Beginner's Guide To Quilting - UK (2020-04)

Recycled

shirts quilt

Give once-loved garments a new lease of life

with this beautiful bedspread. By Jane Bolsover

F

or generations before us,

traditional patchwork quilts

were made from reclaimed

materials, so we’re going back to our

roots with this fabulous patchwork

bedspread – made from recycled men’s

shirts. Here we’ll show you how to

make a quilt for a Super King Size bed,

but it’s easy to make bigger or smaller

to suit your bedroom – simply add or

remove patches to adjust the size.

CUTTING YOUR FABRIC

From the shirt backs and fronts, cut:

s฀฀SQUARE฀PATCHES฀USING฀0ATCH฀

4EMPLATE฀!฀SEE฀PAGE฀    ฀7ATCH฀OUT฀

FOR฀ANY฀SNAGS฀OR฀SLIGHT฀STAINS฀ON฀THE฀

MATERIAL฀n฀TRY฀TO฀GET฀THE฀BEST฀BITS

9/5฀7),,฀.%%$

Materials

Q BASIC฀QUILTING฀KIT฀SEE฀PAGE฀

Q฀฀0ATCH฀TEMPLATES฀!฀AND฀"฀n฀SEE฀

PAGE฀

Q A฀SELECTION฀OF฀OLD฀SHIRTS฀OR฀BLOUSES฀

Q COTTON฀WADDING฀XIN฀

XCM  ฀

Q BACKING฀฀BINDING฀FABRIC

²⁄³YDXIN฀xCM  ฀

Q฀#O

ORDINATING฀THREAD

Q SHIRT฀BUTTONS฀RESCUED฀FROM

THE฀SHIRTS฀

Seam allowance

Q ¼IN฀MM  ฀IS฀USED฀THROUGHOUT฀

UNLESS฀OTHERWISE฀STATED

Finished size

Q฀฀X IN฀XCM    

From the shirt sleeves, cut:

s฀฀RECTANGULAR฀PATCHES฀USING฀0ATCH฀

4EMPLATE฀"฀SEE฀PAGE฀    

s฀#OLLECT฀ANY฀BUTTONS฀FOR฀LATER

From the backing/binding fabric, cut:

s฀/NE฀ XIN฀XCM  ฀

RECTANGLE฀FOR฀THE฀BACKING

s฀4WO฀XIN฀XCM    ฀RECTANGLES฀

FOR฀THE฀BACKING

s฀4WO฀IN฀CM  ฀WIDE฀STRIPS฀CUT฀ACROSS฀

THE฀STRAIGHT

GRAIN฀TO฀FORM฀YD฀CM   ฀

OF฀BINDING

MAKING THE QUILT

Step 1฀฀!RRANGE฀YOUR฀PATCHES฀INTO฀฀

ROWS฀USING฀THE฀DIAGRAM฀OVER฀THE

PAGE฀AS฀YOUR฀GUIDE฀

Adding Texture

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A quilt made from old

shirts is a great way to

save money on fabric.

Why not make one

like this as a unique

retirement gift for a

father or husband?