This is to document my love of and obsession with fabric and quilts! The true, guilty story of buying "just a little bit more", of shopping at thrift stores for the extra large mens shirts to use in your next quilt..and yes..even eyeing up your best friends blouse wondering if she'd notice if you "borrowed" it and just how many 2 inch strips you could get out of it!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Christmas quiltalong update
Yay! My Scatty Christmas Stars is done and I just LOVE it! Mine is made all out of men's shirts. So, I am renaming mine, A Simple Man's Christmas. Thanks so much, Sue and Cathi for this pattern! I just loved it. Though I do have to admit my heart was in my throat when I had to cut the triangles off! lol
I did some more work on my Delfina's Baskets quilt top, also, but no pictures of that to show yet.
Tomorrow is cleaning the house and putting up a ton of tomatoes so I doubt I will get any sewing in, but so glad that I got this finished!! Now my pile of tops to be quilted is getting too big, though, so guess quilting some of these up is next on my list!!
Night and thanks for sharing the quiltalong with me! Oh...and I still have lots more of our surprise packages to share with you so stay tuned!
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Your quilt looks great. I am really loving how different each one is.
ReplyDeleteThe top look great, esp. Love the outer border.
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is so much fun! I always said that plaid is my favorite color! Great name for the quilt too.
ReplyDeleteWow so different! I love the way you changed the spacing blocks. A simple man's Christmas, that's perfect, great name.
ReplyDeleteJust love how you made this pattern look so different - great re-purposing of shirts and love the name!
ReplyDeleteWow, beautiful.I love the way you put the stars and borders.That top is great!!Wel done.
ReplyDeleteI love it! All the gents shirts I see on the charity shop are stripes & plaids which I'm worried about using (matching up and all that) - but I can see just how striking they can be! Marvellous!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty quilt! I like the use of the plaids and also the blue with the Christmas colors.
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful quilt. I love that you made it out of men's shirts. Great job!!
ReplyDeletelove the colors. I also love your use of shirtings. You show a whole new angle on the quilt.
ReplyDeletePerfect balance of lights and darks and scale and color. Wonderful, wonderful job!
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