Men's shirts quilt

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17 years ago

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 8:15 PM

Could someone direct me to a site with a photo of a quilt made from men's shirts? I saw it somewhere a long time ago ... was sewn so the collar and sleeves were still on the shirt/s. When I Google "men's shirt quilt" or similar phrasing, I get thousands of hits, but they all seem to be for t-shirt quilts.

A friend's 14-year-old daughter wants to make her first quilt from her deceased father's shirts and I said I'd help. TIA. Lobo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delete the obvious to reply to me personally. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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17 years ago

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 8:55 PM

I think I saw that one done on America Sews. I know it was PBS.

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17 years ago

Sat, Jul 22, 2006 9:19 PM

Try Googling for 'Men's Dress shirt quilt'

The distinction made for 'dress' shirts might help. . In message , Lobo writes

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17 years ago

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 1:00 AM

Was it this pattern?

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When I used this pattern to make a quilt for my son, I didn't add the strip of background fabric along the bottom until after both shirt halves had been sewn together. Less fiddling to match seams that way. Jane

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17 years ago

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 2:40 AM

"America Quilts"? Found that site and it has no search capability. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Got zip on that using variations, except for quilted dress shirts! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~``

No, it wasn't a pieced pattern. It was actual shirts with the collars and sleeves left on them. It might've had a 3-D appearance?

Thanks anyway : ( Lobo

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17 years ago

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 3:03 AM

Several years ago Martha Stewart did a program where she made pillows with men's shirts. Katie Stewart did a program last weekend on PBS where she made a "quilted" headboard with old shirts.

Sorry, I can't be more help. Elizabeth in Spring, Texas

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17 years ago

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 3:05 AM

Nice to see you again!

Mary

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17 years ago

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 3:15 AM

Howdy!

"dress shirt on quilt" search...

Here's one that uses lots of bits & pieces:

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Dunno' if that's what you want. Where've you been?

Ragm> Could someone direct me to a site with a photo of a quilt made from men's

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17 years ago

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 4:14 AM

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17 years ago

Sun, Jul 23, 2006 5:10 AM

I KNOW it was a PBS show! I taped it once!

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17 years ago

Mon, Jul 24, 2006 4:20 PM

Wow! I hope I never have to piece that!! Good heavens, it made me dizzy, just looking at it.

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17 years ago

Fri, Jul 28, 2006 8:12 PM

I can't find a picture online, but Mary Mashuta has one in her book "Story Quilts". It's called 'one-armed bandit' and has the collar and one sleeve for each shirt.

A cute story goes with it about how the woman thought the pile of her husband's shirts were for give-away so she cut off one sleeve off each. Turned out he still wanted them....

Lynnette

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