Cut the fabric into 7-9" wide strips (any width would be okay).
Afterwards, sew the pieces together, at angles, or straight.
Then piece the long strips together to make the quilt front.
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The layers: shirts, cotton batting, and a super-soft flannel backing.
Pin them together.
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The quilting stitches.
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My Mom wanted the binding to look like a neck-tie.
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The tag says "Cozy Dress Shirts by Laura, January 2009"
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The end result is a light weight, very soft quilt. I can remember my
Dad wearing many of these shirts so it will always be a sweet momento.
21 comments:
What a great idea, I should start saving old clothes to do something like that. Does she machine quilt or quilt them by hand?
yeah! i'm so excited about these. little did we know she had been saving his old shirts for years...
I love this idea. I want to make one of these.
This really is such a great idea. And how special to have. Love it.
This is one of the best ideas ever. So sentimental and beautiful.
I recently saw one of these and thought it was such a great idea. your mom did such a good job. they look lovely and will be such a treasure to have.
wow! what a wonderful idea! i want to make one
Thanks for posting this Jill. The pictures look really good. I machine quilt them. Love you, Mom
So fun. I wish I could sew. Your mom is so talented. yay Laura.
That is a great idea. One I would love to copy someday!
funny ... another blogger just posted a very similar project ... color story #7
Beautiful! I have been working on one of my own.. but I might like yours more!! I love the randomness of it, mine is a bit too orderly.
wow! this is such a great idea. i love the way it turned out.
What an awesome idea. That will be such a special keepsake for all of you kids. I loved Kellie's blog about you by the way. Made me cry too. You moving back anytime soon?
oh wow. amazing! such a pretty idea.
love your blog, btw.
xo
inspired. what a great idea!! matt gives his clothes away before i can stop him. maybe i'll insist he buy a new wardrobe so i can quilt up his current dress shirts. :)
I love this! Found your page while looking for quilted dress shirts, I'm trying to use the whole collar area of dress shirts for a memory quilt but I love this idea. What a treasure!
What an awesome idea!! I wish I could make something like this for my daughter but my husband is a firefighter so in the end she would just have a quilt of faded blue polos mixed with some gray. I have although kept some clothes like the shirt I was wearing when my husband proposed, old music festival shirts...little things like that in hopes of making something similar.
Thanks for posting this.
Such a lovely upcycling idea!
Is it Ok if I pass it on to my readers?
Ally <'v'>
I've got lots of old jeans saved to make quilts with, and I plan on making one out of my grandfather's work clothes, but I think I'm going to have to find some dress shirts now too. Very beautiful quilt.
Beautiful. I love quilting with old clothes. I've made quilts out of floral shirts, jeans and corduroy but I love the idea of dress shirts. It would be light and soft. Thanks for sharing.
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