I know you have been very busy on other projects, but I am so looking forward to seeing your finished Elena Quilt. As a result of your recommendation, I bought the pattern from Kitchen Table Quilting and am just finishing my second lap-size quilt top from it. The quilting will have to wait until next week. I am fortunate enough to have a home-built frame and a lovely dedicated Juki to ride on the carriage so I can stand up to quilt and don't have to pin a sandwich. I put in my time doing it the hard way and I deeply appreciate the upgrade now that I am getting older. Just wanted you to know how lucky it was for me to watch your video when I did, as now I will have two separate but color coordinated throws for wedding gifts for the bride and groom. Thanks again!
Oh wow! That is so wonderful! Bride and groom will be so pleased! ❤️ The Elena quilt is at the longarm quilters now…so it won’t be long before you’ll get to see the finished quilt! 😊👍🏻🤩
I love the way that you do “pros and cons” of the quilt patterns that you use and why you chose them in the first place. It helps me with my own thinking process. My sister is a great quilter but she hates sashing whereas I love it. You have just clarified why I like it so much. Love from Worcestershire England.
Yeah, Cathy, I have several quilting friends and they all have made comment about me making quilts one block at a time. Good to hear someone else does too. Really enjoy your videos and your choice of quilts.
Thank you so much for explaining COLORS !!! and patterns. Other quilters on you tube just show you the blocks and their fabrics. There is a lot of information on the web, but they are not teaching us like you do.
My mother used to say that she couldn't sew with a particular fabric because, " It will make my eyes jump." That is what came to mind when you laid the magenta and orange blocks side by side. Can't wait to see the finished product!
I feel your mother's statement IN MY BONES. 😂❤️ Sometimes being highly visual isn't a great thing! 😉😂 And thank you!! I'm eager to get it done but Life keeps stepping in and holding me back!! 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ I'm fighting back tho! 😘
I made one of her patterns, the modern postage stamp quilt. I used mainly fabrics I bought at an estate sale. My plan was to learn to do sashing, but it’s ended up being my favorite quilt. I used thinner batting and it’s just perfect for a little bit of warmth while I watch tv or read.
“A high need for a sense of accomplishment” - that is what I have too. Currently I am working on a complex pattern and I do have a really hard time walking away when I need to. It bugs the heck out of me not to sit and at least finish a block. The current project is now on 8 months old now and it’s only a throw size. I have a full time job too. Making jewelry is a lot faster but I don’t wear any jewelry 😆
Mary---I feel very understood by this comment! Those of us who are part-time quilters (full time life!) have to make quilts in snatches of time here and there--I'm thankful there are a lot of steps that don't require hours-long sewing sessions! (even though it's what I crave!) ❤️
I am so taken with your process! I got a new machine and went to the Goodwill in a city 4 hours from me. The shirts were spendy but there was much more variety which makes the choosing and buying more challenging and fun. I really love scrappy quilts so in diving into quilting with shirts, the challenges are always new and interesting! Thank you for sharing yourself!!❤
I’m gonna have to do a video on this very thing…so many comments asking exactly what you asked! So it’s a great question! I guess the best answer is “video coming soon!”
Love your quilts and ideas. I also take apart shirts to add fabric to my stash. I was once in a cabin in the woods without access to a fabric store. I deconstructed two of my own on shirts and 4 large linen napkins made a lap quilt! On an unrelated note, if you’re ever looking for another hobby or passion, I think you make a great writer. You have wonderful stream of consciousness thinking and the vocabulary to make it work.
Oh my goodness, thank you, Michelle! 😘🥰❤️ It’s so funny that you said that about my vocabulary…I JUST said to my husband LAST NIGHT, “I’ve *got* to find another word to replace ‘lovely’….I’ve said it 4 times in this video in the last 5 minutes!” 😂😂Also, that is some *serious* resourcefulness at your cabin in the woods! 😳🤓😂🤩 When you want to quilt, you want to quilt!! ❤️
Love this so much! You are such an excellent teacher. I don't think it is a shortcoming to want to see those colors come together. There's a lovely little boost of dopamine for me, piece by piece. Do I want my 500 pieces of joy spaced out? ... or all at once at the end? And it gives me time to think as I do the next block if I am happy with the colors. Love it!
Glad to know I’m not the only one! ❤️ it really does help motivate me to do more when I get that first block (and yes, the wonderful dopamine hit!😂) done and get a glimpse of how the quilt may come together! It’s one of my favorite things! ❤️🤓🤩 Thank you, as always, for your encouraging and supportive comment! Glad you’re here with me! 🥰
Another excellent video Cathy, thank you. You're informative while being so entertaining! :) I'm so pleased you decided to make youtube videos, and pleased that i came across your channel. Keep up the great work. Off to check out Kitchen Table quilting now.💖
Finally watching this. I love the quilt pattern. I LOVE all your brights! I don't think they clash as much as you do. Look at Kaffe Fassett fabrics and I see those same colors in his florals. I guess my eyesight is dimming, but the older I get (I'm now 66) the more I like bright colors! I'm getting this pattern too. Thanks for sharing all these great patterns. I like them because I'm a fabric collector from thrift stores or cast offs, and need patterns to accommodate my small (and sometimes weird) finds.
Thank you Kacie! I'm glad you found my channel too! 🥰 You are about the 15th person to ask that in comments...I guess I'd better get my butt in gear and make a video about it! 😂 The short version is I fold each piece somewhat like a fat quarter and store them in clear plastic bins! ❤️
@@TheCatBirdQuilts Thanks, Kathy. My shirts look like a hot mess of scraps/rags, not enticing at all. Would love to know if you starch or press after disassembling and how to fold and store. Do you keep the shirt pieces together?
@@kacieharkins839 I don’t starch them. *sometimes* I will press them if they are exceedingly wrinkled. I fold each component separately except the yoke(s) which I sometimes fold together with one of the sleeves.
Just checked out Kitchen Table Quilts. I thought something looked familiar...I have 4 of her patterns and have loved making them. And I agree, her patterns look great with most colors. Great video.
I love the name of the quilt!! 😍 You had me at "Charming!" 😂❤️ I hope you love it too! (report back and tell me once you start on it. You know I'm curious!) 🤓
Excellent! Thanks Kathy!! You are an excellent teacher and I love your detail explaining. I can’t wait to see your finished quilt. You make it seem so easy, and I thought that pattern would be too difficult for me since I haven’t really quilted anything besides the first block quilt that you are teaching. Thanks!
You're welcome AG! And thank you---you are always so complimentary! 🥰 If you have confidence in yourself and can follow instructions, you can do it! I believe in you! ❤️
I love the vibrant colors of this quilt! I have made a quilt for my husband from shirts that LOOKS like it was made from shirts, but that's what I wanted! Because they were HIS old shirts that I saved up for that reason. And he loves it. But, there are times when I use a shirt that I DON'T want it to look like a shirt. Your quilt definitely does not look like shirts. It's beautiful!
Thank you, Robin! 🥰 I agree; I think there are so many wonderful shirt quilts that are intended to---and do--look like they were made from shirts! And that's cool.🤓👍🏻 And then sometimes you get a crazy person like me who doesn't want it to look like it was made of shirts. 🤣🤪 Idk. I guess I just march to a different drummer. 🤷🏻♀️😘
Thanks for the link to the pattern. When you read the descriptions which accompany quilt photos, I've noticed many of the very busy shirt quilts with seemingly clashing prints/plaids, are memory quilts. They used the shirts grandpa had in his closet. The result may look chaotic, but every piece reminds the recipient of their loved one. You curate your choice of shirts so you can pick and choose fabrics that play nicely, Quilts can have different intentions and come from different starting points, which makes this hobby so diverse.
You are so welcome! And yes, you are very right that many shirt quilts are memory quilts; the quilt-maker has the honor (and challenge) of incorporating a whole wardrobe into one quilt, which is no small thing, and they are generally so loved by the recipients. ❤️ And I agree, too, that all of the different "intentions" and "starting points" are unique and add to the beauty of the craft! So many different viewpoints and purposes and meanings behind each quilt---what an amazing thing! Thank you for sharing! ❤️
Loved what you had to say about visually busy patterns because i just experienced that! I wanted to use blue and white only and i as i started designing the pattern somehow always got lost until i put in more background and thus more room to the coloured scraps. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Mi! ❤️ And yes, sometimes having sashing or enough background space is the difference between a gorgeous quilt and one that feels busy and unattractive! Thank you for watching and commenting! ❤️
Thank you, Debra! My husband told me that I probably shouldn't wear that shirt anymore because it was so noisy (scratchy noisy!😳) 😱 I'm wondering if I wash it a zillion times with fabric softener, maybe it will soften enough not to make so much noise?!?
Thank you, Charlotte! 🥰❤️ Not everyone loves the honesty (especially IRL! Lol!). But I think it’s important, as you said, to show the good and the bad. If it helps someone not make the mistakes I did, then is is worth sharing!1😊Thank you for watching and commenting! ❤️
Lots of useful information and I can’t wait to see the finished quilt 🤩 It’s going to be such a cheerful quilt that it will brighten anyone’s day 😃😃 Thanks Kathy 👏👏🇬🇧
You’re welcome! ❤️ thank you for watching, Sally! And yes, I have seen Plaidish and seriously thought of making it; she definitely has a way with a pattern!! 🤩
Love that you are giving shout outs to pattern makers that may not be the same ol' "celebrity quilters". Also, yes, those patterns with no forgiveness are "criminal"! Would love to know how you cut your triangle corners. Did you use the Fons & Porter triangle trimmer? I have not seen blocks with triangles with blunt ends after it was sewn onto the corners. Looking forward to seeing the quilt when finished!
Thank you! ❤️ I didn't use any specific tools for cutting my HST's. I just trimmed with a 5.5" X 5.5" square ruler. I'm not sure I know what you mean by "blunt ends" but it may be just the seam allowance for the blocks that makes it look like I used a specific triangle trimmer. 🤔🤓😊
Also, it made me laugh when you mentioned the pronunciation of Kaffe Fassett :) Kaffe means coffee in Danish (I'm Danish lol) so I call him Kaffe (Kaf - fe) His fabric sure wakes up your senses so it fits :)
Can you do a snow ball at corners that are the HST are at, i think that would be easier and you could save it for a smaller hst with the left overs from snowball
I imagine you could do a snowball if you wanted to; it would change the look of the block,though. If you follow the pattern and make HST’s you won’t have scrap triangles leftover, which I like better. (Less waste/scraps.)🤓👍🏻
I disagree, any pattern can be used with an un determined amount of fabric. Scraps galore. Just finished one with over 150 different colors, its all in the planning, or not planning. If large blocks or wide stripes are required, sew your scraps together in a pleasing manner. It works out great. Like you said pick your palette but run with it, or not. Look at nature all colors go together.
Heike…do you know the original video (before editing) had a whole section talking about that very thing?!? But the video was so looooonnnnnggg (lol as always) and so we cut that part out! 😂 So funny! I didn’t learn that trick from Karen Brown, but it’s a shock I didn’t because I’ve watched a ton of her videos!! ❤️🥰 Thanks for sharing tho!!
The purple shirt and other vibrants (turquoise, bright blue) were cotton/poly blend but MOST of the fabrics I used in that quilt were 100% cotton. I DO prefer 100% cotton but occasionally use cotton/poly if I happen to have it in my fabric stash. (But I no longer buy cotton/poly blends.) 🤓👍🏻
Just a couple of years ago! (Seems longer to me, though.😁 Not sure if that’s because I loved it so much that I immersed myself in it, or because working with shirt fabrics is so different and I had to learn a lot.😂🤷🏻♀️or maybe it’s a little of both!❤️🤓
@@stellacullum7739 oh Stella, I am so sorry to hear this! I’m sure having that happen is so devastating (at all) and then to have your hobby-the thing that gives us joy and satisfaction-taken up in the flood too is even more loss. How long ago was that?
You talked about poly blends, but have you experienced shirts with spandex? I went "shopping" today and so many great shirts had a 3% spandex content. I wonder how that would affect the use of the fabric?
Angela, I have sewn with a couple of shirts with a low spandex count like what you mention without any significant difficulty; that said, I'm a little leery of what will happen if the cotton blocks begin to shrink over time. I guess probably nothing (LOL!) but it is a risk, I think. This is a little Captain Obvious-like, but just remember not to tug or pull or stretch it while you're sewing so it doesn't stretch (when it returns to its regular shape) and distort your piecing. 🤓 It's a great question, btw. 😊👍🏻
@@TheCatBirdQuilts the stretch factor is exactly why I did not buy those shirts today! I got one that did not seem extra stretchy, but left a couple that felt quite flexy.
I would say easy to intermediate. I've heard people describe patterns like this as "confident beginner"---it's not hard but assembling the rows on point (diagonally) can be a little challenging. The instructions are excellent, tho, and make it far easier than it might look! 🤓👍🏻
I think that you just used lights (white) mediums (what you are calling low volume - but to my eye have all been too medium for that classification in my fabric stash) and darks. I'm contrary, I would have used all of those blocks, I like the questionable choices. "Why is that sone so much more medium than the others? (Otherwise the composition can have the "that's nice walk on by effect." I go to quilt shows and that is how I describe the ones that I don't study &/or question.)
It’s true, many of the fabrics I used were not technically low volume…perhaps that was a poor categorization. I didn’t factor in the white in my description of the block as I considered it background. So yes, in your description a few of my mediums were too dark in my opinion. For the record, I did actually use all these blocks in the quilt❤️🤓; that’s part of the reason I was so thankful for the sashing, which gave enough space between them to allow for some of the more contrasting ones (orange red, bluey magenta) to still be near each other without appearing too garish. 😊👍🏻
@@TheCatBirdQuilts Don't feel bad, I have completed one full sized quilt for my newphew. I started a second, completed top and the backing in June, but I have yet the sandwhich it, I detest sandwhiching. I have helped my mother sandwhich many. My excuse is I fell of my bike. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
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Using black instead of white, with vibrant, makes a very striking and modern look.
I;m enjoying all of your videos and have played some of them more than once. Love your way of communicating with us and having a lot of fun
Thank you, Jan!! What a wonderful compliment! ❤️
I know you have been very busy on other projects, but I am so looking forward to seeing your finished Elena Quilt. As a result of your recommendation, I bought the pattern from Kitchen Table Quilting and am just finishing my second lap-size quilt top from it. The quilting will have to wait until next week. I am fortunate enough to have a home-built frame and a lovely dedicated Juki to ride on the carriage so I can stand up to quilt and don't have to pin a sandwich. I put in my time doing it the hard way and I deeply appreciate the upgrade now that I am getting older. Just wanted you to know how lucky it was for me to watch your video when I did, as now I will have two separate but color coordinated throws for wedding gifts for the bride and groom. Thanks again!
Oh wow! That is so wonderful! Bride and groom will be so pleased! ❤️ The Elena quilt is at the longarm quilters now…so it won’t be long before you’ll get to see the finished quilt! 😊👍🏻🤩
I love the way that you do “pros and cons” of the quilt patterns that you use and why you chose them in the first place. It helps me with my own thinking process. My sister is a great quilter but she hates sashing whereas I love it. You have just clarified why I like it so much. Love from Worcestershire England.
Yeah, Cathy, I have several quilting friends and they all have made comment about me making quilts one block at a time. Good to hear someone else does too. Really enjoy your videos and your choice of quilts.
Another great and inspiring video 🧵🪡✂️ thank you
Thank you, Elizabeth! 🥰❤️
Thank you so much for explaining COLORS !!! and patterns. Other quilters on you tube just show you the blocks and their fabrics. There is a lot of information on the web, but they are not teaching us like you do.
Oh Maria! What a sweet thing to say! And, you're so very welcome! 🥰❤️ I'm so glad the videos are helpful to you! 😊
My mother used to say that she couldn't sew with a particular fabric because, " It will make my eyes jump." That is what came to mind when you laid the magenta and orange blocks side by side. Can't wait to see the finished product!
I feel your mother's statement IN MY BONES. 😂❤️ Sometimes being highly visual isn't a great thing! 😉😂 And thank you!! I'm eager to get it done but Life keeps stepping in and holding me back!! 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ I'm fighting back tho! 😘
I made one of her patterns, the modern postage stamp quilt. I used mainly fabrics I bought at an estate sale. My plan was to learn to do sashing, but it’s ended up being my favorite quilt. I used thinner batting and it’s just perfect for a little bit of warmth while I watch tv or read.
I ❤️ a good postage stamp quilt!! Funny how sometimes the learning experience projects end up being our favorites! 🥰 Thanks for commenting!
“A high need for a sense of accomplishment” - that is what I have too. Currently I am working on a complex pattern and I do have a really hard time walking away when I need to. It bugs the heck out of me not to sit and at least finish a block. The current project is now on 8 months old now and it’s only a throw size. I have a full time job too. Making jewelry is a lot faster but I don’t wear any jewelry 😆
Mary---I feel very understood by this comment! Those of us who are part-time quilters (full time life!) have to make quilts in snatches of time here and there--I'm thankful there are a lot of steps that don't require hours-long sewing sessions! (even though it's what I crave!) ❤️
I am so taken with your process! I got a new machine and went to the Goodwill in a city 4 hours from me. The shirts were spendy but there was much more variety which makes the choosing and buying more challenging and fun. I really love scrappy quilts so in diving into quilting with shirts, the challenges are always new and interesting! Thank you for sharing yourself!!❤
Thank you, Anne! ❤️
I made the Ruth quilt for a baby quilt using plaids, it’s so pretty. Thanks for your take on her quilt patterns!
Thanks, Adrienne! Her quilts are just reliably great, in my opinion, so I’m not surprised your Ruth quilt turned out pretty! ❤️
I’d love to see how you organize all your fabrics! I have soooo many stashes of fabrics (scraps and full yards) all over the place!
I’m gonna have to do a video on this very thing…so many comments asking exactly what you asked! So it’s a great question!
I guess the best answer is “video coming soon!”
Love your quilts and ideas. I also take apart shirts to add fabric to my stash. I was once in a cabin in the woods without access to a fabric store. I deconstructed two of my own on shirts and 4 large linen napkins made a lap quilt! On an unrelated note, if you’re ever looking for another hobby or passion, I think you make a great writer. You have wonderful stream of consciousness thinking and the vocabulary to make it work.
Oh my goodness, thank you, Michelle! 😘🥰❤️ It’s so funny that you said that about my vocabulary…I JUST said to my husband LAST NIGHT, “I’ve *got* to find another word to replace ‘lovely’….I’ve said it 4 times in this video in the last 5 minutes!” 😂😂Also, that is some *serious* resourcefulness at your cabin in the woods! 😳🤓😂🤩
When you want to quilt, you want to quilt!! ❤️
Pleasing, cohesive, harmonious... I too love words!
Love this so much! You are such an excellent teacher. I don't think it is a shortcoming to want to see those colors come together. There's a lovely little boost of dopamine for me, piece by piece. Do I want my 500 pieces of joy spaced out? ... or all at once at the end? And it gives me time to think as I do the next block if I am happy with the colors. Love it!
Glad to know I’m not the only one! ❤️ it really does help motivate me to do more when I get that first block (and yes, the wonderful dopamine hit!😂) done and get a glimpse of how the quilt may come together! It’s one of my favorite things! ❤️🤓🤩 Thank you, as always, for your encouraging and supportive comment! Glad you’re here with me! 🥰
Another excellent video Cathy, thank you. You're informative while being so entertaining! :) I'm so pleased you decided to make youtube videos, and pleased that i came across your channel. Keep up the great work. Off to check out Kitchen Table quilting now.💖
Thank you, Amanda! 🥰❤️ I am so pleased that you found me, and that you’re still here with me! 😊👍🏻
Finally watching this. I love the quilt pattern. I LOVE all your brights! I don't think they clash as much as you do. Look at Kaffe Fassett fabrics and I see those same colors in his florals. I guess my eyesight is dimming, but the older I get (I'm now 66) the more I like bright colors! I'm getting this pattern too. Thanks for sharing all these great patterns. I like them because I'm a fabric collector from thrift stores or cast offs, and need patterns to accommodate my small (and sometimes weird) finds.
Hi! Thrilled I found your channel. I’d love to see how you fold/store the fabric once it’s been cut from the shirt. Thx
Thank you Kacie! I'm glad you found my channel too! 🥰 You are about the 15th person to ask that in comments...I guess I'd better get my butt in gear and make a video about it! 😂 The short version is I fold each piece somewhat like a fat quarter and store them in clear plastic bins! ❤️
@@TheCatBirdQuilts Thanks, Kathy. My shirts look like a hot mess of scraps/rags, not enticing at all. Would love to know if you starch or press after disassembling and how to fold and store. Do you keep the shirt pieces together?
@@kacieharkins839 I don’t starch them. *sometimes* I will press them if they are exceedingly wrinkled. I fold each component separately except the yoke(s) which I sometimes fold together with one of the sleeves.
Just checked out Kitchen Table Quilts. I thought something looked familiar...I have 4 of her patterns and have loved making them. And I agree, her patterns look great with most colors. Great video.
LOL!😂❤️ Familiar indeed! Thank you so much! And thanks for commenting...I got a chuckle out of this one!😊😄
I’m planning to make a quilt using a pattern similar to this one with the shirts I’ve been collecting. It’s called Charming Lucy. I hope I love it.
I love the name of the quilt!! 😍 You had me at "Charming!" 😂❤️ I hope you love it too! (report back and tell me once you start on it. You know I'm curious!) 🤓
Excellent! Thanks Kathy!! You are an excellent teacher and I love your detail explaining. I can’t wait to see your finished quilt. You make it seem so easy, and I thought that pattern would be too difficult for me since I haven’t really quilted anything besides the first block quilt that you are teaching. Thanks!
You're welcome AG! And thank you---you are always so complimentary! 🥰 If you have confidence in yourself and can follow instructions, you can do it! I believe in you! ❤️
Thank you for all your wonderful videos! I have just come across your u tube channel recently.I think you are awesome!!! Keep it up Girl!!!
Thank you, Nancy!❤️🥰🤓 I'm so glad you found me and my videos...thank you for watching and for commenting, and for joining me on this journey! 😊
Haha. I have only Kaffe and Tula pink. And shirts are calming me down. Thank you for your amazing videos
Lol! Shirley, I could benefit from being stretched even further with Kaffe and Tula! 😘 Thank YOU for watching and commenting! ❤️
Interesting video! I always find good and clever ideas in your presentations ! Thank you so much ! Love from Bucharest, Romania !🥰
Oh wow! Much love back to Romania from the state of Alabama , USA. ❤️ Thank you for your kind words and for watching! 🥰❤️🤓
I love the vibrant colors of this quilt! I have made a quilt for my husband from shirts that LOOKS like it was made from shirts, but that's what I wanted! Because they were HIS old shirts that I saved up for that reason. And he loves it. But, there are times when I use a shirt that I DON'T want it to look like a shirt. Your quilt definitely does not look like shirts. It's beautiful!
Thank you, Robin! 🥰 I agree; I think there are so many wonderful shirt quilts that are intended to---and do--look like they were made from shirts! And that's cool.🤓👍🏻
And then sometimes you get a crazy person like me who doesn't want it to look like it was made of shirts. 🤣🤪 Idk. I guess I just march to a different drummer. 🤷🏻♀️😘
@@TheCatBirdQuilts Ha! I have marched to that drummer as well! 😁
Thanks for the link to the pattern.
When you read the descriptions which accompany quilt photos, I've noticed many of the very busy shirt quilts with seemingly clashing prints/plaids, are memory quilts. They used the shirts grandpa had in his closet. The result may look chaotic, but every piece reminds the recipient of their loved one.
You curate your choice of shirts so you can pick and choose fabrics that play nicely,
Quilts can have different intentions and come from different starting points, which makes this hobby so diverse.
You are so welcome! And yes, you are very right that many shirt quilts are memory quilts; the quilt-maker has the honor (and challenge) of incorporating a whole wardrobe into one quilt, which is no small thing, and they are generally so loved by the recipients. ❤️ And I agree, too, that all of the different "intentions" and "starting points" are unique and add to the beauty of the craft! So many different viewpoints and purposes and meanings behind each quilt---what an amazing thing!
Thank you for sharing! ❤️
LOVE that "honor (and challenge)" phrase!! Been there, done that. Suggest lots of neutral sashing...
Loved what you had to say about visually busy patterns because i just experienced that! I wanted to use blue and white only and i as i started designing the pattern somehow always got lost until i put in more background and thus more room to the coloured scraps. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, Mi! ❤️ And yes, sometimes having sashing or enough background space is the difference between a gorgeous quilt and one that feels busy and unattractive! Thank you for watching and commenting! ❤️
Such a great colorful video! Love the pattern. Also-great to see you are wearing the beautiful blue blouse-looks marvelous on you!
Thank you, Debra! My husband told me that I probably shouldn't wear that shirt anymore because it was so noisy (scratchy noisy!😳) 😱 I'm wondering if I wash it a zillion times with fabric softener, maybe it will soften enough not to make so much noise?!?
Good tutorial Cathy...interesting to see how ypu can use totally different colours together and make it work!!
Thank you, Giselle!! ❤️
thanks again for a wonderful and informative video. love your honesty and ability to share the good and the bad. so helpful. cheers from Australia 😄
Thank you, Charlotte! 🥰❤️ Not everyone loves the honesty (especially IRL! Lol!). But I think it’s important, as you said, to show the good and the bad. If it helps someone not make the mistakes I did, then is is worth sharing!1😊Thank you for watching and commenting! ❤️
Nice pattern. Love that you ate trying bright colors outside your comfort zone. It's the best way to expand our horizons.
Right?!? Not easy though! I have learned a lot on this quilt! 🤓😊
Lots of useful information and I can’t wait to see the finished quilt 🤩 It’s going to be such a cheerful quilt that it will brighten anyone’s day 😃😃 Thanks Kathy 👏👏🇬🇧
Thank you, Glynis! It is starting to come together and yes, my goodness it is so bright it will definitely give someone a lift! So very cheerful!❤️🌞🕶🌈
Thank you once again- I think I will make this pattern! Erica also has a really fun FREE pattern called Plaidish- which is a great study on volume❣️
You’re welcome! ❤️ thank you for watching, Sally! And yes, I have seen Plaidish and seriously thought of making it; she definitely has a way with a pattern!! 🤩
Love that you are giving shout outs to pattern makers that may not be the same ol' "celebrity quilters". Also, yes, those patterns with no forgiveness are "criminal"! Would love to know how you cut your triangle corners. Did you use the Fons & Porter triangle trimmer? I have not seen blocks with triangles with blunt ends after it was sewn onto the corners. Looking forward to seeing the quilt when finished!
Thank you! ❤️ I didn't use any specific tools for cutting my HST's. I just trimmed with a 5.5" X 5.5" square ruler. I'm not sure I know what you mean by "blunt ends" but it may be just the seam allowance for the blocks that makes it look like I used a specific triangle trimmer. 🤔🤓😊
Just beautiful 😍
Thank you, Kylie! 🥰
Love the pattern! Love the colorful choices in fabric :)
Thank you, Freddie! 🥰
Also, it made me laugh when you mentioned the pronunciation of Kaffe Fassett :) Kaffe means coffee in Danish (I'm Danish lol) so I call him Kaffe (Kaf - fe) His fabric sure wakes up your senses so it fits :)
@@freddiehansen7324 love it! And imagining you imagining coffee while looking at his prints makes me laugh too!!
Hi Cathy, playing catch up as I have been under the weather. Looking forward to starting ALL over again..lol
LOL!😂 Well you probably don't have to start ALL over again (laughing) but I'm happy for you to do that if you want to! ❤️
Thank you
You're welcome!
Can you do a snow ball at corners that are the HST are at, i think that would be easier and you could save it for a smaller hst with the left overs from snowball
I imagine you could do a snowball if you wanted to; it would change the look of the block,though. If you follow the pattern and make HST’s you won’t have scrap triangles leftover, which I like better. (Less waste/scraps.)🤓👍🏻
A tool I use to remember how to pronounce Kaffe Fassett. Someone once told me they remember it by thinking you have a safe asset with Kaffe Fassett.
That’s exactly what I was doing in my head when I sounded it out (thinking “Safe Asset”!) 😂😂😂
It just doesn’t roll off the tongue, does it?!🥴
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Is the white background from shirts also or is it purchased new?
All shirts! 🤩😊😍
I disagree, any pattern can be used with an un determined amount of fabric. Scraps galore. Just finished one with over 150 different colors, its all in the planning, or not planning. If large blocks or wide stripes are required, sew your scraps together in a pleasing manner. It works out great. Like you said pick your palette but run with it, or not. Look at nature all colors go together.
Well we do agree that it is all in the planning! 😊👍🏻 Thanks for your comment! ❤️
The best way to check for color saturation is to take a black and white photograph. I know this thanks to Karen Brown.
Heike…do you know the original video (before editing) had a whole section talking about that very thing?!? But the video was so looooonnnnnggg (lol as always) and so we cut that part out! 😂 So funny!
I didn’t learn that trick from Karen Brown, but it’s a shock I didn’t because I’ve watched a ton of her videos!! ❤️🥰
Thanks for sharing tho!!
@@TheCatBirdQuilts you're very welcome Cathy. You should make a video about that. I suspect you'll have a lot to say about it. 😉😁🤣❤
@@HeikeWoolard lol! I probably would! 😂😂😘
I know you probably said this on your earlier podcast,but what type shirt fabric? Cotton poly blend?
The purple shirt and other vibrants (turquoise, bright blue) were cotton/poly blend but MOST of the fabrics I used in that quilt were 100% cotton. I DO prefer 100% cotton but occasionally use cotton/poly if I happen to have it in my fabric stash. (But I no longer buy cotton/poly blends.) 🤓👍🏻
Thank you so much. I did this a long time ago,but never got started. Bought shirts and got distracted on another project!love your videos!!!
When did you start using mens shirts for quilting?
Just a couple of years ago! (Seems longer to me, though.😁 Not sure if that’s because I loved it so much that I immersed myself in it, or because working with shirt fabrics is so different and I had to learn a lot.😂🤷🏻♀️or maybe it’s a little of both!❤️🤓
@@TheCatBirdQuilts . I started making quilts out of mens shirts in 2019. My home was destroyed by a flood, so I lost my fabric stash.
@@stellacullum7739 oh Stella, I am so sorry to hear this! I’m sure having that happen is so devastating (at all) and then to have your hobby-the thing that gives us joy and satisfaction-taken up in the flood too is even more loss. How long ago was that?
May 20, 2019.
@@stellacullum7739 oh my heart. I’m so sorry! Only 6month or so before Covid hit! 😩💔
If it makes u feel better.. I always pronounce Kaffee (Fassett) as Café .. LOL ..I don't care anymore I consider it my pet name now
Joan, it does make me feel better. Thank you. 😂❤️
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You talked about poly blends, but have you experienced shirts with spandex? I went "shopping" today and so many great shirts had a 3% spandex content. I wonder how that would affect the use of the fabric?
Angela, I have sewn with a couple of shirts with a low spandex count like what you mention without any significant difficulty; that said, I'm a little leery of what will happen if the cotton blocks begin to shrink over time. I guess probably nothing (LOL!) but it is a risk, I think. This is a little Captain Obvious-like, but just remember not to tug or pull or stretch it while you're sewing so it doesn't stretch (when it returns to its regular shape) and distort your piecing. 🤓 It's a great question, btw. 😊👍🏻
@@TheCatBirdQuilts the stretch factor is exactly why I did not buy those shirts today! I got one that did not seem extra stretchy, but left a couple that felt quite flexy.
@@angelamyers1201 probably a wise decision!
Is this pattern easy, intermediate or difficult?
I would say easy to intermediate. I've heard people describe patterns like this as "confident beginner"---it's not hard but assembling the rows on point (diagonally) can be a little challenging. The instructions are excellent, tho, and make it far easier than it might look! 🤓👍🏻
Thank you for your reply.
I think that you just used lights (white) mediums (what you are calling low volume - but to my eye have all been too medium for that classification in my fabric stash) and darks.
I'm contrary, I would have used all of those blocks, I like the questionable choices. "Why is that sone so much more medium than the others? (Otherwise the composition can have the "that's nice walk on by effect." I go to quilt shows and that is how I describe the ones that I don't study &/or question.)
It’s true, many of the fabrics I used were not technically low volume…perhaps that was a poor categorization. I didn’t factor in the white in my description of the block as I considered it background. So yes, in your description a few of my mediums were too dark in my opinion.
For the record, I did actually use all these blocks in the quilt❤️🤓; that’s part of the reason I was so thankful for the sashing, which gave enough space between them to allow for some of the more contrasting ones (orange red, bluey magenta) to still be near each other without appearing too garish. 😊👍🏻
@@TheCatBirdQuilts 😍
Thank you for sharing. Looking forward to many more.
Thank, Apache-Yaqui! Now if I can just finish the dang thing! 😂🥰🤓
@@TheCatBirdQuilts Don't feel bad, I have completed one full sized quilt for my newphew. I started a second, completed top and the backing in June, but I have yet the sandwhich it, I detest sandwhiching. I have helped my mother sandwhich many. My excuse is I fell of my bike. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️