What do a pile of old shirts and a pair of men's pyjama pants have in common? Easy really - they are the basis for my next quilt. I have been scouring around in discount stores and op shops (thrift shops) for blue and white striped fabric to make Kaffe Fassett's shirt-stripe boxes quilt. As I love both blue and white and geometric shapes, this quilt has my name on it and I have been wanting to make it for ages. It is really difficult to buy blue and white stripes in new fabric so I took Kaffe's advice and am using old shirts (and pyjama pants, though that's my idea). This quilt should be very economical to make as I paid only $4.00 for most of these shirts and you get a lot of fabric in a shirt. You get even more for your money if you buy a pair of 'alpha male' extra large men's pajama pants.
Here is the first block.
Already I am experiencing that feeling of excitement and anticipation I always get when I start a new project. This is tempered somewhat by the knowledge that I have about 200 more of these to make in various sizes. This looks like being a very long-term project.
In these hard financial times, it makes me feel very virtuous to be creating something new from something old.
4 comments:
Just brilliant! Oh I do wish we lived closer to each other. I just am itching to be creative!! I have begun a skirt with material I bought more than 6 years ago! I am very excited but our hot 45C weather has been a dampener- excuse the non pun!!
Good job! Can't wait to see more.
This is beautiful. It will be stunning no doubt!
You've inspired me to make one of these from my boyfriend's retired shirts. You did a fantastic job on this quilt!!!
I finally finished my dress shirt quilt! Thanks for the inspiration :)
http://bonnieprojects.blogspot.com/2013/02/quilt-from-upcycled-dress-shirts.html
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