What to Do with This?
#12
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Originally Posted by TheMerkleFamily;8497541
if you really want to go down the rabbit hole try this site [url=https://scissortailquilting.com/freebies/30-awesome-websites-free-downloadable-quilt-patterns/
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You're right. That is one awesome rabbit hole, and I have bookmarked it for a all day look
#13
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if all have been washed, the fabric content won't make a difference. You could try ding some truly improv piecing - check out Victoria Findlay Wolfe's "15 Minutes of Play". She does it with small odd shaped scraps but you could do the same concept with larger pieces.
#14
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Marcia Hohn has a free pattern, "Grampy's Shirts" on Quilters Cache. I just love it for the small triangles where you can add little pops of bright colors. I have it in my bucket of someday stuff, so no, I haven't made it yet and can't vouch for it.
#15
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It does bother some people to mix pure cottons fabric with "blends" -
As long as one is aware of what one is doing - - -
#16
See, this is why I love this forum so much and everyone that is here - all of you have asked questions that I never would have thought about in a million years. All the sites you've given me are definite rabbit holes, I'm going to have to be careful when I cruise them or I'll lose a day or two in them, lol. I certainly didn't know that most men's shirts are made with that much fabric, I've definitely got enough with these four to make a queen-size quilt!
#17
I am a hst person when it comes to memory quilts. There is a block pattern in the Quilter Caches https://www.quilterscache.com/D/DepressionBlock.html . If you have enough fabric from your shirts this could make a nice lap quilt or throw or even larger quilt. Just something to think about.
#18
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I am a hst person when it comes to memory quilts. There is a block pattern in the Quilter Caches https://www.quilterscache.com/D/DepressionBlock.html . If you have enough fabric from your shirts this could make a nice lap quilt or throw or even larger quilt. Just something to think about.
#19
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I've never worked with old shirts before, but I would consider applique. You could make flower petals and the middle circle with the shirts. This would give you some flexibility for background fabric as well.