Great Quilt Patterns for Men's Dress Shirts - Eyelet Lace Quilt Pattern - Kitchen Table Quilting

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[@shawnaleewhitney6630]

Thanks for making the point of supporting the designer! I'm not a designer, but I feel strongly about supporting indie designers.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks Shawnalee! 🥰❤️

[@cashby1425]

Bought this pattern when your video came out. Have purchased some soft flannel in buttery colors and am cutting up the background now😅. Yes there’s a lot! Was going to make this for my MIL but she passed unexpectedly in Oct and so now I’ll make this for my daughter…and this pattern is what she wanted me to use the fabric with🎉❤

[@RobinHarris61]

Hi Cathy! The shape is called a "lozenge", and to make it you use the "sew and flip" method. It's similar to flying geese. :D I love this quilt! Can't wait to see it finished! ❤

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Oh thank you for that, Robin! ❤ You know I love learning new terms!!🤩

[@lorrae683]

I just broke down my first 2 shirts and today stopped by goodwill, Monday’s where I live, is $.99 day for certain color tag. I was able to find 5 shirts, that I do tomorrow. They will be going directly with the rest of my fabric stash. Thank you! Who knew? I have gotten wool coats for my wool work, but had never thought about shirts for cotton fabric. I have truly enjoyed your videos. Thank you for your inspiration and instruction.❤

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Aww! Thank you, LorRae!🥰❤️ Isn't it so fun and rewarding?!

[@jeanetterochnowskis142]

Such a beautiful pattern. The block screams pristine and I love it. Can't wait to see the finished priduct. I'm always amazed by just how much you get done with having a full time job and family. You are truly amazing! ❤️❤️👍

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Aww, Jeanette, thanks! ❤️🥰 I need to finish this one up…too many irons in the fire I guess!

[@loribrock991]

Love how you have colorized this pattern, and will be purchasing the pattern too. Your gingham pieces are crazy straight! Well done. It bears repeating - support the designers and their creative efforts by purchasing their patterns.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Aww! Thank you, Lori! 🥰❤️

[@silver_csmith]

Not sure how I missed this video…🤷🏻‍♀️ I just love this eyelet lace quilt pattern and looking forward to seeing this one as it develops. 👏🏻🥰👌🏻

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, Charity! I have loved making it---but seem to have hit a wall! 😱 So it will *eventually* get done, but I'm taking a little break from it! 🤓

[@silver_csmith]

@@TheCatBirdQuilts the benefits of working on more than one project…you can switch things up as you need ☺️👍🏻 I know you will make it beautiful!

[@bethliebman8169]

I think you perfectly walked the line between giving too much away and creating enthusiasm for sewing this design! Always enjoy my little visits with you.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Beth! It's always tricky to impress upon anyone the value of a pattern without giving too much away!! ❤️

[@tinamcclurg3286]

Love to up cycle too !! Glad you have a lot to say about it ! 😜🤪🤪

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, Tina! ❤️

[@poppies1215]

Bravo for being spot on when you encourage budding quilting artists of the future. There is so much to learn when quilting. Sometimes we neglect to remember why we love the art we create in the process of sewing if we only concentrate on the end product. Ironing is an art form all its own. In my first attempt years ago I did a Quilt in a Day Irish Chain quilt for my son when he went off to college. I was more consumed with the quick turnaround that I lost my way in the forced “rush” of a group class. It was not a pleasant experience because of the time constraint. However, because I love to be creative I have become more guarded about rushing to complete any future projects without appreciating the designer. I do love this pattern and the ease by which you have mentioned doing it. Thank you for always encouraging us all with your stories and experience. I am going to “surf” on over to Kindred Quilts now for a new peek at the stories I have yet to read in the patterns I see. Could you do a video on how you do color graphing? I was never too good in math but would love to hear your thoughts on that phase of quilt making that often does not get the attention it should. Sorry for my long posts.💖🧵🪡👠👼

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Pamela! It is so important in quilting not to rush…and yet it is so tempting to rush! If we could all really embrace the nature of slow making, I think all of us would experience even more joy when we quilt! ❤️

[@barbaraangier9967]

I loved this quilt pattern. Although they are flowers….I see snowflakes in a winter/Christmas quilt. What do you think it would look like with the petals white with a coloured background ( maybe blues). You are so inspiring….and a bit of an enabler too. LOL. Love your channel…🇨🇦❤️❤️

[@christinawest7499]

This is SO nice!!! ❤️ Thank you so much for sharing the Eyelet Lace Quilt!! I absolutely love your version! Your patterns work so well and I love the layouts of everything.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Christina! You know I’ve been a fan of this one from the very beginning!!❤

[@sophiastamatis9235]

Beautiful block ! The pattern is perfectly suited for you fabrics. Such precision for the X Y axis…..the pharmacist precision is truly coming through.😊

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Sophia! ❤

[@valerievesper9216]

This is such a beautiful quilt! I love the mix of colors and solids and ginghams. However-we all have things in quilting that we don’t like and snowballing corners is one for me. I will just have to enjoy your version because I know I’ll never make it!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Valerie! And that is so true about all of us having some part of quilting we don’t like! And you know I’ll eventually do a quilt story on this one…so you’ll see it again!😂

[@karenmeerdink8592]

Thanks so much for your videos! It's great to see someone thrifting fabric. I have a great chariy shop near me. I can get a bag of scraps or remnants for $5 on Saturdays. I've been doing Scrapbag challenges to make baby or lap sized quilts from these bags of fabric. I love your precision with fabric and your frugality. Please keep the content coming.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Karen! ❤️ We thrifty folks really stick together--and I love that!🥰

[@nevafitzgerald2402]

MS Cathy love this quilt pattern and I finally broke down and ordered it. I'm working on a top right now,but can't wait to start this one❤ I love White.! White for me all the way .I finished my shirt quilt and am very pleased with the pattern the longarmer? Did on it! I love the red and white check block can't wait to see the rest! Thank you as always for your time!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Neva! And I don't think you'll regret buying that pattern! ❤️

[@doloresnash287]

I love how you press your blocks! Pressing is so important. I have a friend who doesn't ever press! She says she doesn't have an iron! I'm like WHAT???? She sends her quilt tops to a shop to get quilted and gets charged extra because they have to press it before they quilt it!! I worked at a quilt shop and gave classes for block of the month quilts, and always made sure they pressed pressed pressed!! Anyway love the quilt pattern!! Can't wait to see the finished product!!

[@jennjennedington279]

I just want to send your friend an iron. A brightly colored one that she just couldn’t resist using! I can’t imagine how she gets anything to fit together without pressing. Dolores, I’m as bewildered as you…..

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

@@jennjennedington279 me too!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Dolores! ❤️ And of course you’re right…pressing is so important! I do actually love it; not just the satisfaction of nice flat, nested seams, but also taking a break from sewing!

[@doloresnash287]

@@jennjennedington279 I haven't even thought of doing that!! She moved away awhile back but I know she hasn't changed her habits the quilter says they arrive in the mail unpressed! To be honest I never got a close up, examination look at her quilts to see if her seams matched. But close enough to know she doesn't press. To each his his own I guess!!😖😊

[@gardencat4952]

I have been loving your channel and today I picked up my first thrift store haul of men's dress shirts. The 8 shirts were $3 each and I am loving this new source of fabric to work with.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I am so thrilled for you! Seriously! 🤩❤️ You just wait...you're gonna be hooked before long! So happy for you and your haul (and at a great price too.) Woohoo! ❤️🤓

[@susanharvey5453]

Beautiful work!❤

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, Susan!❤️

[@TheQuiltingLunchLady]

This block would work well both like you have shown it, on point, or in a more standard alignment. Great video as always!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Christine, I have had the same thought! It's so pretty I think it would be as lovely squared up as it is on point! ❤️

[@joannewiggins2152]

Your quilt looks fabulous and I so very much appreciate your review of the pattern. I’ll be looking into this pattern for sure, as I’m new to quilting and now a collector of mens shirts!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Hooray! 🥰❤️ I hope you love the pattern!

[@vanillayogurt5650]

I love this sweet pattern. When you cut gingham or plaid, how do you keep the lines so straight? I marvel at this when I look at your work. What’s your “trick”?

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I line my ruler up along one of the vertical lines of the gingham check and start there…then subsequent cuts are (usually) on the line of the plaid/gingham/check too. Since this quilt pattern uses squares and rectangles, it’s not too hard to keep them straight! (If it’s an HST, all bets are off! 😘😂)

[@loribrock991]

Agreed. I’m amazed how perfectly straight those gingham pieces are in the block! Something for me to aspire to.

[@TheQuiltingLunchLady]

Also, Kathy starches her fabrics, this helps the fabric to maintain it’s alignment and increases her accuracy when cutting and sewing.

[@janiewilliams5803]

Beautiful!! I am so pleased to discover what soft fabric is available from men's dress shirts. I have been less than pleased with quilt fabric from a fabric store (not a quilt store) that was SO stiff and rough. I mistakenly thought it would feel different after laundering , but it did not. Thanks so much for all you share :)

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you, Janie! ❤️ The fabric from men's shirts really is just far and away superior to many of the cotton fabrics from fabric stores! 🤩

[@PaperDiva67]

Regarding the fabric in a Men’s dress shirt; once when I was breaking down a shirt in front of the tv I mentioned to my hubby how soft the fabric was, he said that men’s shirts are made from very choice fabrics. He pointed out that if you have a shirt made in Hong Kong that they are of the highest quality. They are the best at making dress shirts. He knew this because he worked at a high end menswear shop early in our marriage. BTW he has great taste in men’s clothing because of it, lucky me ☺️!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

@@PaperDiva67 you are lucky! And he confirmed what we already know! 🤓😊😘

[@PaperDiva67]

@@TheCatBirdQuilts one of the things I noticed as I took apart the Hong Kong shirt was the stitching. The stitch length has to be about a 1! And when I stitch ripped it it came apart like butter.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

@@PaperDiva67 ooohhh…I can just feel that!

[@diannplatt-roberts8692]

Really like that block. Am working on a number of scrap buster tops right now. Also started making scrappy, color coordinating place mats.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, DiAnn! I’ve been thinking it might be time for me to start a scrappy quilt…and then I’m like, hmm, better finish a few off first! 😳

[@annettemaxie-mahmoud2390]

That is beautiful and I like the pattern very much! Nice work.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, Annette! ❤️

[@freddiehansen7324]

It's going to be so stunning! And it being a Christmas quilt is fine - only 10 ish months to Christmas 🤩lol Super cute pattern.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you so much! ❤

[@pamelahill7164]

I bought this pattern. You made it beautifully

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thanks, Pamela!❤

[@shulamussnug7120]

I love the older Fons and Porter shows where they used men’s shirtings fabric-there are many. Mary Fons used them a lot in many quilts where the shirting fabrics were unexpected.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I haven’t seen those but I love the unexpected nature of using shirts in quilts! ❤

[@amymcadams6043]

LOVE, as usual. I've been intrigued by this quilt since I spied your coloring sheet on your sewing table in an earlier video! I have found a huge stash of white linen yardage in my mom's sewing closet. What is your opinion of using linen for the background white (if it was well starched) and cotton shirts for the "petals"?

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I think white linen would be GLORIOUS! But then again you know my love for linen. The only drawback (with using cotton shirts OR linen) would be the little fiddly squares that make up the small petals. You might consider doing those with plain white quilting cotton fabric. But either way you totally make it work!

[@dakin7612]

What a cute pattern!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Right?! I lurv it! ❤

[@gisellejones1139]

Once again...a real gem !!! Thanks for the hints .Are you worried about the red bleeding?

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I don’t usually have issues with bleeding (probably because I use shirt fabrics that have been washed!) but I do use color catchers just to be safe!

[@anblesduke6360]

Could you talk about machines you recommend? I want to start quilting but don’t know what sort of machine is best. Thanks!

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I can only tell you about my 2 brother machines, because they’re the only ones I’ve used! But I will say I love them both!❤️

[@dianeroome972]

You have a very clean, crisp aesthetic that is lovely and modern, using old material. Your piecing is so precise. I suspect you have perfectionist tendencies, as many quilters do. LOL. I am surprised with each quilt how well you do with thrifted.fabric. When we use charity shop shirts and salvage fabric, we are acting just like pioneer women, keeping and reusing fabric. LOL. Of course, here in Canada, fabric is stupid expensive, (along with everything else.) New fabric is unattainable for me. Second-hand, I've found some very nice vintage sewing supplies also, including books, patterns, and even a sewing machine. You have to be careful about old thread, though. Sadly, most is unusable. Did you purchase yardage for the white background fabric? If you said that, I missed it. Thank you for all you teach me. You have expanded my quilting possibilities and made quilting affordable for me again.

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Thank you for all the kind words, Diane! I did use yardage but it is a variety of pieces that I have picked up here and there (including thrift shops!)Which is good because that adds to the affordability of the quilt!

[@caitlinmatthews1401]

Cathy how many quilts do you have going at one time? Seems like you have at least a few???

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Lol! 😂 Caitlin, currently 3. Well, and a quilt top that needs quilting…and a baby quilt that I’m finishing up some quilting on. And then several blocks I’m making for the sake of the channel. Whew! More than I thought!!

[@doloresboutin4597]

I am a new quilter though I have been sewing for 60+ years. I have tons of fabric over the years but don't quite know the content. Why is poly/cotton a no-no? What happens if you use it?

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

I have so much to say about cotton-poly that I made a video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5OteaimaZaapLs I think that will answer all of your questions! If you think your fabric might have polyester in it, hold a match to a scrap or an edge and burn it. If it curls up into a hard plastic-y piece, it isn't 100% cotton! 🤓👍🏻

[@doloresboutin4597]

@@TheCatBirdQuilts Thanks.

[@genawalter401]

I would really love to make this quilt in blues and yellows. I clicked the link to buy the pattern but I don't see it in her Etsy shop. 😕

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Oh I bet that would be gorgeous! ❤️ When I went to her shop on Etsy I found this pattern under “quilt patterns”…it’s a digital download. Maybe look there?

[@genawalter401]

I am not sure what happened, but it's there now. LOL

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

@@genawalter401 well yay! That’s all that matters! 😊

[@AvivaHadas]

Can you do a video of "this pattern won't work or won't work well with men's dress shirts." I've barely seen any that I see and say, "that won't work." (& the huge cuts of fabric one big block style are not the patterns that I am drawn to anyway.) I just think that maybe if you show "in real life" examples, the visual people will "see it" and "get it."

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

That’s a great idea, Amy! I’ll put that in the video-making hopper and we’ll see what we come up with! ❤️

[@chrisbgifford7387]

Regarding "interest and movement", my art teacher would say, "This design leads the eye throughout the square."

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

What a perfect description! Thanks for sharing it! ❤️

[@robinnickerson3319]

FYI - your title says "Kitchen Table Quilting". I believe this pattern is a Kindred Quilt Co, design. 😊

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Uh oh! Will fix asap! Thank you! ❤️

[@TheCatBirdQuilts]

Fixed! 👍🏻