Here's what's been keeping me good for the past few weeks; old shirts! Inspired by Frugal Queen's tutorial on using old shirts for quilt making (you can find it here). I've used some of Mr CB's old shirts that are too big for him and bought some at 3 for £1.49 in a charity shop bargin bin. I've bought several others two, all for under £2 each. All are in good condition and either cotton or good quality poly cotton. I also got a like new cream coloured sheet for the background colour for £1.50. It's amazing how much fabric is in a men's shirt. These are some of my unpicked shirts, tied into bundles and ready to be ironed and chopped up.
I've got an old sewing machine but it doesn't work very well so I'm using the English Paper Piecing method and making lots of 1 1/4 inch hexagons on paper templates...
...sewing them together into flower motifs...
...and joining them to make the quilt top...
It will take awhile to make as I'm doing it all by hand but I'm really enjoying it and in the mean time I can be on the look out for a duvet cover in good condition to use as a backing for the quilt. The only new material I'll need will be batting for the middle layer of the quilt so that will be the only expensive bit. Hours of thrifty fun!