I decided to take another break from hand quilting and make up a few more of the melon patch blocks with my old shirts. (click to enlarge)
If I copy a finished block and paste it together you can get an idea of what the quilt will look like. But it will have a lot more variety.
I am thinking now that I will add a boarder made of some old pants since I have plenty of those that I also Have not worn in years.
Happy Quilting
Tim
Awesome! I hope polyester brown pants or turquioise jeans don’t show up though!
LOL!….they arent that old!!
Good to know and good to spell turquoise correctly!
I did have some spiffy poly pants in the 70′s when I was in grade school…but not turquoise
It’s going to be fantastic, Tim! Great way to recycle!!
thanks!
Love it so far! Great colors in the pieced melons!
I like them a lot better as pieced melons than I did as whole shirts!..
I just love the melon shape in almost any quilt…and they’re in a lot of different quilt blocks. Yours looks like fun.
there are a lot of patterns that contain melon shapes….they are fun to sew , I think I need to do a few more some day
Oh, I’m just loving these, Tim. Especially the scappy piecing of it; the different angles are mesmerizing! And don’t you just love working with old shirts….so soft and cozy!
Thanks!
they are soft….it is taking a bit of adjustment in sewing because the fabric is so soft….it is easy to distort…but I love the resulting feel
Very cool. I swear you must never sleep to be able to get so much accompished. Nice job.
I do sometimes think sleeping does get in the way of quilting….but I just cut back on house work so I have time
That’s the perfect attitude. (I cut back on housework all the time, particularly washing dishes.)
I love the way you draft your own blocks and just go for it. No wonder your quilts look so great! Can’t wait to see a pant border!
Thanks Carla
I guess I just can’t make myself follow a set pattern…for me a big part of the fun is seeing how the idea translates….I am still thinking about how that border will be done….but I think I might keep the belt loops on the pants
I like it- a lot!!!!
Thanks Pam!
I love it!
thanks! they are fun to make
looks great! maybe a scrappy border (piano key style) of all the shirts your using in the blocks?
love the colors
kathie
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love the blocks, its going to be a fun memory quilt I am sure.
how about a piano key border of the shirt fabrics, scrappy and use up all the leftover pieces?
Kathie
will have to see what is leftover after I get done with the blocks….the only problem with curves is that it takes a lot more fabric
This quilt is already stunning! I love the use of plaids and shirting in curves. It gives so much visual interest to the quilt. Looking forward to it’s progress.
thanks! I am having fun with the curves and combining the various fabrics, it is a nice change from the very detailed hand quilting I have been doing, and a chance work on sewing machine skills….I do so much by hand I almost forget how the machine works
I wish I was working most exclusively by hand. Love the process! Although, I do mostly running stitch like quilting. Mostly like my country people and makers of ralli quilts.
I love your handstitching. So unique!