Smoky Mountain Stars recycled shirts quilt-- main part done.
 

This is Bonnie Hunter's SMS pattern. It's my first quilt with recycled men's shirts and I have to say I love it! So 'homey'.... Can you see the stars? I used lighter shirts for the backgrounds, instead of white, so the stars are a bit less obvious. I plan to quilt them so that they stand out more (hopefully). The quilt so far is only 54" x 60" so it will definitely be getting a narrow dark border followed by a wider border of plaid rectangles out of the same shirt fabrics. (Why not?) I want it big enough for a full sized bed, if possible.

Very nice! You have a wonderful assortment of plaids. How long did you collect shirts? I like the elongated stars. I like your plan for the border. I think it will make the stars really pop!

I've been collecting off and on for a couple of years. I hit the church rummage sales towards the end of their day, and by that time they are saying, "stuff a bag for two dollars!" or something to that effect. A few weekends ago I got really lucky and came home with about a dozen really nice, BIG men's shirts. When they have long sleeves and are XXXL, you get a ton of fabric in them. It doesn't take long Maybe 20 shirts and you are good to go! In fact you can do several shirt quilts with that many.

This is a wonderful quilt.....

I can see your stars just fine and it is a beautiful quilt! Way to recycle!! Great job!

Great quilt, I can see the stars. Nice to reuse this fabric. It is really nice looking.

Yes, I definitely see the stars and it's a beautiful, well, handsome quilt! Will be fantastic!

Now that's what I call recycling! That looks great!

One of my favorite patterns and I love recycling. You did a superb job.!