One of the things that everyone knows about quilts is that they were often made of scrap or old material. I had been collecting my husband and son's old shirts, pyjamas and nightshirts for a number of years because I liked the fabric but with no end in mind. One hot summer (yes we have had them) I decided that we needed a throw for the bed rather than a duvet and set to work. I used large and small squares and rectangles. (The flowered fabrics were added to balance the strips and plaids)
For those in the know 'jellyrolls' have become very popular and I liked some of the quilts made from them. So I collected more shirts/blouses and just used strips.
After the single bed size quilt I made a lap quilt.
Then I went back to the squares design but added appliqued hearts.
Then I tried the strips alongside plain fabric in a different format.
This one had a fleece background and was made using the 'quilt-as-you-go' technique.
All of the quilts are cut out using a rotary cutter, machine pieced and then hand quilted.
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