cute quilt entirely out of her scrubs. I even made the backing for it from the scrubs. She loves it. The patterns were all so cute and this has a lot of memories for her to keep.

mjmachin 04-22-2013 08:15 AM

I have a phone full of pictures of floors, wallpaper, peoples clothing design etc. I snap a picture whenever I see that "oh a quilt" thought comes to me!!


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