Fabric Pull - Kaffe Fassett and Thrifted Fabric

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[@ms.booklover2676]

I can see why you are challenged by Kaffe because because your creativity is very unusual, I think. Order, boundary, planning, and symmetry make up the gateway to your imagination. With Kaffe, I think his creativity is agnostic. He doesn’t know what he is going to create until he creates it. I love your quilts because they are very comforting, subtle, creative, and cozy. With Kaffe, I feel like I need to buckle my seatbelt because I’m about to go on a big roller coaster whether I want to or not. To be clear I do love Kaffe’s designs.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I think you are SO RIGHT! Structure is my starting place and I am happiest when I can be creative and free *within* the confines of whatever order I’ve chosen (or had chosen for me, like a quilt pattern.)(although I frequently modify patterns-what does THAT say about me I wonder?! Unusual indeed.) And I love your word choice, “agnostic!” Lol, yes! I think his artistic freedom may be in the exploration of color and shape, which may-or may not-be orderly at all. How wonderful that we have artists like him to stretch us and push the boundary between “glorious” and “garish!” 🤓❤️

[@ms.booklover2676]

@@TheCatBirdQuilts and I love your “glorious and garish” description of Kaffe’s color palettes. Very creative lady you are. Actually, Kaffe’s florals remind me of Georgia O”Keefe’s florals. I have loved them for decades.

[@juliasander1680]

I used a white that had blue text going across it so it wasn’t totally white!

[@debbietrapp7757]

Hi Cathy, love, love the shirts that you matched to your Kaffe fabric, who would of thought there would be shirts to match. I am anxious for you to do flying geese, I have not made that block. As always so enjoy your videos. Have a wonderful weekend, hopefully you will have some sewing time. 🥰

[@user-wz3ny1zp8h]

I love your videos! In my early years of quilting, I could never imagine that one day there would be this vibrant online quilting community. You have inspired me to look at thrift store shirts with new interest.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Hooray! My mission is complete! 😘 Thanks for being here and watching and commenting (which adds to this little part of the vibrant online quilting communtiy! ❤️)

[@MsAmberSunshine]

I agree with Marybeth. I have some. KF fabric that is from the last big sale from Craftsy before they were Blueprint. Now I think they’re Craftsy again. Thank you for leading the charge for us that love the vibrancy of KF fabric, but we’re too dazzled by the brilliance to think of introducing a solid. It is a perfect match to showcase the brilliance of solid and the brilliance of wild and crazy KF❤

[@caitlinmatthews1401]

I absolutely applaud you for continuing with this challenging fabric. I showed my husband (who likes disorganization) and he loved these fabrics. I agree, never waste good fabric, but these I would pass along to someone who likes the colorful chaos of these. Great video!! Love that Paul left in so many funny moments of you being you! Always a good day when there is a Cat Bird Quilt video. You both are awesome!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Caitlin---they are bright (and some of them are truly lovely) but girl! They are not "easy" to work with! 😱 I do love a good challenge tho. 🤓😘 Thanks for your sweet words (as always) and I'll tell Paul too---he gets a kick out of editing (and adding captions/photos) when I act silly! ❤️

[@caitlinmatthews1401]

@@TheCatBirdQuilts I look forward to seeing the flying geese. I think that pattern will be a great way to use the fabric.

[@katelindelof5023]

I love your sense of humor. Keep it up. It always makes me smile. Thank you!

[@giselleyoung3248]

Okay Cathy, your "preaching" moment about the $value of sourcing shirts for fabric in today's video has hit home and inspired me to try hunting in my local thrift stores for solid shirts. Thanks to you and viewer Paul for the Lea Louise flying geese pattern suggestions also!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

My work here is done. 🤓❤️ But seriously, you are just going to be floored at how much fabric you will have and can continue to use when you start using solid shirts. Sometimes it's a hunt, but always worth it! 🤩 And you're welcome (at least for my part in the suggestion!)

[@brendafrye5875]

I love Lea Louise and the Flying Home pattern. I started my flying geese with Kaffe fabric but was so afraid I would mess it up that I just stopped. You have given me hope that I can do it. My background is going to be a VERY pale lemonade color. Hope to get started on them again soon and I will be watching to see your progress. Thank you. I really enjoy your videos.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Brenda! ❤️ I really like Lea Louise too-she is so very knowledgeable and has probably forgotten more than I’ve ever know about quilting! 😂 I’m glad you have renewed hope for your Kaffe quilt!! And for the record, I bet pale yellow paired with it is going to be absolutely beautiful. ❤️

[@peggyburns8244]

Hi Cathy! I just found your channel a week ago…so LOVE your take on sewing and the thoughtfulness you put into all of your quilts…I think I’ve watched each episode 😍. I am so much more of a sit down and sew with my scraps (and I have plenty of fabric)😳😳😳. But, I have started to cut a trip around the world quilt for my bed. And…I see amoebas too!!! Thank you so much for the quilt stories!! Have a great day!!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Oh yay, Peggy! ❤️ SO glad you found me! I'm gonna have to learn how to sit down and sew with my scraps---I'm starting to be overrun! 😱 I hope you have a great time making your trip around the world quilt for your bed!

[@peggyburns8244]

@@TheCatBirdQuilts my bed is king size…I can definitely relate to your comment of cutting and cutting 😳😳😁.

[@shannoneaster9311]

I so enjoy how you take on a challenge with enthusiasm and positivity. Kaffe fabrics can be a bit more “energetic” than what I customarily use, but my goodness, they make beautiful quilts! I’m excited to see this one finished! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Shannon!❤️ Same for me-and perfect word choice,,btw-but they can be so beautiful if used well! As for “this one finished”…might be awhile!! 😂

[@dianeroome972]

It is amazing how you controlled those out of control Kaffe prints! Well done you. I would be afraid of the challenge.

[@Marlahanna]

Control and Kaffe that’s a challenge in itself.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

@mariahanna but for real, tho! 😂

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Diane! ❤️

[@sistersister2999]

Love these colors! I would absolutely include the lime green! It will be the pop color! I kept saying to myself throughout this video, "She needs lime green!!" I enjoy the bright colors and I've used a lot of Kaffe fabric over the years. I would likely go over the top here and use lime green where you are using white, then use a deep pink quilting thread. I feel like one of the tricks to using Kaffe fabrics is you either go with a similar palette throughout or you go with high contrast. There's not a lot of in-between.

[@sampleworks9432]

I love going into your thought process on how to colour match and best utilize your shirt stash. And yes, I came to watch cause I saw the Kaffe fabrics and they are “sew” enticing! Thanks as always for sharing ❤

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Oh yay! Thank you so much! ❤️ And yes, my goodness, enticing is an excellent word for them!

[@karenfulkerson5961]

Well done 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼, there is something about KF fabrics that draws me in, but I struggle with how I want to use them! I too, am very methodical about how I put color together. Love the process you use to put your fabrics together. Looking forward to your next video! Thank you😊

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Karen! ❤️ His designs and colors are very compelling--I don't always love them but they ARE visually arresting! Always! 🤓

[@darlydulion4256]

Hello Kathy. I was scrolling for a flosstube channel when your ‘sewing room makeover’ popped up. I enjoy getting new sewing room ideas! Great new layout you designed. Then I looked at some of your other videos and saw something with Kaffę, shirts and pink solids. Well that was fun. I’m glad I tripped into your space. Hope I didn’t break anything. Off to push the subscribe button, reminder bell and thumbs up!!!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Hi Darly! ❤️ Thanks for watching the sewing room makeover video and for sticking around to watch other videos!! I'm thankful you "tripped into" my space and I'm CERTAIN that you didn't break anything! 😂 Thanks for commenting and subscribing, and I look forward to seeing more of you here!

[@allegg8804]

You got a gift that anyone north of Mason Dixon Line would kill for. Thank you for filming this.

[@annettemaxie-mahmoud2390]

I have so much Kaffe Fassett fabric and I like it so much that I have not wanted to cut it up, so I have not made a quilt with it yet! I want to make a quilt that is going to show off the prints, and not cut it up into small pieces! I will eventually find a pattern that I really like! Thank you for the inspiration. I like making flying geese with the four at a time method. ♥♥♥

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Annette, I think you are not alone in that! When I first started, I couldn't imagine why people wouldn't want to cut into fabric that they bought for quilting! 🤷🏻‍♀️ Now I get it! When you have a fabric that you LOVE--and a limited amount of it--it feels risky to commit it to a project and cut it! 😱 But at the same time it is wasted beauty if you don't use it! I'm planning on doing the 4-at-a-time method---we'll see how it goes! 🤞🏻

[@bethliebman8169]

Ooh, Cathy--another fabric pull video! Some magic how you found fabrics and thrifted shirts that can make Kaffe fabrics work. I'm glad that you acknowledge that Kaffe is a polarizing fabric designer. His stuff is way too psychadelic, acid-trippy for my taste. Brava, you!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Beth! ❤️ I'm not really sure how I ended up with so many shirts that work with these fabrics---magic, indeed! Or maybe it's because I have SO MANY shirts! LOL 😂

[@christinegrossi4430]

Your channel is new to me. What fun!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Oh yay! I'm glad you found me--welcome! ❤️

[@caw3258]

Cathy, so glad you found Lea Louise. Don't overlook her absolutely outstanding free pattern (her own design) called All Blocked In. Since the quilt only needs six (or twelve) fat quarters, It works very well for shirts, and I have made several that were all from pillowcases. I've probably made six or eight in the last couple of years and every one is a delight because it turns out so well. Have fun when you have a moment--it's well worth a hard look. After you make Flying Home, you'll be wanting something that looks good but uses just straight stitching!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

LOL! Caw, you are probably right (needing straight stitches after Flying Home!) --I will definitely check out All Blocked In! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@user-mk1zn8zh4x]

Hi Kathy, I'm so thankful for this video of Yours. I'm watching them on a quite regular basis and this one is where the bottle lands (and has landed so many times before🙏❣): so thoughtful/intuitively (or even planned, I know You don't do random right :) arranged information brought to the universe in such a lovely and entertaining way! Have You ever thought about teaching in a professional way? Actually I'm sewing on some Quilts for an exhibition here in New Zealand, in which I'm in public with my craft for the first time. The Quilt pattern "High Five" is the first one I'm working on after watching Your video about the Baby Quilt for Your beloved friend🙏 and after realizing a cardinal maths error after sewing 81 "wrong" sized blocks together haha (didn't do a test block, will definitely do this in the future!), I'm now again in the cutting process and enjoyed Your video so much. I'm also a visitor of "men's shirt shops" :) on a regular base and I'm also astonished about the amount of fabric You can get out of only one shirt! Thank You Thank You Thank You for the most beautiful colour arrangements, Quilt pattern suggestions and philosophical input (Santayana), that was an absolute gorgeous one❣ I hope You can start with Your new project very soon :) (there is never such a thing as too many works in progress :)) Sue

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Sue! ❤️ I haven't ever thought of teaching *quilting* professionally but have batted around the idea of other subjects for many years. Good luck with your exhibition in NZ! I hope it goes well for you and you are proud and happy with what you show to the public! I love that High Five pattern and I suspect I will come back to it again and again. I have Paul's Master's Thesis to thank for that Santayana nugget of truth. We actually say it a lot around my house! (we're nerds. what can I say?) 🤓😂 So glad you're enjoying it here on TCBQ--I'm so happy to have you with me! ❤️

[@heidithatcher-miller9512]

I too went down the Kaffe fabric rabbit hole and have one cool color quilt and one warm color quilt in process. And many more charm squares to figure out what to do next. Thank you for sharing your color process, I am more of a slap it together and let it work out kind of quilter. It is fun watching you make the choices you do.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Heidi!❤️ I'm glad you had fun watching me think out loud and choose fabrics! It IS a rabbit hole, isn't it?😱🤓😊

[@karencross1964]

Love the vibrant prints. I am new at quilting and still struggle to put normal colored prints together, so I will just admire for now. That being said, if you add in the green I would also add two other cool(ish) colors. Good luck finding a white cotton shirt in my local thrift stores. Just seems no one wears them here. Or someone is getting to them before me.😃 Love your channel. Your thought process and your quilts.

[@saraborisch5343]

I love starting my Friday's with you! I, too, have never done flying geese and am intimidated to do curves. I can see that it will take practice! Good for my brain.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Aww, thank you, Sara! ❤️ Maybe once I start the flying geese blocks (and reporting it on YT) you could do it too---we'd learn together! 🥰

[@reneetoll6225]

OMG - I just found you today. I get material from thrift shops, as well. Shhhhhh - I thought it was a secret. I guess I'm in good company.

[@patfaulkner2069]

I absolutely love your videos. I love the intellectual discussions of color, design, techniques, and pattern with your science based logic. I enjoy you fabric pull videos. Your approach is so refreshing! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and reasoning with us.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Oh my goodness, thank you, Pat! ❤️

[@AmandaIsAwesome]

I just love this channel and seeing your thought processes. I find order and simplicity and well thought out colour choices very calming too. Likely because I’m all over the place haha. Looking forward to seeing this quilt completed!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Amanda! ❤️ I feel the same---like maybe I don't need any chaos in my quilting because I'm a hot mess already! 😂

[@lizreynolds4554]

I love KF fabric. I love the brilliant colors. I also love using shirts, and skirts. But, our Thrift stores are NOT THAT CHEAP anymore? I need to find less expensive thrift stores. I can't wait to see how this quilt comes out. Im a fairly new quilter, and i am enjoying learning new tips from y'all. You explain very well. I am inspired. Thank you for sharing this with us 😊🎉

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Liz! ❤️ If I can settle on border fabric (IF I border it!) and backing (good grief!) I'll have it done in no time! 😂 Thanks for watching and commenting and joining me here in this space!

[@user-cd1zr6tj3c]

Cathy, you are so much fun to watch and have so much information. Ever since I started watching your utube channel I have acquired a love for shopping and finding shirts. I used to thrift all the time. I had to stop thrifting I had gotten to a point where I was buying thrift goods and ended up thrifting it back to the thrift store. I’ve always loved to sew, I used to sit at my Grandma’s old Singer sewing machine where you had to engage your feet and legs to move the crated bar on the bottom to make the sewing machine go. My first quilts was one of those heavy quilts, as my family and friends from where I’m from refer to them. I was going away to college and I wanted a quilt from Grandma, so she and I made a quilt, the perfect time to teach me how to quilt, I still have that quilt to this day, and I’m just over 60 now. I absolutely love that quilt. I consider myself a beginner quilter and have decided quilting is what I want to do when I retire, and so I’m setting up now for when that happens. I find your channel most inspiring and I know that I can do this (thank you very much). I love the shirts idea because it’s so practical and good for the environment as we reuse, recycle things that might otherwise go in the landfill, and most of all quilts made of shirts are so unique, no one else will have that quilt, it is so much more fun and creative to find the shirts, cut up the shirt, and put together the colors, and make my own bundle, not something that’s already thought out for me, I prefer to put together my own colors and ideas, my creativity has an outlet when I can do it myself. I have spent a ton of money buying material, which I really couldn’t afford, but thought I needed in order to sew. Thanks to you, “No I don’t and they are just as beautiful, and creative as the material I can buy. Please keep up the great work, and do what you do. Love,love love the videos you do and your quilts are just the best I’ve seen, besides my Grandma of course, LOL! She too was a very creative women.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Oh my goodness, thank you, Brenda! ❤️ I loved reading your comment about your Grandma, and thrifting (🤩) and learning to sew and having a plan to quilt when you retire (😍) and being creative with your own color and fabric combinations! I love it all! Thank you for your kind words, for watching and commenting, and being here with me on YT! 🥰

[@christinahall3318]

I LOVE your new project! Pinks and Reds are my favorite colors!!! Thank you for passing on the free pattern. I’ve never done flying geese either so now I may give it a try. You are the bestest!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

You’re welcome and YAY! We can be learning how to do flying geese at the same time! ❤️

[@sandrahageman9955]

Love that you are reaching out of your comfort zone.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Sandra! ❤️ It's a stretch FOR SURE. 😂

[@nancyhurt7145]

Just found your channel! I’m a Kaffe and Tula fan big time and I’m in my 70’s. I love pushing the boundaries! Call me rebel, free spirit!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I'm so glad you found me!

[@charlottemcgilvray739]

Thanks again for an awesome video. Can't get enough of your thoughts, plans and humour. Thanks again

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Charlotte! ❤️ What a wonderful compliment! 🥰

[@coreygilles847]

I am so excited to see this come together ❤

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Whew, Corey! Me too but it may be awhile! 😂🤓

[@doloresnash287]

Thank you for all your ideas and creativity!!💕💕💕💕

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Dolores! ❤️

[@marshawallace7522]

Oh my, Kathy. I love the fabrics/shirts that you selected to go with your Kaafe fat quarters. I would have used some that you rejected both from the fat quarters and the shirts but perhaps I am not as selective as I should be or my eyes are not as good (very possible). I do appreciate the reasons you give for rejecting them! I watch a number of different quilt channels, Lea Louise happens to be one of them. I really like the pattern that you are leaning towards. YES, to including the lime green!

[@juliaraley9563]

Now I have something new to look for at the thrift store….a desk-top pulpit!!! You crack me up, I love and can appreciate your meticulous mind with color theory/thriftiness 🩷🧡❤️🩷

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

😂 Desktop pulpit! I dIed laughing! So glad I make someone (other than myself) crack up and I'm thankful you appreciate my weird but sometimes helpful thoughts!❤️

[@margaretWestminster]

I Love Kaffe Fassett designs. ❤

[@robertaluckow5928]

I totally love Kaffe Fasset with black. Black is so harmonious. I did one with all the pinks and oranges and it turned out fabulous.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Oooh, Roberta, I bet it was fabulous! 😍🤩

[@deliad8826]

Fun fun fun for all the visual learners. ❤❤. Planning is so motivating. Thanks Cathy

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

So. Motivating! Thanks to you, Delia, for watching and commenting!❤️

[@susanlusk9584]

Thank you for the quilt making inspiration. Love the flying geese patterns.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Susan! ❤️ I guess we'll see if I love them, too!

[@diannplatt-roberts8692]

So enjoy your tutorials.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Diann.❤️

[@rosemarybravo5348]

I always enjoy your videos as you go though your thought process on making your quilts 👏👏👏

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Rosemary! ❤️

[@sherryfaires7931]

Super tutorial! Yes, it was fun! And inspiring!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Sherry!

[@sigmacinnamon4506]

This video reminds me of serving un broken ramen noodles with a spoon to my cousin who has a similarly detailed and ordered personality. I just had to sit and watch her cope with the situation. We had a great laugh. Kaffe Collective is a riot of color and watching Catbird deal is a lot of fun! I love you!!❤️🪡🧵

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I had to laugh---because it is SO true!! One of these days I'm gonna finish up that fat quarter stack and order will be restored! 😂🤓😘

[@tinakercher8768]

I enjoyed watching you meet your challenge of planning a quilt with color!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Tina! ❤️

[@arabellalunkes4532]

I used to think yuk when I would see Kaffe fabrics. They were way too much for me. Then, my sister asked for a purple and colourful quilt. I am like oh crap! Well I did as she asked and it turned out wonderful. I used a mix of Kaffe fabrics with purple throughout on a very simple design and it turned out great! Very colourful and out of my comfort zone, but really pretty and even cute!

[@Daniel5150You]

Thanks for another great one!

[@harbourcolour]

Really enjoyed your thought process with the Kaffe fabrics and your shirt fabrics. So interesting! I love mixing my fabrics too. It's my favourite part of planning a quilt. You are selling me on the thrift store shirts :). By the way, if you are not using that gorgeous black/green/turquoise millefiore print (or any of those Kaffe fat quarters), I will take it!! I absolutely adore Kaffe fabrics 😍😄

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Laurie! ❤️ Mixing fabrics is the BEST (and so is getting shirts from the thrift store!) If I don't end up using the black/turquoise millefiore print after I get done with THIS project--it's yours! 😘

[@harbourcolour]

@@TheCatBirdQuilts I have a feeling it will fit into your quilt... it's going to be epic!

[@paulaneary7877]

HAHAHAHAHA! OMG! I had that shirt also! I think it even ended up in one of my class pictures! Mine was a bit lighter than the colors in the fabric. Haven't thought about that shirt in years!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Paula, right?! Those funky striped shirts were ALL the rage when I was a kid! 😂

[@user-vq7dt3br3b]

Cathy, another informative video. I struggle with color choices and love watching your color pulls. I live in a small town in British Columbia Canada. There are three thrift stores in my area. Yesterday I went on the hunt for a shirt to go with a green linen that I wanted to incorporate in my current project. I was so excited to fined a Denim and Flowers shirt! I never expected to find that brand here. I had to have it, even though it was short sleeve and a medium. A lovely floral pattern on white, and $6.00. More than I usually pay. Don't know what I will use it for yet but I am still thrilled at my find. By the way I also found a shirt to go with the green linen! Happy, Happy! Thanks for your inspiration.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Wendy, I'm so excited for you that you found a D&F shirt! Aren't they lovely?! and yes, I often find short-sleeved or small-ish (S, M, and sometimes L) shirts in that brand but I almost always get them anyway because of the yokes and the quality! 🤩 I'm sure you will find a use for it! And double hooray for finding a shirt that matches your green linen! You just NEVER know what you might find at the thrift store! 😍

[@sharon1934]

Cindy Brady Shirt!😄

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

😂 Right?

[@christinasears6232]

Lovely use of KF fabric! I am excited to see how you will put this quilt block and top together. Thank-you for your inspiration, humor, and sound fabric advice. 👍 Have a good day😊🍂🍃🍁🍂🍃🐿Christina

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Christina! ❤️

[@christinasears6232]

Thank-you for your time.😊

[@christinasears6232]

You're welcome Cathy!😊🍂🍃🍁🍂🍃🐿🍂🍃🍁🍂🍃

[@Stacy-iu6ch]

Thanks Cathy, for the walkthrough of your process. Methodical. I used your method before making a quilt for next grandchild. They’re not even on the way yet. Lol It was a different experience to piece especially for a future someone. ❤

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Stacy, you are so welcome! And that is so cool-when that grandchild does come along, you’ll have a quilt already planned! ❤️

[@marybeth4002]

Your face says it all at 7:38 (and truth be told - I can't stop laughing out loud) that I can identify with. I have had a layer cake of KF fabrics that I love but have not figured out what to do with them yet. This fabric pull and chat encourages me. Note: Finding 100% cotton men's shirts in solids has been a challenge. My cup runneth over with prints but not solids. I'll keep 'my eyes peeled'. Love you both - thank you for another informative and FUN video!

[@jennjennedington279]

I had to go find the face… yes, that’s the whole feeling

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

😂

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

😂 My face says it all, all the time! And then I add all the words to it! 😂 So glad you're encouraged--KF fabrics are beautiful but not easy! And yes, sometimes the solids are hard to find, but so exciting (like a treasure hunt!) when they pop up! Thanks, MB, for the love and support! ❤️

[@lucilegubbins4433]

You are just so delightful to watch! I hope you will use some lime in this quilt because I also sighed when I saw it. It's fine with me if you talk about plans, change plans, whatever! I'm not here to judge but to learn or reinforce what I think I know.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Lucile! ❤️ The more I think about that lime green, the more I think it would be a nice addition to the Flying Home Quilt! Thank goodness I don't have to decide right away--I think I might need to mull on this one further! 🤓😂

[@bitsnharry]

In the St. Louis Missouri area the prices have gone up dramatically! A regular shirt is now $6.99 and a name brand designer shirt can be $9.99 or more! And if you’re lucky that particular color tag on that shirt might be as much as 25 to 40% off. However 25 is becoming much more the routine discount. I’m glad I have a ton of shirts already purchased! I don’t have good luck making flying geese so I will watch this with great interest. Thank you for sharing all this.😊

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Shirts have gone way up down here, too, so I watch for those discounts as well! It makes a difference!

[@jaynecarreiro5005]

Love what your doing. I've made one quilt out of men's shirts and I'm planning a second. I also just completed the Seed Packet quilt with Kaffe fabrics as well as a scrappy calculator paper quilt from the leftovers. I'm all over the place but love your videos. I watch Lea Louise to!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Jayne! ❤️ Isn't men's shirt fabric quilting fun? I just love the uniqueness and challenge of working with them. I'm all over the place too, so we're in good company! 🥰

[@KLAT130]

A little after the fact, but your adoration of Robin Pickens' Thatched line reminded me that she has a wonderful flying geese pattern called Wind Drifter!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

It's never too late! I will check out that pattern--thanks for the suggestion! ❤️

[@glynisreynolds446]

Oh no 🤣🤣 You said I have to buy MORE shirts 😃 Mind you I don’t think I’ve seen anything as gorgeous as those shirts 🥰 And yes we are so lucky to have all you great KZbin channels giving us great inspiration 👏👏 Looking forward to seeing what you are going to do now 😃😃🇬🇧

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I give you permission to buy more shirts!! 😂 I'm telling you, those pinks and reds and oranges are just divine! 🤩 I'm looking forward to it myself---have NO idea when that will be though! 😳🤓😂😍

[@glynisreynolds446]

@@TheCatBirdQuilts I don’t think the men in North East England are that brave 🤣🤣 but I will buy those shirts if I see them 👍🇬🇧

[@patriciabryant6574]

Interesting discussion.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks!

[@lauracurnan3255]

Sounds like a fun project. Will follow you every video. Hugs from Tampa.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, Laura! ❤️ Big hug back!

[@stefflcus]

The lime green is a game changer, especially to just kinda... slip it in and let it work. Made me go, "Oh!" And for some reason that pattern makes me feel a certain kind of way. Restful but dramatic, sparse but cozy, yearning but comforting. Your choice to use it for those superbold fabrics is going to give it so much movement and POP but also give the eye a path through. It will flooowwwww. Big fan of using negative space to make things more dramatic (but digestible)! Can ya tell? I just never ever "got" chevrons myself. Meh. 😅 Always enjoy hanging out with you!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Steff, it made me feel some kind of way, too, actually! I just kept coming back to it and that's usually an indication it's a good one! 😍🤩 I also don't care for chevrons. Exception: one of my viewers sent me a photo of a chevron quilt pattern that she designed using shirt fabrics and it is is SO GREAT. So there you go. Love having you with me in this space as always. ❤️

[@conniemurdoch8528]

“It Wasn’t what i had in my mind” she said. I’m excited and a little frightened for when she makes a quilt that is what she had in her mind! Lol!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

😂 Ok I laughed, but then I really love this comment, actually. ❤️

[@QUILTINGCHAP]

Maybe we should do an informal sew along with the flying geese pattern!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Ohhhh. Hmm. Definitely something to consider! ❤️😘

[@nildamager1649]

White 👍

[@TheQuiltingLunchLady]

The miellifiori fabric looks like really colorful agates!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Yes it DOES! 🤓🤩

[@nursekate6772]

I have to have order. For me if fabric designs are too chaotic it literally makes me anxious trying to work with the fabric LOL. I received a couple of fat quarter bundles of his fabric and literally haven't been able to use it yet. One of the bundles, none of the fabrics felt like they could go together any way I looked at them. I finally ended up opening all 3 bundles and rearranging them so that the fabrics felt more like they "belong" together. I think I may just cut 10" squares and frame them with black sashing and call it good. Otherwise, they are going to sit there forever. LOL

[@gailpape2927]

Great video! Suggestion sew your leftover chunks together for more useable fabric. Learned from looking closely at my granny’s quilts. ✂️🧵🪡

[@AuntGrace]

Kaffe doesn’t work for me😐 But I love watching your process. Works for any fabric collection. 💕

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I can definitely see why! 😂 But thanks and I'm glad you can apply it to the fabrics that DO work for you! 😘

[@yoshiew05]

“You bet your sweet bippy”!!😂

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Yoshie-it’s one of my favorite Southern sayings. My mother used to say it all the time! 😂❤️

[@yoshiew05]

@@TheCatBirdQuilts “Oh! I thought it was a reference from a TV show in the ‘60’s, but you are not old enough.”

[@tanyasharon6329]

@@yoshiew05yes! It was the tv show “Laugh In.”

[@yoshiew05]

@tanyasharon OMG! Thank you!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

@@yoshiew05 it is from Laugh-In but my Southern mama taught it to me, I guess? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@annerankin1191]

Thanks for another KZbin recommendation! Love this!!! I enjoy your preaching and take on colour (as well as “the 18 year old’s”). Have you thought of using a khaki grey/green as a background? It would make the fabrics really pop? I would love to sit at your table and try things out! As I’m typing this out, you just found the lime green!!!!!! XOX

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

LOL, Anne you know if you wait long enough in one of my videos, I'll often pull a rabbit out of the hat!😘 I would love for you to sit at my table and try things out too! Thanks for commenting that you enjoy my "preaching" and thoughts on color---I feel like I've found "my people" here on YT. ❤️ I'm so very lucky to have you as part of my YT community!🥰

[@jennypare9564]

Thanks for another great video! Kaffe fabrics are waayyy outside my comfort zone, so seeing you step up to this is awesome. I actually thought the lime green would look nice as a background?

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Jenny, if I had a ton of that lime green, it probably would! But for now, I guess it will just bring that pop of color that is always so fun in quilts! ❤️

[@tanyasharon6329]

I love your videos and you are the first thing I do on Friday along with my coffee and breakfast! But… I live in a northwest suburb of Detroit and have not found a thrift shop that sells men’s shirts for less than $7, and that’s on mark down day. I have also not seen anywhere one can purchase a fat quarter of Kaffe Fasset for less than $8.00 and that’s on sale. Wish I could visit and check out the thrift stores near you!

[@jennjennedington279]

EIGHT DOLLARS FOR A FAT QUARTER??!!??!! That’s 32 dollars a yard!!!! You really DID need to find this channel, that’s outrageous. You’ll have to find an online shop you like to save money!

[@tanyasharon6329]

@@jennjennedington279 suggestions? Or maybe I’m reading it wrong?

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Aww! Thank you so much, Tanya! ❤️ Ok your fabric shops that sell KF fabrics are like highway robbery! 😱 Time to make a trip down South! We'd be happy to have you shop in our neck of the woods! (and we have pink gingham and lime green linen so...... just sayin!) 😘

[@jeanettewithrow9641]

How about large half square relentlessly kaffe and a solid? Just a thought. Have a good weekend. Always enjoy your videos. Thanks

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Jeanette, I think that's a great idea! Maybe I'll do that for the ones remaining! 🤓

[@karonwostenholme6533]

Enjoyed watching and learning, not sure of the bright patterns, they may grow on me,? In time love watching your video's, xxx

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Aww, thank you, Karon! ❤️ I'm not sure of the bright patterns either, honestly--I guess we'll see! 😂

[@RobinHarris61]

I love Kaffe fabrics! But I'm not sure I could put them all together in one quilt. 😁 Kaffe himself said you can remember his name with a rhyme. "you have a safe asset with Kaffe Fassett!"😁❤

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Robin, you know I'm struggling mightily with these fabrics! 😘 Gorgeous, but not easy! Bless my bones, I know how to say it, but it does NOT roll off the tongue for me! 😂

[@louisepuketapu7365]

Hi Cathy I started this video and your “ welcome to my the catbird quilts” my husband yelled from the lounge “ and I have a lot to say about it” 😂 he’s recognising my youtube channels as he’s watching sports that’s so funny 🤭

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

LOL! Louise, that's hilarious! Well I guess I can check off "work on brand recognition" from my to-do list for the channel! 😂

[@astorybookfinish5055]

We need to meet!! We process similarly! I’m “just up the street” in Hsv!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Aww! Hey there fellow Alabama girl!

[@erlinepruitt3626]

❤👍❤️

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, Erline! ❤️

[@racheljackson1750]

Hi Cathy! I love your videos! I’m new to using shirt fabric in quilts but I’m making a memory quilt made from my Gandparents’ shirts. When using new fabric and used shirts do you have to wash all new fabric too? How do you mix them? I apologize if you’ve answered this before but I’m so nervous to start this quilt. I just don’t want to mess it up. Thanks!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I don't wash the new fabrics and (so far) have not had any issues with new fabrics shrinking. I DO, however, use color catchers in the wash to make sure the new fabrics to bleed. No need to apologize, it's a great question! ❤️

[@davidhatfield5714]

I want to also recommend a wonderful quilt teacher..Carol Thelen. She, in my opinion is one of the very best teachers on KZbin. Honestly.. she is too technical for my skills..but boy do I learn a lot. Her skills are so fine tuned, no block trimming for she😂I don’t think she has been on KZbin that long. She post one quilt block per day and already has printed 2 books that contain her blocks/patterns (Amazon). I make one of her earlier quilt patterns and it was a learning experience! (KH) keep talking..I’m listening..happy Fall!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Oh thank you, for the recommendation! I will check her out! ❤️

[@davidhatfield5714]

I forgot to say her patterns are free, but the books make it easier to keep a library because there are so many wonderful designs, old and new.@@TheCatBirdQuilts

[@valerievesper9216]

Yeah I’m really not a Kaffe fan. Having said that, I will ever so occasionally fall in love with a super bright fabric like that. I prefer to treat it like you did, using solids and almost solids to sort of organize and tone it down some. If I had 22 fat quarters to use up I’d probably end up with a very small block Kaffe and white checkerboard or something. Cut it small! 😂

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Well, I wouldn't say I love his fabrics, that's for sure. Well maybe love/hate. 😂 Ps I really did LOL at "cut it small!" ❤️

[@robemega]

Do you wash the new fabrics when mixing with repurposed shirts?

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I don't. So far I haven't had a single problem with bleeding or shrinking.

[@user-wx2hx1yy5g]

The chevron fabric looks very much like Missoni.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Mary, it DOES. When we were looking for images of 70's shirts we found SO MANY Missoni clothes images! 😘

[@SharonRStudio]

I have started buying shirts at my thrift store. My friend volunteers there so I have her watching out for solids in color for me. Usually about $1 per shirt! Can’t get fabric for $1 yard at the quilt shop!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Sharon, right?! I mean $1 a yard for some of the best quality fabric in beautiful colors and prints---what's not to love about that?! 🤩😍

[@sherryedwards5978]

The green linen looks great with it. I think you should leave it in. The KF fabrics just don’t give your eye a place to rest. I think that’s why they’re challenging for me. They are lovely, but using them isn’t something I have not forced myself to do yet.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Sherry, for that validation/opinion--I'm really thinking I will keep that green linen in! And YES! yesyesyesyesYES about KF fabrics not giving your eye a place to rest! That is EXACTLY it for me. 🤓 Thank you for articulating what I haven't been able to as I've been working with these fabrics! And as for "forcing" ourselves to use a particular fabric--I think without having been given the fabrics, or being encouraged (or challenged) to use them, I just wouldn't have. And so if that's you, too, let me just say: I think that's ok. We can appreciate beauty and art and not have to make with them ourselves.❤️

[@marleneclausen30]

How can Kaffe Fassett fabric be a problem????

[@anneoconnorao]

While you were processing, the purple and orange dot looked high value and could be a small center square in a pattern that has a small center. I dont think your flower center is small so I see why it wouldn't work.

[@TheQuiltingLunchLady]

I always enjoy Kaffe fabrics. I too struggle with what to do with them. I think it is the patterning (yes I know it’s not a word). It is so busy. I tend to enjoy working with batiks most because like Kaffe most have a depth of color that draws me to them. Partly because to me they act as solids. I am not a solid person, but I treat them as such. Let’s face it, you really can’t treat Kaffe as a solid! Also, I tend to use or design quilts that are not repetitious in the block design and Kaffe fabrics need simpler block patterns to truly show off the colors and patterns (unless using smaller block pieces to break up the strong patterns of Kaffe). It sure has been fun watching you work with these fabrics! In a side note, have you thought about using a lavalier microphone? It might help your video sound quality. This is not a criticism, your videos are always well done, this just might bump up the sound quality even more. Thanks again for a fun video and for taking us on a Kaffe fabric adventure! Sorry it’s been a little while since I last commented, the beginning of the school year has been hectic to say the least. Our state now has free lunch and breakfast for school age kiddos and it has been insane!!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Christine, I bet you HAVE been busy! So glad you enjoyed this video and watching me work out how to use Kaffe fabrics! ❤️ We do actually use a lavalier mic but for some reason it has been "acting up" on us lately---every sniff, swallow and weird mouth noise seems to be amplified, while missing other sounds altogether! But we're working on it, so hopefully we'll have improved sound quality soon! 🤓🤞🏻

[@TheQuiltingLunchLady]

Ya gotta love technology!!! Can’t live without it can’t live with it!!! Hubby is in technology and does training videos and class content and is always struggling with some piece of technology wether camera, lights, video prompter, computer… it’s sometimes humorous how frustrated he gets! So you folks are the only ones!! Thanks again for another solid entry in the quilting world, I look forward to it every week!

[@TheQuiltingLunchLady]

Not the only. Darn it oops.

[@billiecorbett5824]

What about the differences in whites when piecing from shirts for a quilt block? Does that bother you?

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Billie, so far I haven't been able to tell one white shirt from another (so long as they aren't textured) once the quilt is pieced and quilted. I do wash all my white shirts on hot with either vinegar or oxyclean to get them as white as possible before I start! I'd be shocked if anyone could tell the difference in the final quilt--it's really that subtle.❤️

[@billiecorbett5824]

@@TheCatBirdQuilts Okay! That’s good to know. I find a big variation in whites in the fabric store.

[@mariaastafyeva1426]

Maybe I am wrong, but couldn’t you get even more big pieces of rectangle size out of a shirt if you sew together scraps that weren’t fully fitting the template? Planning the “scrappy” seams so that they don’t interfere with pattern’s seams

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Maria, you are definitely NOT wrong (and I have done exactly that) but I do like to see if I can make it work without having to do additional seaming. That's the beauty of all that shirt fabric, though---if you're willing to sew the scraps together that's EVEN MORE fabric! 😍

[@ksharpe8137]

I’ve tried looking for shirts but our thrift stores here in my town are so expensive it’s just as cheap for me to visit my LQS when they have a sale.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

That is certainly the case sometimes! But I hate it for you that your thrift stores are so expensive!!😱

[@sheilarandall4025]

You are lucky you can get shirts that inexpensive. I have looked at our good will and thrift shops and shirts are going for 8:99 - 15.00$.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Ooof, Sheila! That's kinda high for a thrift shop (!) ---maybe they have a discount day or special tags or something that will help with the price! 😱

[@nildamager1649]

I love Kaffe fabrics in warm and cool versions. Add low volume and whites in your quilts

[@anitaznoy2807]

you are dating yourself with " i bet your sweet bippy" Lol

[@stuckinstitches]

Open your heart to try something “outside the box. “. You are analyzing and controlling too much. Believe me I understand. But you will love anything you make. Relax! 😊😊