meyert

I was given a pile of men's shirts and asked if I could make 2 memory quilts from them. Well I found that pattern for seven shirts to make a quilt from - which is awesome.

My problem is that I have only 13 shirts.... not 14. This means that I may not be able to make both of the quilts using this pattern. (I am concerned about the size of shirts matching the pattern as well you know if I have all small shirts and the pattern uses large shirts) Not to mention that I am not sure that I have the right mix of dark shirts to light shirts to make 2 of the quilts

I can google and see lots of pictures of quilts from men's shirts, but I have no idea how many shirts were used to make them.

Does anyone here know of a pattern that is good to use on memorial quilts made from men's shirts?

maryb119

Can you make a patchwork block combining several left over pieces of each shirt? I have done that in tee shirt memory quilts. Those receiving the quilts will love them no matter what you do with them. Please post pictures when you are done with them.

Moira in N.E. England

Could you not use a similar or contrasting fabric from your stash? I’m sure the person you are making the quilts for won’t mind.
Good luck with your projects!

QuiltnNan

both of the above are great ideas

M.Elizabeth

Bonnie Hunter makes quilts from men's shirts, as does Jo Kramer in Iowa. You might get ideas from looking at their information.

Gay

I don't know the pattern you are referring to, but could you bring in some plain fabrics to increase the size? You may have to find a different pattern though.

quiltsRfun

Here’s a link to a recent post that you might find helpful.

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2018/...ewing.html?m=1

happynana

Check out Bonnie Hunter's smoky mountain stars. It uses mens shirts with plain blocks in between. I am planning on using it to make a quilt from my husbands shirts. He has been gone 5 years and I feel like I am finally up to doing this. Good luck with those quilts it is very nice of you to do that.

meyert

that one has caught my eye and I do really like it. But I am afraid - that is the bottom line. I am just chicken of messing up their shirts from their daddy..... but it is a very nice quilt

https://quiltville.com/smokeymtstarspf.html

illinois

Unless you intend to not repeat fabrics between the 2 projects, you are ok. I have made memory projects using about that same number of my husband's shirts plus a neutral background. So far there are 3 -38" square wall hangings, a queen sized quilt and several ornaments. AND I still have enough fabric that I could make another queen quilt with probably more left from that! These are size L and most are long sleeved shirts. Consider how much fabric is necessary to make a shirt and there's a lot of fabric available for whatever you want to make. Hint--when you are deboning those shirts and taking buttons off, I used one of those craft boxes that some use to store embroidery floss on cards and kept the buttons from each shirt together in the compartments. You've got buttons forever, too!