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Family Member's Old Clothes Quilt

Ask one of the elder family members to let you take their old shirts or dresses. Cut them up into strips or squares and make a quilt for the persons child or grandchild. It doesn't have to be fancy. What a treasure this was for my stepdaughter to get a quilt made out of her daddy's old shirts.

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There are books in the library to show you how to do a very simple quilt for those who don't sew.

By Ardis Barnes

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April 25, 20050 found this helpful

Also, you can use your little one's favorite play clothes, rompers, blankets, etc as a keepsake quilt.
Makes a memorable keepsake that can even be made on a smaller scale and framed.

 
By Reen1960 (Guest Post)
April 25, 20050 found this helpful

Ardis,

I have a huge box of my Dad's flannel shirts that I would love to make into a bed quilt, as he passed away almost 5 years ago. Was thinking of backing it with tshirts or a sheet/thin thermal blanket, but I'm not a much of a sewer, and do not have a sewing machine (yet). I can crochet & do simple sewing though. Any ideas how to make a quilt without sewing? Just thought I'd ask... thanks for your post!

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Maureen

 
May 11, 20050 found this helpful

Similiar to this... When I was a child, I took old clothes that I or my siblings had worn and made them into a doll quilt for my "babies". The squares were 4x4. I used the good part of an old tattered blanket for backing. I still have that "baby" blanket and my nieces use it for their babies when they come to my house. It's neat to look at it and remember the outfits each fabric came from. I got the idea from a book I had been reading at the time called "Patchwork Quilt". It was about a girl who's grandmother (I think!) had made a patchwork quilt for her out of her old dresses.

 
By ardis barnes (Guest Post)
May 22, 20050 found this helpful

Maureen
There is a grid iron on fabric that acts as a stabilizer. It's marked in one inch squares, but you can use any size you want. The last time I used it I used 6 inch squares. Use the tip of the iron to hold them in place till all your squares are how you want them.

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Then all you have to do is press the fabric in place, fold on each line where the squares end and sew on the folded line from one side to another, up and down. Its so easy to make the perfect quilt with this grided stabilizer, and it gives you all the instructions. Ardis

 
By granny--67-- @-- iclub--.org (Guest Post)
February 26, 20060 found this helpful

My daughter makes teddy bears from clothes of those that have passed away for the family.

 

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