HELP! Can I use this for a quilt?

[gardenquilter]

it sounds like homespun to me - i always wash mystery favric before i use it though - if it is too flemsy try to put an iron stabalizer on it like you would with a tshirt quilt

[jameswife2003]

Does the iron on stabalizer look anything like fusible web? Or is it more like the tear away stabalizer used with embroidery machines? I've never used it before, and I'm thinking of doing a t-shirt quilt out of some old shirts my son's grown out of.

[grammy65]

Good morning all....I was taught you can make a quilt out of anything, cotton, silk, jean fabric, etc. I think the important thing is not to mix them too much as they will wash and shrink at a different rate.

I have never used homespun, but when I wash flannel I always do a zig-zag stitch at the edge to keep it from raveling.

Sounds like you have quite a challenge figuring out what kind of a pattern to use with that fabric. Would he care if you added a more solid fabric color (tone on tone) to kind of break up the plaids?

Diane

[Bransmom]

He doesn't care what I do with it. I thought about alternating it with flannel blocks and just making it scrappy, then a friend of mine drew it up like a checker board ... one block the red and black plaid and the next the black and white plaid.

Didn't look too bad

Decided I can't do this before Christmas and I know he'll be happy whenever it gets done. Just would rather do it right than slap something together to get it done quickly, if you know what I mean.

[kadie]

I made a quilt for DD2 out of anything and everything...a textured quilt, with velvet, silk, brocade, rayon, cotton, corduroy etc. Any thing that I thought was a bit dodgey, I ironed on a web-like stabiliser we called whisper wheft. The quilt was made from pre-loved clothing from Op shops and she loves it.
Some local quilt police did tell me it wasn't the "done thing" but I chose to ignore them and I'm glad I did

[IowaGal]

Don't ever let anyone tell you you CAN'T do something. Maybe your efforts won't work out the best, but that is how we learn, and how we create. Everything was new and "not done" at one time.. Who knows, you could be the next big thing!

One caveat, however. It has been my experience that it is EASIER if the weights are the same, so the suggestion that everything is washed and the lighter fabrics use stabilizer are valid, mainly, in my experience, because of puckering problems I have had. Let your creative juices flow, and be sure to report both your successes and you, " I didn't think of that or "I wished I would haves". It is how we all learn! Good luck!

[QuiltinKay]

The plaid king size quilt I made was a combination of plaids, a lot of homespun and none of it a comparable weight. And I turned out stunning. Don't be afraid, I know from experience that you can make a quilt out of just about anything. In these many years of quilting I have made quilts of a lot of different things. Once in a while I had to use a stabilizer but not too often. These days we have such a wide variety of beautiful 100% cotton that didn't used to be available.
When I started quilting one didn't go out and buy the material for a quilt, you used the scraps left over from other sewing projects. What I spend on fabric for a quilt today would feed a large family for a week or two back then. I know because I did it. Sorry, didn't mean to ramble on. Just go for it, and I know you will do a beautiful job.
Hppy Quilting,....Kay

[Bransmom]

Hoping to get started on this next week. Still too much in the works that should have been done before Christmas.

Thanks for all the kind words of encouragement.

Kay I would love to see a picture of that king plaid quilt you made. If you could post it I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

joann/aka bransmom

[Tristan533]

You may consider making a rag quilt. With the different weights of fabric, piecing may cause some problems. But a rag quilt would be quicker and more forgiving of the different weights. Homespun fabric works great with rag quilts as they fray very nicely. The look with plaids would work well for a quilt for a male.

[helen]

Hello, Bransmom! Each one of our small group made a lap-quilt from homespun fabrics and other checks, because we all liked the pattern very much. The batting I used is Warm & Natural. It is THE comforting quilt now. The only thing I would change in the making is absolutely machine-quilting and not handquilt like I did... It is too thick to handquilt. But perhaps you finished already yours???!? Happy quilting and a very happy New Year!