paintponylvr
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I understand that most quilts are done in cottons or maybe (?) cotton blends.
But I want to know what I should pair up with the older style BDU fabrics. I kept mine and my hubby's army uniforms. I used a lot of them when a friend and I were making quilts and little quilt wall hangings in the early to mid-90s. It had a good bit of cotton, but was much heavier than a lot of the cotton fabrics I've recently looked at.
But I have a bunch again (wish I had the desert camo, but...). These are not the type material available in regular material stores (boy was I recently surprised by the number of patterns and colors in "camo" when I went into a very large fabric store with my daughter - finding material for her final in a sewing class at Meredith College), but the actual uniforms that I have then taken apart. I have some different weights of material - I will have to go thru and see if there is anything listing what the actual fabric content is.
I want to eventually get back to quilting using these. Some will be donated back to Wounded Warriors, some may be sold or raffled off (if I get that far). I want one or several for myself.
At one point, I had quite a number of different types of quilt blocks that I'd worked with and then sewn, keeping the patterns and how I wanted them laid out. BUT they were part of what disappeared when our storage unit was broken into. Can't begin to tell you how many quilting and sewing books went along with a couple of sewing machines and my only serger. Would love more ideas just "2 color" designs - colors to offset the camo (most army uniforms are od green, tan & black in older uniforms, lighter greens and tans for the newer ones). Love re-using the older uniforms that are no longer in use or worn.
I made seat covers for my car years ago (not quilted, just large sections sewn together) - using the large cargo pockets from the jacket and pants for storage areas on the bottom of the seat covers at the floor. I stuck toys, wipes, bum cream and diapers/pull ups in those pockets for easy reach while traveling cross country with my 2 daughters (pregnant w/ 3rd). Was wonderful! Used button hole techniques to make slots for the seat belts and then could remove the car seats and shake out the cover, then putting car seats back in. Soooo easy to take care of and kept "baby debris" off the seats so that I was able to resell the car later.
The newest uniforms for all the services are sooo much lighter than when my hubby and I were active duty! While I wasn't infantry, I did a lot of outdoor "soldier stuff" over the 5 years I was active but still had 2 of my first uniforms last thru the whole 5 years I was active. They sure don't last nearly as long now and they are expensive! Hmmm, maybe that IS the material available to the public at the fabric stores.
Has anyone else ever done this? I know that quite a few of the current mini horse owners have either done service or had family members in the service. Except for the ones that my girlfriend and I did in the mid 90s, I've never seen any quilts made from BDU fabrics in any design.
But I want to know what I should pair up with the older style BDU fabrics. I kept mine and my hubby's army uniforms. I used a lot of them when a friend and I were making quilts and little quilt wall hangings in the early to mid-90s. It had a good bit of cotton, but was much heavier than a lot of the cotton fabrics I've recently looked at.
But I have a bunch again (wish I had the desert camo, but...). These are not the type material available in regular material stores (boy was I recently surprised by the number of patterns and colors in "camo" when I went into a very large fabric store with my daughter - finding material for her final in a sewing class at Meredith College), but the actual uniforms that I have then taken apart. I have some different weights of material - I will have to go thru and see if there is anything listing what the actual fabric content is.
I want to eventually get back to quilting using these. Some will be donated back to Wounded Warriors, some may be sold or raffled off (if I get that far). I want one or several for myself.
At one point, I had quite a number of different types of quilt blocks that I'd worked with and then sewn, keeping the patterns and how I wanted them laid out. BUT they were part of what disappeared when our storage unit was broken into. Can't begin to tell you how many quilting and sewing books went along with a couple of sewing machines and my only serger. Would love more ideas just "2 color" designs - colors to offset the camo (most army uniforms are od green, tan & black in older uniforms, lighter greens and tans for the newer ones). Love re-using the older uniforms that are no longer in use or worn.
I made seat covers for my car years ago (not quilted, just large sections sewn together) - using the large cargo pockets from the jacket and pants for storage areas on the bottom of the seat covers at the floor. I stuck toys, wipes, bum cream and diapers/pull ups in those pockets for easy reach while traveling cross country with my 2 daughters (pregnant w/ 3rd). Was wonderful! Used button hole techniques to make slots for the seat belts and then could remove the car seats and shake out the cover, then putting car seats back in. Soooo easy to take care of and kept "baby debris" off the seats so that I was able to resell the car later.
The newest uniforms for all the services are sooo much lighter than when my hubby and I were active duty! While I wasn't infantry, I did a lot of outdoor "soldier stuff" over the 5 years I was active but still had 2 of my first uniforms last thru the whole 5 years I was active. They sure don't last nearly as long now and they are expensive! Hmmm, maybe that IS the material available to the public at the fabric stores.
Has anyone else ever done this? I know that quite a few of the current mini horse owners have either done service or had family members in the service. Except for the ones that my girlfriend and I did in the mid 90s, I've never seen any quilts made from BDU fabrics in any design.