Brooke made this quilt from her husbands old dress shirts. Now I don’t think it is any stretch of the imagination to cut up dress shirts for quilting fabric, but what Brooke did that I really love is she made the quilt in such a way that it is obvious it came from dress shirts. She made sure to leave “a pocket here, a placket there.” She pieced together spare scraps of the shirt fabric to make the quilt binding. I love the sweet “Love Mom” cross-stitch she added to the backing.
Brooke says she has not washed the quilt yet, because she is paranoid about washing it. I can completely understand the desire to preserve something you have worked so hard to make and when properly cared for will be a family heirloom. To properly care for your new quilt check out these tips for washing, displaying, and storing quilts. [Images by Brooke Reynolds for Inchmark]
