All Linen Quilt - Searching for the Perfect Pattern

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[Making-Beth-Gain]

Cathy, your linen shirt collection = GOALS 😍

[djlane]

I’m loving all your mid-century modern furniture in the room.

[shannoneaster]

🖍 This episode beautifully describes the creative process in the mind of a quilter. It’s the “grown up” version of a brand new giant box of crayons and a new coloring book. “What page should I color first and which of these bazillion colors will I use?”🖍🤔 It’s my absolute favorite part of creating beautiful quilts. And your linen stash is amazing!
❤Loved having shared this moment with you this morning. Can’t wait to see what you make first, because you are absolutely right…there are many beautiful linen quilts in that “crayon box” of fabric stash, and you have so many fun pages ready and waiting in your “coloring book”. 🥰

[g.butterly]

Allways a delight to "hear you thinking" on the go. Last day I was so much laughing "alone with you" that my partner came to check what I was doing. I almost reply: oh just having a cup of tea with a good friend! As he was ready to get rid of his old office shirts... I did'nt cut them as usual to clean, but I decided I should use this precious fabric for better use and try to do a quilt with them, even if I dont respect the "quilt law" of America. As very sewing beginner you give me inspiration and confidence, thanks so much for the time you take to share with us. I'm very impressed to see all what you manage to do with a full time job, family etc... I could not. But just like you I have 1000 ideas and desires a minute... I just need to pick one project and start! With all my love from the other side of the ocean. ❤

[Cassandra-..-]

This is my FAVORITE part of quilting!
And yes, I was yelling, “make both!” at the screen. And then again at the snowballed blocks from the Utility book! Make all three!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[AllkindMindToMind]

Been collecting linen for a quilt for many years. Thank you for the thoughtful and thorough explanation for making this. I don’t have nearly the rainbow variety you are surrounded by, though.
•My colors are so dominated by a variety of acid greens, I really want at least a little more color variety before I start piecing.
•Until I saw your collection, I thought perhaps linen accepted those greens in preference to other dyes.
•After seeing your collection of linen, I wonder if there is just one donor for those shirts, and she prefers acid greens. 😉
•I’m especially glad you emphasized the necessary precautions with linen grain and raveling. I usually use a bowl of liquid starch for that.
•I once was commissioned to finish a blue and white double wedding ring quilt that had been crushed into a ball and buried at the back of the quilter’s closet, where it was discovered by her daughter after she died.
•No wonder she died. I tried to iron some of the blocks and rows, and it was hopeless. She had not understood how to do the ‘seam jumping’ at the center of the double wedding ring block, so each center was warped and twisted. And the pieces were not cut accurately. All I could guess was that the fabric had not been ironed before cutting. I imagine in my 80’s I might become similarly impatient.
•With a double wedding ring that was Hopeless.
•The woman had belonged to a large quilting class, and they were enlisted to rip the entire quilt, block by block. I made two large scrap pillows from some of the extra beautiful blues and white, and raffled them off to thank the ladies.
•Then I soaked each piece in a bowl of liquid starch, ironed and recut each piece, and reconstructed each block, and completed the king-size quilt.
•It was really a touching experience, to complete her last UFO.
•Thanks for reminding us to use a lot of starch. I hadn’t thought of that blue and white quilt for 20 years.
•And now I’m ready to find a rectangular pattern and some more colors of linen. And maybe some dye for some of that acid green. 😊

[TheQuiltingLunchLady]

So many quilts, so little time, so many ideas, so much wonderful fabric… yeah I can see your mind working feverishly trying to justify starting another whip. Ah, the problems we quilters face!!!!😂

[marybeth]

I've purchased a couple linen shirts to be creative, however, each time my oldest daughter comes home for a visit she drools over them. I must say the linen shirts sure do look good on her and she is sooo happy. Back to the cotton for me. LOL ❤

[bethliebman]

Loved following your thinking process exploring the possibilities of a potential all linen quilt. Dialogue Quilt was the one that most appealed to me out of all your possibilities. Hope to see you make that one soon.

[lindastrous]

As soon as I saw the dialogue pattern, that would be my choice. Linen and a modern looking pattern just seems to belong together.

[toloveandrestore]

The quality of your channel is SO great! Thank you for doing this! The amount of men’s shirts I have now 🤦🏽‍♀️

[cxm]

You’re such a wonderful inspiration 💕 I’ve never had luck with charity shops but I also was never looking for mens shirts on those trips. Went today thinking maybe I’ll find a couple good shirts. Someone had donated over 30 xl-xxl brand new (plastic lining still in the collars extra buttons still attached) name brand 100% linen, 100% cotton, and linen cotton blend shirts! Including brooks brothers, Caribbean, and Armani brands, $5.99 each 😱 took so much restraint to not buy everything, ended up with 9 shirts - 4, 100% linen and the others cotton and linen cotton blends - spent $50 (goodwill gives a discount if you pay cash I discovered). Best shopping trip ever and thought of you the whole time, took a lot of restraint to not buy everything 😂 thank you so much for motivating me to go, was such a blessing!

[BettyAnn]

Just came back from a vacation in AZ where I found my first 100% linen shirt. And it's yellow! Only beginning the process of finding thrift shirts for fabric, but love the ideas for once I have enough.

[johnbarnby]

Right from the opening of this video my first instinct was to wish you would make a quilt with ALL of those beautiful colors. I wanted to dive into that gorgeous pile of color! I love the checkerboard idea. The St. Louis quilt block has always been one of my favorites and there's definitely something satisfying about checkerboard in general. It's like they exude homey comfort and protection. I'm sure whatever you decide it will be dreamy and beautiful. Now my wheels are turning and I may have to add a linen quilt in my future too.

[SewTeresa]

Oh my goodness! I so want to make a linen quilt now. Thrift stores here I came!! 😂

[HeikeWoolard]

😳🤭🤗☺ I was hoping so much that you would love and use that pretty linen shirt. The time is now! 🥰😍

[theclosetquilterelliemiria]

The thing I love t he most about linen is how the quilting looks and feels so I have done whole cloth thusfar . Honestly I have never considered doing traditional piecing with it . wow thank you for the inspiration and information -

[destrygraves]

Linen relaxes. I don’t think in reality it stretches, it just relaxes. The way a very independent and angry toddler relaxes after awhile when you hold them and rock them to hug it out. It does feel heavy and I need heavy to fall asleep and of course that is a horrible habit for sleeping. I almost always wake up hot. I love to listen to everything you have to say about anything quilting. Now I know I need a linen quilt. Great chat. TFS

[michellegoldsmith]

I recently dyed an old linen white linen shirt that had gone yellow. It was really easy and it took the colour really easily and looks great in hot pink. That pattern you have picked out would lend itself to dyed linen to create the gradients of colour as well. Just thinking out loud.

[gilliantangen]

I absolute love your thoughts and enthusiasm…. So contagious 👏👏👏👏