Husbands old shirts
 

My husband was just going to throw out the shirts because they had holes in the elbows.... Silly silly guy. Here is what I made so far and what I have left over... Oh, and if you look closely at the second one, you will see they are all shirt pockets that will be filled with matchbox cars and given to my nephew.

very nicely done

Great recycling.....love tube stars as well.

Silly men is exactly what I was thinking. They are wonderful. I love the idea of using the pockets and putting cars in them. What a great Christmas gift that would be for a child. One more day to Christmas. I don't think iI will get one whipped up in time.

Oh, really nice and more inspiration! I have a stack of pockets that I was trying to figure out what to do with...

Oh, I love all these! Using the pockets for cars is a great idea!

Just lovely. Great idea for the pockets. Well done.

Wonderful idea's

Love this idea! Can't wait to hear how the little guy likes the quilt complete with cars!!

i love your stars....i've done a couple and really liked putting this pattern together.

Hubby had lots of quilts for you to recycle. All your quilts are fabulous. Love the idea of the pockets for cars. Will it be a wall quilt? Great organizing idea for a kids' room.

I really like the look of quilts made from shirts. When/if I ever get my stash down I'll shop thrift stores since DH doesn't wear many woven shirts.

it is a baby quilt. My nephew will get it in January at his baptism. He will be 7 months old. Obviously he won't use the matchbox cars for a while but having somewhere to put toys is fun.

What a great idea! With charity quilts a small angel and maybe a soft heart would be nice. Thanks for the idea. Merry Christmas.

You are a very clever quilter! Way to re-purpose. Great job.

I like all three of them! The stars pattern is one I've always admired and I'm going to file away your idea for the pockets - they might make a great addition to an I Spy quilt.

:thumbup: Wonderful idea. I have a bunch of grandpa's shirts--too bad my grandson is too big for something like that now. Guess I'll have to find another little boy to make one for. :D

Using the pockets for cars! What a great idea.

Clever idea and great job. Usually DH's shirts are thread-bare everywhere before he parts with them :) Merry Christmas!

Great work!!!!

Beautiful! love the car idea quilt too.

good use for the shirts! Like the pocket idea also.

This is wonderful. When my dad passed suddenly in 2011 my mom went on a cleaning spree throwing out or giving away everything as part of her grieving process!! I snagged a bunch of shirts of his, mainly because some still smelled like him and I didn't want to part with him yet. Eventually I washed everything and folded them and stored them in my linen closet. Now I know exactly what to do with those shirts. Thank you! (You wouldn't happen to have an estimate on how many shirts it took for you to do the star block?) Very nice work, thanks again.

what a great way to use old shirts very nice job!!!!

lol-he is silly-look at the wonderful things you have made with the fabric-sew cool