Fabric Pull - How I Work With Plaids From Men's Dress Shirts
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I'm getting ready to start the Celtic Cross baby quilt. I'm so glad you shared yours!
You know what I love about you? You share the whole process and what you're thinking. It's given me so much food for thought. Even though our styles are very different, I gain so much from hearing your thought process. It's helping me consider colors and styles I wouldn't have considered before. So thank you for having a lot to say Cathy.
Oh my goodness, Lilybee! Thank you! 🥰❤️ I’m so glad that my thought process is in any way helping you think through your own projects! 🤓
@@TheCatBirdQuilts ❤️
I agree. The thinking for colors and patterns is my favorite part of quilting. The discussion of the thought process is helpful.
The shirt section of the thrift store is where I find my inspiration for the next fabric pull. I pick one shirt, and the shirts that go with it are the next ones that go home with me.
Great topic❤. Now would you do a video on how to pick a pattern based on your fabric choices? Please😊
I'll start getting my thoughts together and I'll see what I can put together!!❤️
I love plaids ! I love polka dots! I love prints! I love solids!
Also when looking at plaid (prints) look at the size piece that you will cut it into. The "lights" will definitely look light as a 6.5 inch square, they may be closer to medium as a 2 inch square. And how much of it will you see in the quilt? One 9-patch in the middle like your 9-patch trip around the world? An uncomfortable print could go there because it will be tamed by the subsequent rings. A really uncomfortable print could be used in the corners, because as an expanse, visually you don't dwell in the corners. (When photographing your child, are they in the top left corner of the print? No they are in the middle.)
So true! I used the same plaid in two different blocks and achieved two different looks because of the area I chose to cut my strips. On one block I was able to catch the white/cream in the center of a wide blue and pink plaid and that block seems to glow at a distance.
I love how you color match with plaid fabrics. I love plaid’s and have made 3 quilts with all plaid blocks with a muslin background. Beautiful!!
Dear Cathy, I like your way of having much to say: your humor and your thoughts about anything (everything besides quilting and fabrics). I really would like to meet you in person one day. I'm form Berlin, Germany, but who knows...
Aww thank you so much! ❤️ if I’m ever in Berlin I will message you and maybe we can meet! 🥰
This entire video: "But wait! There's more!" I love it.
Also LOVE that chartreuse-and-sage plaid! Makes me smile. I think I'd let it do most of the work and be a showcase piece--pair it with the green shirt if that works, and otherwise support it entirely with neutrals, like white and a charcoal grey. It could hold its own being the star of the show. You'd need to have a certain pattern for that to work, of course, but in my head it would be quite striking!
I think so, too. (about the chartreuse shirt) Which is why I bought it in the first place, but my goodness it is tricky!!
Have you tried something in the red-violet family? Makes a split complement…
I especially love the 'compelling' plaid grouping - great colors! Cathy, I'm having so much fun thrifting for men's shirts. I'm finding some great fabric (my fave are the Flower/Denim patterns). Tonight I started on this new journey re-watching the videos and broke down a few shirts for the first time - I'm hooked. I'm afraid I'm most passionate about finding the fabric because I've always loved fabric. I've never felt confident using the sewing machine. Decades ago I made a wall hanging quilt all by hand (because of my insecurity of navigating a sewing machine) but.... I'm committed. I've signed up for a basic class on using the machine. I'm really excited and ready to get to work - I'll make mistakes and I'll learn along the way. Thank you, Cathy, as you've been such an inspiration since I 'found' you a short time ago. ❤
Thank you, Mary Beth! 🥰❤️ I'm so glad you have the courage to take a class on sewing with a machine!! I'm proud for you! And get ready, because once you start using it confidently it will open up a whole world of quilting and sewing and crafting for you!! 🤩
@@TheCatBirdQuilts Thank you, Cathy. 🥰❤🪡 I appreciate you .
33:23 Did someone speak for the chartreuse plaid that needs a friend? If not, I’m the friend 💙. In my area, most of the linen shirts are many varieties of green. Or, I could share some charteuse linen with you. My favorite is a gradient from lighter green into oliv-ey (Is that a word? Now it is.) But that gradient shirt fits and suits me, so no deal. “Please, m’am, just step away from the scissors … slowly … Now turn around, and walk away. 🤣” P.S. That is me talking to myself.
Love all the different combinations!! Plaids really can be fun to match fabrics with. Would love to see some ideas for quilt patterns that would work well with these 🥰👍🏻
Thank you, Charity! 🥰❤️ maybe I will make a video on that soon!
I would love to see such a video! With each combination I was wondering what type of block would be the best to showcase the fabrics.
I have never been able to match my fabrics up til I saw this video and oh my it just clicked for me and in a matter minutes I had a set that matched perfectly to make a baby quilt for a boy
This video is so helpful. It’s also SO satisfying to watch. ASMR for color enthusiasts.
Thank you, Jennifer! ❤️
Thank you for sharing your entire thoughts with us! Inspiring! I would like to mention that the effect of plaids also depends on the size you use. They can look totally different in a HST than in a charm square. So i try to fold them into the shape (-ish) i would like to use in the quilt when pulling fabrics. Btw on the point of coordinating colors i often turned to denim tones to add. Maybe those seem to match because our eyes are familiar to seeing this combo everyday.
So true about plaids looking very different in different sizes/shapes! And you’re right about pairing with denim…such a great observation/suggestion! 🤓👍🏻😊
This has been one of the best videos you’ve done!!! Whew! So much great information!!! My favorite plaid was the bright SUNNY one! I love what you did with the others but I’m a lover of bright pink and all the colors that can go with it!
Aww thank you so much, Christina!! 😘
Value does all the work, color gets all the credit. As a consequence, I'd use that first & last plaid as a "light."
I'm a bit of an everything but the kitchen sink person when it comes to plaids but appreciate your approach. I've been working on a churn dash quilt for ahem ... four years and often choose a complementary color when pairing up fabrics. Blue and orange, yellow and purple and red and green and occasionally I do as you do and match one of the colors in the plaid itself. One of my favorites involved using the different fabric from inside the yoke paired with the shirt it came from. Had enough fabric in that yoke to do two blocks in opposite colors. In my four or five years since playing with shirts I've yet to see a Denim & Flowers one and guessing I'm not southern enough.
I've always been hesitant when it comes to mixing plaids with solids and will refer to this video often. I also should thank you for feeding my addiction and I'm now stalking solid color shirts as well. Previously unless it was a purple cotton (for the yet started quilt that started this journey) I totally ignored it.
Thanks, Moonlight! I am glad you found the part about mixing solids and plaids helpful! I will happily take the blame for adding to your "addiction" as long as it gives you joy to use those shirts! ❤️
Love that green !
Thank you MS Cathy for all your help❤🙏🌞
You are so welcome, Neva!
You're good with colour. Fun to play with all those colors. Thanks for video
Thank you, Jeanette!❤️
I love to hear your thought process of picking fabrics that go well together. You have a good eye for color. 😊
Thank you, Debra!❤️
Ooooohhh those bright colors make me think of a sunset 🌅 LOVED this video!!
Thanks, Jenna! ❤️
Hi Cathy, I will be glad to work with your difficult fabric! I like a nice challange ;) Thanks for your video. Have a great day.
Maryse, if I can't manage to find something to go with that chartreuse/sage one---it's yours! ❤️
Thanks for another great video. I am finishing up on my second memory shirt quilt. Up2u have inspired me. Maybe the colors clashed, but when I gave the first one to the new owner he cried, and then smiled, remembering the shirts. I didn't expect to make someone cry, I shall see what happens with the next one.
Aww, Apache! 🥰❤️ I love that the quilt you made was so meaningful to the receiver! What a blessing…I’m sure you were blown away by that reaction!
Thank you for this video. Now I can't wait to start pulling plaids from my stash.
Hooray! And you're welcome! ❤️
I'm anxious to see the patterns you use these combinations with. Have a great weekend.
Thanks, DiAnn! I've got to get some of my projects off my plate first!! 😱😂🤓
Your videos are SO helpful! I’m so excited to go thrift shirt shopping! I love polka dots and plaids 💕I love that plaid!
Thank you, Angie! ❤️
I just subscribed this was such fun getting to play with your plaids. I look forward to watching more of your videos. thank you for sharing your smile and your thought process.
Thank you, Denise! ❤️ I’m so happy to have you with me on this journey…thank you for watching and commenting (and subscribing!)
The great thing about white for a background is that you can easily use several white shirts in the quilt. You would have a harder time matching cream shirts.
So very true. I find cream far more challenging to work with than white almost across the board!
This was so fun to watch!
Thanks Yvette!
“Me and the mouse in my pocket” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 omg. New favourite phrase.
lol! Right?!
I have LOVED plaids since l can remember...l wish l could have an honorary tartan for myself...lol 😆
Your mind works in mysterious ways but l like it!!
Me too, Giselle! I have always loved a good plaid! And thanks (I think!?! lol) 🥰❤️
Cathy - your videos provide so much insight into color which I believe so many quilters need. We get used to purchasing fabric bundles or kits where that process is already done for us and we end up with a pile of scraps that we have no idea how to put together. So I thank you from the bottom (or top 😅) of my heart for sharing your thoughts on color. I have never heard anyone discuss how they go about creating a cohesive color palette using a scrap piece of plaid - and thank you for that! 🤗 ❤
Oh yay! Thank you, Peg! 🥰❤️ I'm so glad that it is useful or helpful or interesting (in any way) to you to hear my thought on color!! ❤️
It was fun to watch you process your fabric options and how to make a difficult fabric work beautifully.
I can’t help but be concerned for you and your loved ones regarding the tornadoes recently tormenting the south east. Such terrible devastation in Selma! Hope you are all safe and that help comes swiftly to those displaced and injured. California is dealing with lots of rain and wind as well. ❤️
Thank you for asking, you sweet heart! We are all ok...I got to work only moments before tractor trailer trucks (4 of them!) turned over on the interstate due to tornados and high winds! 😱 You stay safe where you are!
Glad you’re all fine. We’re staying out of the stormy weather as much as possible also. Stay safe 🥰
I'm a big fan of plaids but have never used them in a quilt. That beautiful madras plaid took me back to my teenage years, which I won't say how long ago that was. It was very popular back then. Thank you for breaking down the thought process for choosing colors. I found it very helpful & maybe, just maybe I will try making a quilt with plaids!!
Linda, I hope you will!! If you love plaid, I feel certain you will do a beautiful job with a plaid quilt! ❤️
This will be helpful when I make my applique cat quilt using flannel shirts. I have decided that some shirt fabrics are at their best as shirts. :D
Oh good! So glad you found it helpful! (and yes, I'm inclined to agree with you, but I usually don't know until I've taken them apart! 😱)
Can you suggest block patterns for plaids?
Let me ponder this one and I will come back and comment later!
@@TheCatBirdQuilts I am with Laura! I have a large plaid shirt and think the plaid is too big for the gingham quilt pattern.
With all of these plaids you could add a floral to help calm it. Also, it is helpful to remember that the plaid could be the small accent built around the others. I LOVE this video! XO
So true! Other prints (florals, paisley) can definitely help balance out a strong plaid! So glad you loved the video! ❤️
Another informative and fun video. I enjoy all the advice about color choice. Thank you!!
Thanks, Janie! ❤️
This is a video worthy of watching more than a few times 🤗
What a wonderful compliment! Thank you!! ❤️
Thanks for the breakdown of colour matching. This part in the process is so fun. I've really loved ending my birthday day with your happy chatting. Be blessed, as you are a blessing to me and many more.
Kylie! Happy birthday!! ❤🥰🎉 I hope you had a wonderful day and that it marks the first day in a great new year for you! ❤️
When working with these beautiful plaids I like to revert back to their original use as a shirt. What is the plaid shirt usually paired with but a nice pair of denim jeans? Denim has a wide range of blue shades and will likely look nice with many different plaids. If the plaid shirt is worn as a dress shirt what is it paired with‽? Navy slacks?? Navy blazer??? Tan or gray sport coat?? What color would he choose for a contrasting tie??? Of course, a quilt usually has a much wider color pallet...that's where your color choice (experiment) ideas you show are so helpful. Great idea to use white or cream sashing to unify and calm down the variety of colors.
Halloween quilts are a hoot to make.
Maybe in 2023 I'll find out! 👻🦇🐈⬛🎃
In my scrappy quilts, I love to add a pop of plaids or polka dot fabric. Great tutorial!
Thanks, Raging! ❤️
I love your videos and thank you for the great information. Have a great weekend!
Thank you, Lucila! ❤️
Before Christmas I finished 4 memory quilts for my cousins and the challenge was real! I did have to add other fabrics but one of the quilts was made of several different plaid pants that she wore, somehow it turned out really good. ❤️
Veronica, I think that is the mystery of plaids...they often do turn out really good!! ❤️
Great thought process 👍 Perhaps I should spend more time thinking things through before sewing them together 🤣🤣 Thanks for sharing 👏👏🇬🇧
Thank you, Glynis! ❤ sometimes I think perhaps I should think a little LESS-and then I laugh because I couldn’t think on things less if I TRIED!😂
Love this video...such great suggestions to consider when pulling fabric. I love plaid but I find it challenging to put in a quilt. My question is what is your process when cutting the plaid squares? Do you cut each square individually? That is a very long process and the plaid on some shirts just doesn't cut up straight. It really bothers me if the plaid is not cut and sewn along the straight lines of the plaid. I would love some suggestions please. PS....if your ears are ringing it is because I tell my husband that all these shirts I keep bringing home are necessary because Cathy has shown me that having a great stash of options is a very good thing.
Maureen, I laughed out loud about your response to your husband! 😂 Glad you liked the video! And I think I'm gonna have to do another video about how to work with plaids! ❤️ So stay tuned for those suggestions on how to cut plaid square (Short version: I usually cut them in strips and then into squares. Sometimes they don't line up perfectly and sometimes they don't match each other. 😘)
I love your videos so much! 😍
I would love to see the lime green shirt with that chartreuse plaid. I bet it would be a good match for a bright and happy quilt. 😊
I bought some thrift store shirts and I am working on deconstructing them so soon I will be working on my first men's shirt quilt. Thanks for the inspiration and encouragement! 💚💙
Thank you, Gena! 🥰❤️ Hooray for a first men's shirt quilt!!! Good luck with it! 🤞🏻
This was a wonderful video! As I looked at the hard plaid from a distance, sitting there on the table at the end of the video, it seemed like putting the two colors--chartreuse and sage green--next to each other might actually end up canceling out their related green-ness and tipping them toward yellow and grey. I wonder if the plaid would play nicer with those two colors if you could find the right ones--a slightly cooler yellow and a grey with the right undertones.
That was so fun. I LOVE THE WORDY WORDS! Every time you said a word that wasn’t a word I knew EXACTLY what you meant so technically it was 100% communication and it does not get better than that. 💕💕💕💕 (also say hi to your man in the closed caption booth 😁)
Oh YAY! And YESSSS to communication! So glad you liked this one! ❤️
Ok so this video is the best. You take the time to work out why why not and show us what happens. You make it so simple to get it. I also love your arm stretch. It definitely can change the look. Need to ask what are all your pencils used for? Do you use graph paper to make patterns? I have so many different patterns in the plaids it gets overwhelming.
Connie, I use the colored pencils to color quilt patterns on graph paper (or quilt coloring sheets) when I'm having a hard time visualizing a colorway. And it's great to separate your plaids and put them with solids so they don't feel so overwhelming! And thank you!! ❤️
I learned so much, thank you!
You're so welcome! ❤️ Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thank you Cathy! So much fun to listen to your thoughts and processes. Where I get hung up is trying to figure out all the color/plaid questions in combination with the block or pattern. "Should I use lots of the dark fabric or just little pops of the dark?" "What pieces will the plaid work best in?", "do they need to stay next to each other?"....... In other words....I overthink it. 🤣
So relatable. Maybe I should do a video about this, too!!
Wow, you have a lot of words! 😄 It's interesting to hear what must be going on in my brain, when I pull out all those colors and test them out to see what goes well together. But I don't think I could have ever explained it like you did. Great video! Very helpful and informative! 😁❤
Thanks Robin! 😘
Love love your selections :) And I love plaid too almost as much as gingham lol They can be used in so many ways while they can seem tricky, you made it easy to find a good color selection by not being too focused on the colors in the plaids but what compliments them, which I think is an awesome way to pick out a working selection that blends great.
Thank you so much! I mean, what's not to love about plaid?! 😘
Please explain “putting a natural backing” on your white linen.
I realized I said "backing" but I meant "batting" (a cream-colored or beige batting is what I meant by "natural")
Thank you for sharing your process. Have been avoiding this. I like the way you think.
Thank you for the fine tuning lesson! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks, Lana! ❤️
Great video!
Thanks Anja!
This gave me some ideas. I saw something on the internet once with a bunch of plaids and paired each with a solid in a wonky cross pattern. So I made all these different blocks and although each is ok, all together they are awful. But you keep mentioning sashing and I think if I used sashing I could pull it together into something passable. Off to the sewing room.
YES! Sashing can be the thing that pulls it all together (whether black, gray, cream or white) and sometimes even just an inch wide is enough!
Enjoyed this one! Great demo of getting colors to work. I'll reiterate that you have to a wonderful talent for distinguishing which fabrics that work and which fabrics are clashy. BTW, really love the quilt hanging on your wall--groove on those blues.
Thank you, Beth! I actually have a Quilt Story video about this quilt...it's my very first one! ❤️
Your last plaid in yellow and blue is part of a primary triad. (Yellow, red, blue) Pull the three and see.
I'm glad I am almost finished working on my Irish Chain, because my "next" project just be to cut my brown plaids. ( in italics for emphasis, because I "need" to deal with the explosion of light scraps while not thinking "I should find a light plaid.")
Cathy do you ever put florals with your plaids? Such an interesting video.
Thank you, Lois! ❤️ And I started to say "yes" but I'm not sure I have! I can think of 2 quilts that I've made that used florals and plaids--I don't actually have a ton of florals in my fabric stash!
❤ thank you
You do look a bit like Mrs. Elastica from The Incredibles.😁
😂 Right?!
don't have a problem incorporating plaid fabric. my problem is i can't cut it off grain, so i only purchase woven plaids and stripes so i can cut on a thread.
You are making me laugh today, cheering me up, with your total inability to speak! 🤣
I don’t know what it was…my mouth just worked against me that whole video! 😂😂😂
I have been buying men's shirts at Goodwill, consignment shops, second-hand shops, and rummage sales for years. I buy only 100% cottons, lightly used (or new) shirts; and, I take them apart with a seam ripper (Jack). However, I have found that the newer shirts are glued in some of the seams. One shirt even had the buttons glued on. The biggest problem I see with the glued seams is that alterations may not be possible. Have you found a way to detect glue in the seams before buying them? Is there a way of getting the glue out of the fabric?
I haven’t paid a lot of attention to the glue scenario…probably because I cut the whole seam out with scissors! You might consider soaking them in vinegar to see if that will get rid of the glue. 🤓👍🏻
My mother’s gravestone will say, “but I digress.”
LOL! It could be mine, too!