Manly Mod Charms Quilt: Dad’s Plaid Shirts Memory Quilt

Hi, I have finished another memory quilt project. This one is huge and fits our king size bed. It will be for us. I used Emily Dennis’ Mod Charms Quilt tutorial. I used it before to make the memory quilt that I call Workshirt Mosaic. The pattern is free on her website. She recently gave instructions to make a larger version of it. She calls it a Queen and it finishes at 94 by 112 inches.

These are all my charm squares cut out for my quilt. I used one XL Tall men’s shirt in entirety in my design. The shirt was one that had been hanging in our closet and I would wake up each morning seeing it peek out of the closet at me. My husband’s Mom had given him this shirt of his Dad’s to actually wear but he has so many of his own plaid shirts that don’t get worn.  I knew he wouldn’t miss it. He really likes how the quilt turned out and agrees he has too many of his own shirts to wear.

This was the first graph I did of the design I was wanting. I just wasn’t sure how large to make it so it would fit the king bed. It was neat to see that Emily posted photos on Instagram of cutting out one in black and white using the larger pattern the same day I cut this one out. I sent her a message to thank her for sharing the new directions.  I wanted to make the most of the one shirt.

Starting layout of my charm squares.

This is how my plaid squares will lay out. I tried my best to keep the plaid all going in the same direction  as I cut it off the shirt.

This is the top half of the  quilt rows layed out on the bed.

This is the completed  Manly Mod Charms quilt top. It is next to impossible to photograph in entirety. It is 94 by 112 inches.

This  is how the top fits our king bed from the side. I am wondering about adding another row of squares to the sides so after quilting and washing it doesn’t shrink up too much. I like more wider quilts as my husband can tend to pull them off my side even though I am mostly in the middle of the bed. The three legged tomcat or Clover, our Aussie is on the other side of me. I am most likely going to back this with a sheet so I do not have to piece a backing. Actually, I may still need to piece a back to get one large enough.

This is my 13th memory quilt from the same pile of 30 plaid shirts. I have one more completed and cut out a new one this weekend. I need to design three more and that will become quilts for my husband, his Mom, three sisters, our two kids, two nephews, five nieces, Dad’s brother and Dad’s best friend from college.

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Have a great weekend.

Happy Sewing,

Shelley