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Great job! Love the colors and design.
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Great quilt! Love how she used the plackets ... the buttons give it a fun look!
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Originally Posted by hopetoquilt
(Post 5079798)
Was it quilted using a LA machine? Does having the buttons on the border pose a problem when LAQ'ing?
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Originally Posted by redhotnana
(Post 5077832)
This is a great looking quilt!!!A thrift shop in our town had a 10 cent clearance sale on everything in the store--this makes me wish I had gone and stocked up on men's shirts! Would you share the instructions for doing the button-placket border? Very original--I love it!!!
1.After cutting the sleeves and backs from the front of the shirts, button the shirt fronts and trim 1/2 inch on either side of the placket. Set aside the buttoned plackets for use in the borders. 2. After the quilt body has been pieced, measure for the border lengths. Sew the plackets together to fit the borders, use some spacing fabric between the ends of the plackets if needed to get the correct lengths. Attach the border plackets to the quilt body as you would any other borders. Quilt and bind as usual. Hope this helps a little. |
Now I am really going to make that quilt from those shirts You inspire me
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I agree- love the button edging!
Originally Posted by lee_stitches
(Post 5077657)
How creative! Love the way you used the button plackets. Very attractive quilt.
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What a manly looking quilt. I love it. Thanks for sharing.
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Originally Posted by jenOSU
(Post 5077375)
How clever using the buttons for the border! Great overall design and look
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What a timely thread this one is for me. As I type, I have a shirt on the floor by the coffee table to take apart. I have already anihilated about six of them and faithfully taken off all the buttons and thrown away the button strips . Now, I know better. What a novel idea and wish I had come upon this idea earlier, but now I will save those button rows.
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Cute and a great and clever way to repurpose.
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Just promised a memory quilt
I just promised a 'shirt' quilt to a friend whose husband just passed two weeks ago. I have been thinking, trying to decide what to do.....thanks to your post, I am closer to a plan. Love the plackets border.
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Very clever and nicely done.
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Some of the prints in old shirts are wonderful. I have been known to throw in a women's "man tailored" shirt too because they can have a great print design. I just wish I had kept all those work suit blouses from the 80's! Love your quilt.
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That is a perfect "men's" quilt. I find it so hard to make a quilt that is manly looking. Great job. Love the buttons.
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How creative! Love it, and what inspiration.
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Very nice!
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love it and what a clever way to do the border.
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Beautiful quilt and I love the border!! Great idea!
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How clever! I love that, looks great, recycles, useful. love the fact that you used the tags. Great Idea, thanks for sharing.
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I love the button plackets as a border. So Clever!
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Very clever way to use the shirt plackets! Well done!
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Very creative. Great job
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What a great idea...love this!
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Wow - love it. What a great idea!
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I am so glad that you posted this! Last September a dear member of our church passed. His daughter has approached me about making quilts from his shirts for his family. I did not know where or how to start this project. Now, thanks to you, I do! I think I will use the t-shirts as well in the solid blocks. I know they will have to be stablized before cutting and sewing. Now, I can go forward, I am so happy you posted this! Thank you and I love that quilt!
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Who would have thunk it? Great looking quilt.
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Thank you for posting this. I am a new quilter and lost my husband in October 2011. I have cut up a few of his shirts and still have a stack to do. I have saved some button plackets and pockets. This gives me some great ideas for later when I tackle this project.
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Nicely done!
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Originally Posted by MaryMo
(Post 5077428)
I really like the uniqueness of this quilt. Beautiful work on piecing and stitching. Wonderful memories in that quilt!
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That is so original. Good job.
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Originally Posted by Bobbielinks
(Post 5077353)
Kay made this quilt from men's shirts. She used the shirt button plackets for borders around the outside of the quilt. Kay also made use of shirts by piecing the quilt backing from them. The Nine Patch and Snowball blocks made up very nicely for a man's quilt. We chose Hobbs 80/20 batting and custom quilted it with continuous curve on the nine patch blocks and echo stitching on the snowball blocks
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definately on my to do list
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creative work love it
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Originally Posted by beksclen
(Post 5082477)
May I ask what this pattern is called for the main part of the quilt?
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Good idea. Buttons for border. Too cool. and resourceful!
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Beautiful quilt....love the idea of the buttoned border. I love shirt quilts and this one is exceptionally creative.
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How cool is that !!! What a great quilt.
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Very creative!
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What a great way to use t-shirts in a quilt.
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Wow! That is a very pretty quilt. I also like to re-cyle men's shirts for quilts.:thumbup:
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