I finally finished the quilt I’d been making for the last 5 months… it only took 5 more hours of work! I can’t believe I had it in the house so long and didn’t realize that there was so little left to do on it. The holidays certainly helped me find 5 hours in a row to finish it up. We’ve been sleeping with it for the past week, and although it isn’t as thick as I thought it would be, it certainly is comfortable. I was worried about the bottom layer, because it was newly-bought cotton and it was very stiff until after about six washes. The top never worried me – most of it is my husband’s old shirts, cut up! A new use for old and beloved clothing. And since it’s still the holidays, I’m already on a second quilt project…
Finished quilt on bed (on top of regular duvet)
Absolutely gorgeous! I love it.
Very nice job!
It’s really nice.
What’s the name of the pattern?
Keep up the good work.
I made the pattern up myself, after looking at lots of pictures of quilts in magazines, and also after figuring out how much of each shirt material I had from the old shirts I used. I’m doing a new one now with Japanese patterns, and I got those out of a book, but it’s squares to mix and match so my overall quilt pattern will be unique.