Introducing Recycled Shirtings
I think I mentioned that I had started a new quilt. I think I also mentioned that it was a rail fence quilt that I had re-acquired units started in 1986. As you might imagine, the units had a lot of calicoes.
I love the look of them, great fabrics. But I don't want to do the whole quilt in calico. So I'm adding some stripes and plaids with shirtings. Recycled shirtings! I've spent quite a bit of time at the bins this year (a local Goodwill warehouse that sells clothing by the pound) picking up 100% cotton clothing for using in quilts, and I have quite a collection of mens shirtings. They're a little fiddly to work with because the strips end up different sizes, but the fabrics are great. I'm pinning them up on what I now call the "non-design-wall", and I think it's working. Now I just have to make 150 more units....
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Comments (1)
holly holderman:
Hey there,
I have a box of old men's shirtings that I have had for years and will probably never use...all stripes and tattersalls mostly blue and whites...(my favorite!)
I have such good intentions and no time for them the immediate future.
my projects have projects.
they will be free to a good home.
let me know if you still have a yearning for more...
H2
Posted by holly holderman | May 31, 2007 7:46 PM
Posted on May 31, 2007 19:46