You can use the cuffs to make coffee cup sleeves. I collect buttons to make necklaces and to embellish ornaments.

A great tutorial for cutting and making the seven shirt quilt can be found here:Click here: Life is a Stitch: Seven Shirts + Seven Steps = One Thrifty Quilt

Enjoy!!

I save everything apart from the bits with interfacing on. I even cut the button bands apart, save buttons etc. There is a lot of fabric in a mans shirt

Hey Lauriejo where is the tut for making wallats out of them?

I also bought some at the thrift store = get them on senior day for half price. I only buy XXL or bigger and cut them up. I save all the buttons (I don't know what for) I have a huge jar of them.

Going to the thrift store this morning thanks for all the great tips about the shirts! Thus us what I brought home the last time I went!! Lol.

Sorry "this is" what I brought home. Lol have to admit to hubby I bought another machine when it's in a cabinet. Love him he's a trooper!!

I have seen on the internet an idea to use the collar on a mans shirt. Use it on a dog collar. Makes a cute dog collar.

I just made a couple of lap quilts out of my late dad's shirts and used all of the fabric. He was a "cowboy" shirt man. The ones with the pearl-ized snaps on the cuffs, plackets and pockets. I cut the plackets off careful to leave enough fabric to have a seam allowance and used it as a border. It took four or five shirts worth, but turned out very nice. I used the pockets on some of the blocks and put pictures of him with my children in them. These were really appreciated by my boys. I have caught them, ages 13 & 15, cuddled up on the sofa, wrapped in the blankets looking at the pictures. I think it was a great way for them to find their time and way to grieve their grandpa.

I'd save the pockets - I've seen some cute quilts with the pocket on a block or two. The buttons come in handy if you want a more 'country' feel....putting the buttons in each corner, and using embroidery thread to tie the button on (with the 'tail' on top of the button) is cute. I'd still quilt it first, though. It would be a great way to go for a 'memory' quilt or a quilt for a guy.

Salvation Army Thrift Store here has buy 1 get 2 free on certain colors. They also have additional 10% senior discount on Wednesdays. I buy lots of men's plaid shirts and anything denim that will work....jeans, ladies dresses, skirts, etc. I use them to make denim quilts that I call "truck" quilts. The guys seem to really like them. I make them like you would make a rag quilt, but instead of "ragging" them, I sew that part down flat so it makes a "sashing" like border around each block. No batting necessary, they are heavy. Great for lots of outdoor (and indoor) uses.

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