Men's 100% cotton dress shirts
#11
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: central indiana
Posts: 686
Just watched my neighbor at quilt camp make a top out of mens shirts. She sewed large pinwheels with white and blue. One reddish shirt was used as a contrast pinwheel. Then the strips left were used to make a scrappy border.
It looked so nautical and she loved the soft feel.
It looked so nautical and she loved the soft feel.
#15
Originally Posted by qbquilts
I made one out of a variety of men's plaid & striped shirts.
You can see it here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-131269-1.htm
You can see it here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-131269-1.htm
#18
Originally Posted by Cre8tvlwyr
Originally Posted by qbquilts
I made one out of a variety of men's plaid & striped shirts.
You can see it here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-131269-1.htm
You can see it here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-131269-1.htm
#19
Super Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Merced, CA
Posts: 4,188
My husband is 6'5" and his shirts are very expensive and difficult to find in his size. They also tend to rip at the elbows which is so frustrating. I refuse to throw out a $65 shirt b/c the elbows ripped.
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My late DH was 6'2 with long arms, and sometimes I would cut off the sleeves to make it short sleeved shirt. In our summer heat he liked them a lot.
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My late DH was 6'2 with long arms, and sometimes I would cut off the sleeves to make it short sleeved shirt. In our summer heat he liked them a lot.
#20
Yes, use 'em. The Kaffe Fasset "box" works great using striped shirts. I recently purchased a blue and white Mexican Cross quilt top that was made from a Pennsylvania shirt factory cutting remnants.
Here are instructions for deconstructing shirts with almost no waste:
http://thethriftyquilter.blogspot.co...e-thrifty.html
Here are instructions for deconstructing shirts with almost no waste:
http://thethriftyquilter.blogspot.co...e-thrifty.html
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