My friend Yvonne is determined to make a quilt for the weddings of her nieces and nephews. She's a quiltmaker on a budget, and her favourite fabric store is her local thrift shop. Recently I suggested she try men's shirts as a source of fabric, especially since on bag day she can get a a bunch of shirts for $5.
She decided to use the whole shirt, including the labels and seams and tabs
and the pockets and buttons, as in the yellow patch in the middle
to make a beautiful Amish-inspired quilt.
This is Yvonne with her sunshine and shadows quilt, made entirely from thrift shop shirts. She took it to her family's Christmas retreat, and all the nieces and nephews, mostly in their 20s, and some in their teens, sat around the frame and handquilted it. Yvonne is a firm believer in quilting as a community affair, and invited all her friends to help with the last wedding quilt, blogged about here.
(See that bookcase behind Yvonne? that's my secretary desk, now in the corner of the living room, and where I write and blog, fyi.)
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Yvonne did a great job on the quilt and I love the fact it was made from shirts!!! Lovely.
Bravo to Yvonne. This is a gift from the heart.
How great of her to work so hard to get family and friends involved in some of her projects!
wonderful. I love how she got all the family members together to quilt on it.
That is so adorable!!!! what a way to quilt on a budget!
I think this is what quilting is all about. Hurrah Yvonne!
What a great quilt and very neat that the quilting was a family event!
I totally agree with Yvonne's philosophy, although for some of us it is hard to get family in on the quilting! I'm going to start looking at men's shirts at thrift shops in a new way!
Love the way she used all the seam bits, labels and buttons and the quilt is truly A Family Affair.
Let that me a lesson to me! I've gotten too used to buying fabrics. This quilt is lovely and it's a treasure.
How cool is that? And what a treasure, with everyone quilting on it. The button and label are wonderful touches.
I just discovered your blog and have really enjoyed reading your posts! :-)
Nice quilt!
I recently completed a king size quilt made from men’s shirts.
It’s much cheaper using used clothing, especially with new fabric prices on the rise.
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