#MakeDoQuilt Ring Around the Collar
I started out making this quilt by connecting the collars (see this post for more info) with button strips, sans buttons:
I quickly realized all of the buttons were going to break needles, so removed them all and they filled an empty Altoids tin:
I used those to "quilt" the quilt, sort of a tie-quilt, only with buttons, in the shape of a ring. After I took the buttons off, there were little tufts of thread where they had been. I left the tufts...I like the way they look.
Here's the quilt all stitched together, also using the buttonhole strips, with two long cuts to create a wide center strip:
Here's the strip, flipped:
And here are two strips of leftover Roman shade lining (double thickness) to break up all the color:
For the batting, I frankensteined together leftover strips from other projects:
As I mentioned above, I "quilted" the quilt with buttons arranged in a ring. I hand-stitched them on, buttons on both sides, eye-balling the circle quarter by quarter:
I used leftover variegated thread from my Kimberly Einmo quilt to sew on the buttons:
And used more leftover shirt material to make the binding:
Behold! Ring Around the Collar. A heap of scraps otherwise destined for the landfill, saved by the grace of Sherri Lynn Wood and her #MakeDoQuilt Challenge. So grateful for her motivation & inspiration:
The back, using scraps and cuffs:
