Judy who makes shirting quilts??
I can't remember which Judy you are, but I have a question about shirting for quilts. Do you only use 100% cottons or do you use blends? Or do you mix them in the same quilt?
My dear step-father died last week and Mom gave me his pretty plaid sports shirts. I love the colors in them, but most are poly/cotton rather than 100%. I was just wondering about using them for quilts.
TIA
Judy in AR
My dear step-father died last week and Mom gave me his pretty plaid sports shirts. I love the colors in them, but most are poly/cotton rather than 100%. I was just wondering about using them for quilts.
TIA
Judy in AR
Labels: Shirting quilts
posted by judy in ar @ 2:09 PM
2 Comments:
At October 6, 2008 at 7:55 PM ,
Judy in Ohio said...
That's JudyPete who makes the shirting quilts and I happen to know she's on vacation with her DH right now but she travels with a laptop so she'll be popping in eventually.
My two cent opinion is that it is your quilt so go ahead and use the cotton/poly, just remember that you should be consistent and use cotton/poly for sashing too. And remember to turn the heat on your iron down from its usual "cotton" setting when you go to press the parts ...
Judy in Ohio
At October 7, 2008 at 4:44 PM ,
WhiteStone said...
Hi, Judy in AR
I use only 100 percent cotton shirts/blouses but there is absolutely no reason you can't use the poly/cottons. I personally prefer the 'feel' of the all-cotton, but poly/cotton would actually have less shrink potential, so in that respect would make a very nice quilt.
JudyPete
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