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Your quilts are great and nice to recycle.
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Are you the clever one. They are great quilts. These quilts look usable and not ones to just look at and I like that.
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Beautiful quilts. I would have never thought of looking thru the shirts for fabrics. Lol, you should have seen the looks I got when I was closely studying one of the wedding dresses at the local resale shop. I know they were wondering why I would be looking at THAT, lol. Because it was beautiful, large, and had a full train of gorgeous fabric....but I did pass.
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Who knew that shirts could turn out like this? I sure didn't. They are just great and I applaud your genius. Way to go!
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You are a lady after my heart. I simply love scrap quilt. I was recently reciepent of some large dresses to recycle. They yield a lot in scraps. Then I was given some scrub sets to cut. Beautiful material. Hey let the thirties roll again!
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Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
Earlier this year i decided to work with recycled men's shirts. In my area the salvation army has 5 for $5 fridays. after my first purchase i was obsessed! i wound up with 80!! Washed them in hot water, starched, cut them into large pieces then was stumped. Finally decided to cut them all into 5" charms (accucut studio) and 2 3/4" "quarter charms". BTW, a man's shirt yields 40 to 55 charms, plus a variable number of 1/4 charms. I made a quilt of my own design and then found the Nickle Quilts books by Pat Speth. I have other quilts planned and these 3 tops are not quilted yet... another board member asked me to post my wip. I admire scrappy quilts but I'm a mathematician so I have a hard time just grabbing and sewing, but I pushed myself on the first 2 (still need lots of work on color values), then succumbed to a more ordered one for the third.
First pic. my design, 'lil twister border. Pic Two "Woodland Clover" from "More Nickle Quilts", pic three "Pinwheels on Parade" from "More Nickle Quilts", |
I like your idea. thank you for sharing :)
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What a great idea wonderful quilts!
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I love your shirt quilts!
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Originally Posted by jackied
The second one is awesome to me.
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