Elinor’s Quilt

Hi…I hope you’re all doing well.

A dear man in his 80’s who we go to church with, passed from cancer last fall…so some of the women we go to church with got together and made his sweet widow a small throw with some of his clothes.

They chose a minky backing, which made it extra cozy!

I chose my Squared©️ design for the quilting, which turned out great!! You’ll notice there are buttons and pockets. I trimmed…which is a cropping tool on the Gammill Statler, around those and quilted as close as I could without having issues.

When it comes to quilts made from clothing, I suggest keeping this uniform. Like here, they used his dress shirts, button down shirts, and pants. No t-shirts. If you’d like a t-shirt quilt…they are great too. I personally wouldn’t mix the two.

I also suggest backing the shirts or pants that stretch, with the same interfacing that I put on the back of t-shirts. Pellon’s Apparel Interfacing - Basics 931TD fusible midweight. It’s also great for the shirts that have been worn more and are thinner.

It’s also important to cut your squares the same size, and using a rotary cutter and ruler. It’s funny how many times I’ve seen blocks cut with scissors.

Hope you have some fun projects you’re working on!! Happy quilting!! • Leisha