Flannel shirt quilt ideas

Too many plaid shirts? They make into awesome quilts. Here's what you need to know about having a quilt made from plaid shirts.

Don't throw away your old flannels. Follow our easy, quick, brilliant ideas to repurpose old flannels into beautiful, fresh new items.

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…

Great Ideas for Memory Quilts, Keepsake Quilts and for Recycling Men’s Shirts! Men’s shirts have a lot of usable fabric for creative quilters to work into quilts. Recycling is always a great idea, plus men’s shirts provide the ideal fabric for more masculine quilts. All-cotton shirts, besides being more comfortable to wear, are perfect for …

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…

A Variety of Prints and Patterns Contribute to a Coordinated Scrappy Look! This scrappy-look quilt harmonizes beautifully by starting with a fat quarter bundle. Choose fat quarters in three colors and watch how the quilt pulls together. Of course, you can choose fat quarters from your stash, too. Just decide on three colors and select …

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...

If you have old blue jeans, flannel shirts or pants, and a sewing machine, you’re on your way to the coziest blanket you can imagine! Here is the first step to help you get started making a blue jean flannel rag quilt! #bluejeanquilt #denimquilt #ragquilt

I love using this pattern from Open Gate Quilts for Dress Shirt Quilts. Dress shirts are often repurposed into quilts for memory quilts, but I personally th...

I started this quilt simply to use up a bag of flannel scraps that has been taking up space in my sewing room closet. I cut as many 6" squares as I could and then put them together in a Disappearing 9-Patch pattern. Daughter-in-law #2 happened to ask what I was working on one day, so I snapped a photo for her. She immediately questioned who it was for and when I told her it wasn't for anyone she said that she was putting it on her Christmas list! I couldn't ignore her request, so I got it…