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• 2009-Sep-29 - 7 Shirts Quilt

Nancy posted another lovely picture a fan sent her of a quilt made from the 7-shirts mystery we did last year.

I thought since I am re-visiting past projects I would dig out my version to share:

You can get Nancy-Rose's Instructions if you click HERE




I was lucky to find shirts during a $5.00 a bag sale- Hubby picked them out and paid, thus leaving my Self-Imposed NO BUY in tack!



I think in my original post I bragged that this one would be for him.

In the spirit of Re-Gifting it has been passed on to Favorite Oldest Daughter's Boyfriend.

She thought the colors would look good in the Man Cave (the pool room in the garage)

I narrowed the shirts down to the number needed for the Mystery.

Nancy said to use similar materials, I knew it didn't mean ME so I mixed flannels and cottons

Looks good, but sews Not Sew Good! I am not an iron-er but did have to finger press a bit before re-sizing.



I liked how the blocks were coming along. I can see me doing this pattern a couple of more times- I love it in flannel.


I never did get a photo after it was quilted.
I think I did a herring bone border to border and for the life of me can't remember what was on the back.
I know I didn't piece the back.
If you missed the link above you can see the instructions from Nancy's site-- http://thethriftyquilter.blogspot.com/2009/06/seven-shirts-seven-steps-one-thrifty.html
Note to self:  block size is 6 1/2  sqs are 2 1/2"  9-patches and snowballs are mirror image as far a color placement.  A larger block size would produce a bigger quilt top.  cw
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• 2009-Sep-30 - Untitled Comment

Posted by quiltluver
You're too funny. Letting your husband buy so you can keep your no buy policy?
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• 2009-Sep-30 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Countryquilter
Do the flannels and cottons play well together? I would wonder about the differences in thickness. I love the look, though. Rhoda
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• 2009-Sep-30 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous
While this is still on my list, I can't get shirts that cheap at the thrift store - I'm going to have to prowl garage sales and yard sales in the spring. I think flannel sounds wonderful! Thanks for the idea!
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• 2009-Sep-30 - Untitled Comment

Posted by cherylwillis
my stash has doubled since I quit 'buying', everyone keeps gifting their scraps to me.

The mix in textures is not a real problem, just a quilting police one. I did need to iron the corners on the snowball block before resizing.

If I do this again it will be in store bought flannel. That way I can strip cut it and speed the process along. I like the feel of the flannel even though I don't collect specifically for them.

One can do any pattern in any number of materials and get 'new' results. Just work with what you like.- cw
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• 2009-Sep-30 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Vesuviusmama
That last comment was me. It seems that just because you sign in to blogspot, it doesn't mean you are signed in at MQB. Go figure. :)
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• 2009-Sep-30 - Untitled Comment

Posted by thanxsandy
I love that quilt, Cheryl. How could you bear to part with it? One of these days, I'll work on making my own, but my stash is so big, I have to work from it--can't even buy used shirts, and I can't get them as cheaply as Nancy. Our thrift stores don't have sales like hers do, so I'd be paying about $3 a shirt--nope!
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