How To Pick Great Quilt Patterns for Men's Dress Shirts
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Patterns mentioned in this video:
Blizzard quilt by Kate Spain: kdspain.com/patterns/blizzard...
Morning Walk quilt by Chelsi Stratton: www.fatquartershop.com/mornin...
Meadowlark quilt by Penelope Handmade: www.penelopehandmade.com/prod...
Adventureland quilt by Suzy Quilts: suzyquilts.com/shop/adventure...
Fireside quilt by Suzy Quilts: suzyquilts.com/shop/fireside-...
Melody quilt by Kitchen Table Quilting: kitchentablequilting.com/prod...
Quilty Stars by Quilty Love: quiltyloveshop.com/products/q...
Magnolia Quilt pattern by Chelsi Stratton: www.fatquartershop.com/magnol...
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If you want humor, humility, knowledge, intelligence, common sense and a great big smile....Kathy Martin, you've got it all, and you're very unassuming about the whole thing! I'd love to be your neighbor (especially since you're a great quilter, too!). Keep it up, you're going stronger than you probably think!
Thank you, Lynda! ❤️
Those pinks! All I could think of with the blush fabric was Steel Magnolias! “My colors are blush and bashful!” “Her colors are pink and pink” lol
It's like a Barbie quilt. Truly! 😂
Taking into consideration all of the points you brought up can save time, money, frustration - and most of all, heartbreak. 😉Such a wealth of information, as usual! And crumbfree.
Thank you, Lisa! ❤️ Yes, my goodness, the heartbreak! ps I laughed at "crumbfree!"😂
Thank you Kathy! So much information and appreciated
Really funny fact: I have seen several of these quilts in the past, and have quilted/sewed forever, but never really thought about making them. After you spotlighted them, I have decided to make them all! Crazy!
Sometimes just do it once it is quilted and washed it will look great - gives a custom look . Your blocks all look amazing
On our recent travels, I found myself within minutes of a HUGE thrift store. Wouldn’t you know I was so busy with family activities I never made it shopping. Every time we drove by I thought, wouldn’t Cathy have some fun here.
Wow! You knocked out of the sewing room on this one! Thank You! I’m not big on fussy cutting so if a print happens to be upside down it really doesn’t bother me. I didn’t used to be that way because, historically, I am a perfectionist. I’m learning that there is always going to be an aspect of quilting that is not perfect. Finished is perfect! Love Friday Morning with The Catbird! Sew on Sis! 💖
Thank you, Christina! I'm a reforming perfectionist as well--I think quilting is good for breaking us of that habit!
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I just discovered you and IMMEDIATELY subscribed. I'm a Southerner, too, (South Louosiana), so I don't need translations. 😂 I am a big time thrifter, and I have a TON of thrifted shirts, skirts, linens, jeans, etc. purchased for the cotton and linen fabric. I don't quilt - yet - but I make baby bibs, handbags, and other accessories from thrifted textiles. I love your style and presentation, and I want to go thrifting with you!
The linen square is beautiful. Maybe not good enough for a show, but no one would see any missing points or wobbles.
Thank you, Abigail! I do love it...maybe not enough to do a whole quilt that way, though! 😘
I need an Overconfident Beginner! Made my first quilt in 2005 - A Twisted Bargello - OMG!!!! If I had not joined a guild - would have put quilting on my "did it - won't do it again" list of hobbies.
Connie, I can't even imagine doing a Twisted Bargello for your first quilt! OMG! I'm so glad you had a group that could help you!
Excellent analysis! I didn't notice any crumbs last time either. Now if you had drooled.......LOL
😂😂😂
Thank you, Sylvie! ❤️ And I LOL'd about drooling...can you imagine?! 😂
A block/pattern book that I've found helpful is The Skill-Building Quick and Easy Block Tool by Debbie Roger's. Has 110 blocks in 5 sizes. 🎉 And spiral bound small size book❤
Thanks for the recommendation, Connie! I'll check it out!
Thank you for putting into words the steps and considerations necessary for getting a great quilt from used shirts. I've always just jumped in and then been disappointed by the end result. Terrific summary. X
Thank you, Gail! ❤️ I'm so glad you found it helpful!
Love the idea of the t-shirt.
I teach knitting, and my favorite designation for skill level is, "Adventurous Beginner". 😂
@sarahburke8955 I like your category. I teach knitting too, and I wonder if anyone else teaches with these two tricks I use. #1 First I cast on for each student, in their choice of yarn and needles. Then I teach them the knit stitch. I believe it’s much easier for people to learn the knit stitch (garter) first, and only tackle purl stitch, cast on, and cast off (in that order) after they are comfortable with how their hands, the needles, and the yarn feel, and work together.
#2 If someone makes a mistake, gets stuck, or needs help with something that is rows back, I personally do the ripping, and reknit it back to where there is fresh yarn. That gives them the feeling that it can be fixed, without a lot of struggle. I don’t find it necessary to make them do it. I want them always to be comfortable and feel safe. In time they learn to fix their own mistakes. I help them build confidence first, then tackle challenges.
That happens with young students and old, from an 8 year old boy, to a 90+ great-grandmother. I love that so many people love learning to knit. It’s a skill and a joy worth preserving.
@@Denise11Schultz I love it!!!
Love how you think and talk about excellent quilt patterns: “This removes the work… …It’s just fun to sew...” Fun sewing is best! ❤
I agree, Fun sewing IS best!
I would wear a “Confident Beginner” shirt too!!
Thanks for a really interesting and informative video, once again.
I love today’s video, as usual, but also loved the scrappy, vintage look of the mismatched stripes on the melody quilt block. If quilters are going for uniformity the solid or very small prints work perfectly. But some of us like that “make it do” type of vintage scrap quilt look more. Just a thought. And I really do love that melody block and want to make that quilt now! So many quilts-so little time! ❤️
Thanks, Shannon! And yes, there are as many quilters who love the scrappiness of the mismatched stripe as there are those of us who would avoid them like the plague! 😂 And both make beautiful quilts which is why quilting is just such a wonderful artform! ❤️ I've been wanting to make that Melody quilt for so long---just haven't found the right fabric, or right recipient yet!
Wurds is Hard! I just lost it!!! I so agree.❤️
I consider myself an “overconfident beginner”. Gets me in trouble sometimes, but sometimes I surprise myself!
Cathy have you seen the “dog’s breakfast” scrap quilt? I don’t think you would love it.
Imogene, I'm right there with you on the "overconfident beginner"--although I suspect that you rise to the challenge more often than not! And I have NOT seen "dog's breakfast" scrap quilt---but if the name is any indication, I think I wouldn't like it at all!
I think we've all bought patterns that have ended up not working..live and learn😊
To stabilize bias edges - iron on a thin strip of freezer paper. When you sew, shorten your stitch a bit. The paper comes off easily and the points are crisp.
Thank you! That is a good tip to remember.
Thank you for sharing, Kate! ❤️ I'll be sure to try this next time I have a lot of bias edges, or do a quilt on point! 🤓👍🏻
Fantastic idea!
I did a memory quilt with Western shirts. Used the Walk About quilt pattern. Focus parts with pockets and a striped one for other parts and solid for the walk about through the focus parts. Turned out great.
I'll have to check out that quilt pattern, Amelia! Thanks!❤️
Pockets! Of course--how could I have forgotten the fun of using the pockets?
GREAT info Cathy!
“Oh it’s really pretty!” Loved the chuckle and the fact that you still love the block with the stripes going different directions. Sometimes it’s those blocks that you keep coming back to even knowing that it is wrong but it makes it more interesting to the eye. Gives your eye a place to rest. It’s okay. Good morning from a dreary rainy (will it ever end…) Minnesota. Thanks for a lovely video Cathy!!!
Thanks, Christine! ❤️ I think you're right on all counts. It's so crazy about all your rain there---we've had very little and it's been nearly 100 degrees every day this week. Which is hot even by our standards!
The insights here are priceless! As a a brand new, nowhere near confident quilter, hearing you talk about the things to consider was like getting the secret cheats for a video game. You have just saved me from like a million future mistakes. I have to admit, I avoid plaid shirts. No, no, no. I cain't LOL.
Marta, as you get more confident quilting, I suspect you won't be as fearful of plaids! They can be just so lovely in quilts! ❤️
True!
Some great tips thanks Cathy!! 🥰👏🏻
Love all this information. The T shirt idea is also great. 😊
Yes! I like the stripes, too! (I think one reason this works so well, is because you got them so straight everywhere!). Fun!
Many good ideas today, Cathy. Thanks for sharing.
Use shirt fabric with any cotton fabric. It provides a rich variety that is not a cooky cutter "designer fabric/pattern" that anyone couldl copy.
The Adventureland quilt pattern is offered in other sizes now. Love seeing your quilts made from shirts. Happy Summer!
Spot on, let go of perfection . patterns don't always work. Fabrics you think will be great together don't always work, but being flexible like nature seems to always work. :)
Being flexible like nature, DOES always seem to work! ❤️ I only wish that was easy to do! (working on it, though!) 😉
Thank you again, Cathy! Your tips are great for purchased fabrics as well as shirts! Love your shows!
Yet another great video! Lots of good information! Thank you!
Happy lunchtime here in the UK
Happy lunchtime, Sally-Anne! I hope you have a great rest of your day!😊
Love love love that star block 🙂
Me too. I don't know what it is about it, but I just love it.
This video is one of my top 5 ❤.
Aww! Thank you, Mona! ❤️
Great video, Cathy.
Whilst I love checks, gingham, stripes and large print fabrics, I use them with caution and a directional print can be a nightmare. Have had upside down trees and clouds to unpick many times and of course it takes more fabric.
But like you, I'm delighted when I find a shirt with contrasting collar cuffs and sometimes button plaques. These are ideal for that final blue star block, as they can be very small and limited in number yet mix and match perfectly.
As to sizing up or sizing down, the maths really gives us a brain workout. No wonder we enjoy quilting so much.
Thank you, Maggie! ❤️ There is just so much to love about quilting, (including directional prints, checks, gingham and stripes, and MATH) isn't there?!
Thank you for sharing. Very informative
So much helpful info as always. I wish more pattern makers would put suggested skill level on the packaging. I have so many I bought WAAAY beyond my skill level a few years ago..you just don’t know what ya don’t know! Wurds and stuff 🤪
Thanks, Jenny! And so true--sometimes it seems like a pattern isn't terribly difficult until you get into it and then there's the "uh oh!" moment! But of course sometimes that's just the challenge I need! 😂
I actually love the strip one!
Thanks so much for this video. I have a tote full of my father’s shirts to make memory quilts. I have had them over a decade and he wore plaid western style shirts. You are giving me the confidence to cut them and make quilts with them. Thank you
Thank you, Kat! It can be very daunting, switching from yardage to shirts, I think! But it's not hard, really. Once you get those shirts broken down into pieces of fabric, the process of making memory quilts will get so much easier and feel so much more like just regular quilting!
Thank you Cathy there were so many things I hadn’t considered . V
Lots of great info in this video. You were right about the pink stripes. That would cause me to dislike the whole quilt if I couldn’t get them match up, and that would be a LOT of work. Thanks for sharing!
It would drive me crazy! Well, just one block drove me crazy--so you know it would in a quilt! 😂
Good morning Cathy!
Good morning, Tania!
For the Morning Walk quilt, if you use yardage, would you consider gradient fabric, or pointillist gradient fabric? You might need extra fabric for directional fabric, but it could be fun and beautiful.
It probably would be beautiful, but I'll be honest, I don't really care for gradient fabric. There's something about it that seems too limiting to me. Not sure why. 🤷🏻♀️
@@TheCatBirdQuilts To each their own 👍. A quilt store channel had just switched to sorting by collection instead of sorting by color. I said that sorting by collection seems too matchy matchy for me. Maybe gradients are too matchy matchy sometimes too. ☺️
My favorite New Yorker cartoon about that shows two military dictators viewing a military parade, and one says to the other, “Is it too matchy matchy? “ 🤣
Good morning, Greensboro NC, learning so much. TFS ❤
Morning, Jammie! Thanks so much for being here!❤️
Hi Neighbor!👋🏻
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Good late evening from Australia!
Hi Lynnie! Have a happy weekend!
You too! Thanks for another great video.
Awesome video and I’m in love with numerous patterns you have suggested (I’m not using shirts). XO
Thanks, Anne! ❤️ Obviously a few of them are on my "to do" list too!
We need "Confident Beginner" shirts!!
I like easy….
Good Morning from Chattanooga 😊
Good morning, Sue!
Patterns for shirts (limited yardage)..you’all.. “ANY” scrappy quilt!! No brainer. No worries. No math. No need to spend all that time evaluating color schemes. Also, I wish I could show all of you my collection of photos for scrappy quilts made with shirts/thrifted fabrics using triangles and so many other traditional patterns❤ I know this next comment might be controversial, why buy patterns? After all, most of us are trying to quilt..cheaply..because of the price of fabric. TH-cam has thousands of free instructions for almost any quilt that you have your heart set on making. I can buy lots of fabric for the cost of that pattern! Also, remember, just watching a quilt video and giving a thumbs up, is a way of “paying” for those instructions used to make a quilt..right? Happy quilting everyone..(KH)
I’m a quasi-optimistic semi-confident beginner. Sometimes I think I am just crazy when I decide to take on a pattern. 😂
Ok I laughed at this comment. I think we all are a little crazy when we take on a pattern. 😘
Cathy, this video has a lot of information. I will have to watch again. I just love all your videos !!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ P.S. I didn't see any
crumbs on your shirt so it must have not been much.
Hi, from Stow, Maine!
Hey Cheryl! Thanks for being here!
love your ideas thanks for the info. I have fond a place that have bag sales 8 dollars for a tall kitchen garage bag so I got shirts for 30 cents each.
Whoa!! That's amazing!🤩
WOW!
I have the Adventureland Quilt on my list to get; it has a few different sizes with the baby size being 42".
It makes such a lovely quilt!
I have two ideas. Although it is an extra expense, triangle paper and flying geese paper would eliminate most of the problems that arise from sewing on the bias. Also, I think that men’s dress shirts would make a stunning quilted jacket, like the pattern from grainline studios. Just look up the Ralph Lauren quilted jacket to see how gorgeous a quilted jacket can be. And so well suited to the colors and stripes of mens’ shirts.
Never hears of triangle paper or flying geese paper. I live in the UK so is it a US product? Do you have a brand name I can Google? Thanks.
Try Fat Quarter Shop and Primitive Gatherings. Or google for some that you can download.
Triangle paper and I are definitely having an affair. I'm making over 450 HSTs!!!
@@thecheshirecrafter4522 Try the brand name Thangles. They come in different sizes.
@@lw3924 thanks, found them on Ebay
A learning curve for the orange peel quilt, get it curve. 😆
LOL!
Good morning from Durham NC...and no sometimes i dont want to work that hard. LOL.
Morning! Lol-right?!
Good morning from Greensboro NC
I made my son a quilt out of old jeans and plaid flannel shirts. I also added in some of my old plaid flannel pajamas. Big mistake!!! He loved the quilt & used it everyday. After a few years it was in shreds. The pajamas was the fabric that was torn. I guess it was to thin to stand up to the denim in the wash. 😢
I think of flannel as rugged and tough (insert image of lumberjack here) but they can actually be very stretchy and flimsy! Soft, yes. Rugged? Not so much, at least in my experience. Just like you, I would have thought it would be the perfect pairing with denim (and I bet it looked great, btw!) but I guess you're right about it not being able to hold up to the denim in the wash!😭
The flannel shirts were heavier & helt up great,but the pajamas were softer & thinner.
I would love to see the “S” block with the center turned to match the hst. Can you lay a piece on top and show us?
Carol, unfortunately once a video is published, I can’t add to it-nor can I post a photo in the comments of the block done differently. So sorry!
When buying yardage, which brand/company’s fabric feels most similar to shirt fabric? Going shopping today for some yardage to use with some of my shirts
I have found that the base fabric that Art Gallery fabrics uses is very crisp and similar to a dress shirt
Ok, I'm late to the party, but it so happens that I agree with Jennifer 100%. AGF fabrics have a very similar feel to shirt fabrics!
Great Video! But I was completely distracted by the beautiful quilt on the all - pinks creams whites. What is this pattern? Also made with shirts? Thank you! (And you have a doppelgänger - my good friend in Tennessee!)
Thank you, Terry! ❤️ The pink quilt is a Disappearing 4 Patch; it has a fair amount of shirts but really is just a celebration of pinks from my whole fabric stash. I followed the pattern and measurements from a video over on Material Girl TH-cam channel. You can watch it here: th-cam.com/video/UO5Wc2Xofcg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=CNtl3KUFSdVWSR58
Hi Cathy. I do love the Quilty Stars. ❤ I've sent you an email.😊
Got it! I'll get back to you sometime this week! 😘
Do you find a lot of white shirts in cotton? It seems like all of the white shirts I find are poly blends.
I do find a fair amount of 100% cotton white shirts---but then again I'm shopping at many different stores, so that puts it in my favor. 😘
And they tell two friends, and sew on, and sew on…….!
Love this....
Although you listed all the quilt patterns you talked about I'm missing your list of top 5. Could you just star them in the list and add a footnote? Otherwise I have to watch the entire vid again next time I want to use your generous knowledge as a resource. Thanks again Kathy!
Robyn, I’m not sure what you mean by “your list of top 5”-I don’t actually have a ranking of the patterns in this video. But let me know and I’ll try and respond accordingly. 😊🤓👍🏻
@@TheCatBirdQuilts I think there were 2 or 3 quilt patterns that you recommended as being great for shirt fabric over all the patterns that you listed. I wanted to purchase just those but didn't want to have to watch the entire vid again to see which ones they were. I was just hoping you would star them in your list. Thanks for the quick response. I've learned so much from your vids. Thank you.
Is the quilt behind you made from shirts? Do you have a video on how to make it?
Speaking of “drawing the eye…” That quilt is so beautiful, it’s all I could do to look at the demo blocks.😍😵💫🫠
The pattern is “Disappearing four patch” which I’ve come to know is quite an old and well loved pattern. I’m in the process of cutting out squares for this quilt myself. You can find many tutorials online for it😊.
It is not made from shirts (well, some but not all) and no, I don't have a video on how to make it. I used the tutorial by Material Girl on YT for sizes and how-to!
Thank you. I will go check it out
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I picked up a few shirts, took them all apart and they are still sitting there. I made a mistake of picking up 2 that aren’t plain cotton…darn polyester….
You can still use them! Just use a starch and lots of pins when you sew your pieces! 🤓👍🏻
The pinwheel type pink stripe for me doesn’t sent me into a spin what really gets me is when the stripe or check is wonky. The irritation is also some material comes wonky. UGH. There fore I have a lot of squares I will probably cut down so you don’t see (I).
I agree--and when fabric is printed wonky it is just irritating!
What is the name of the fabric in the Melody Quilt! (I"ll stop bothering you now! :)
I don't actually know, Lynda! It was a random fat quarter that I got at the impulse-buy counter at my local quilt store about 2 years ago!
@@TheCatBirdQuilts Oh, rats!!! Isn't that always the way!!!! It's great--modern, lively yet quiet so it can be subtle.