Hawaiian shirt quilt

I use a lot of shirts in my quilts, t-shirts, polo shirts, dress shirts; etc. I usually cut my shirts in a square or rectangle leaving them fairly whole to go into the quilt. Cindy Murto’s …

Josh's box of T-shirts had two Hawaiian shirts his grandmother had made for him, and I really wanted to use them in his quilt because they're pretty special. Originally, I wanted to figure out a way to use the actual shirt fronts, but it just wasn't going to work without taking up too much space. I didn't have any room to spare because I was already using 25 shirts, and for 10 of those I need to use both the fronts and the backs. Thinking it would be easier to use the fabric from the shirts…

These instructions are specifically for the Quilting Bee - Seams Like Sisters. The instructions will assume you have zipper bag of cut pieces that include: 2 Sleeves = “house” shaped pieces 2 Shirt Fronts = 2 rectangles 5” by 12” with a small triangle cut off it 2 Collars = Looks like . . . a collar 2 Inserts = 2” by 5” triangles with smallest points cut off 1 Pocket = Looks like a pocket! Sew the Sleeve Make a French seam on the “underarm” seam of the sleeve by, first, folding the pattern…

Hawaiian shirt quilt Look what we found...Aloha Shirt pattern by beyondthereefpatterns.com! Lovely.

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The first quilt shown was made from twenty (20) Hawaiian shirts that Jason Gleaton used to wear to work managing a coastal restaurant. Custom quilt ordered by his wife, Samantha, and made by DLQ. The second quilt shown was custom made from the shirts of the late Layton Parkhurst Zimmer, commissioned by his daughter Sally Knight.