Quilts from mens shirts ideas

It's hard to believe that my stepdad passed away 13 years ago. At the time, he and mom were living in San Diego and Howard and I were living in Needham, Massachusetts. Bill stayed in a nursing home for nine months after having a debilitating stroke. My mom had already retired and was able to be at his side constantly. She would visit him twice a day for several hours to make sure that he was being taken care of properly. I never saw him alive after his stroke because we lived so far away…

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Here is a quick tutorial on how to break down a shirt so it can be used in a memory quilt or a recycled clothing quilt. The point of this...

The original post for these quilts was just over two years ago. This set of mini-quilts was made for a family of five siblings to remember their father. I've received several questions about reproducing the design for the first and third quilts so thought I'd share that information here so that you can make one, too. One frequent question is about how to size the finished quilt to be bigger or smaller. Both of these designs are based on an eight block by eight block grid. In other words…

Coordinate the Colors or go Full On Scrappy! Easy stars made from thrift store shirts produce a wonderfully soft and cozy quilt. This will be a great gift for a man in your life or create one for yourself. Select shirts of various colors for a more scrappy look. Or coordinate the colors for a …

Minimal fabric commitment, yup. Pam of Threading My Way shares on her blog how she made this lap quilt from worn men’s shirts. I’m with her, when you pull batting, binding and backing f…

Our nephew Adam will graduate from high school this May, and I’ve completed his flannel quilt with a few months to spare. Last fall I asked Adam if he had any special requests for his graduation q…

This is a quilt made for a family whom lost their father. Their father loved to wear bright colorful shirts. I don't often see patchwork patterns that I immediately want to make but when I saw this pattern called Simply Woven by Jessica Kelly - I knew that it would make an amazing quilt from recycled materials. I made my quilt a little larger (it is probably around a king sized quilt) - I had so many shirts I didn't want to waste them! I also added a border to my quilt as the family have…

Sometimes projects (and quilts) come along that really have a powerful effect on me personally. This quilt was one of those quilts, and I would like to tell its story… Last fall son number 1 asked if I might be able to make a quilt for a former co-worker. He said her father had passed […]