There are lots of different styles of T-shirt quilts and they are all the rage today. You can get a t-shirt at any event, sometimes included with the price of admission. Keeping all those shirts can really take a lot of room in your storage spaces and for what? You might never wear them again. The following […]
One of the quilting world’s staple designs is the meander. Sometimes we don’t even think of the meander as a design. It is just a single line wiggling all over the quilt. The word meander actually comes from the name of a river in south western Turkey that has a lot of twists and turns. Now it just […]
T-shirts as we know them came out sometime after World War II. Since that time they have grown to become a major part of our culture today. Do you know anyone who hasn’t at one time or another worn a t-shirt? Now a days, you can buy a t-shirt emblazoned with just about any company […]
There are a lot of reasons to make a quilt. You need a bedspread of a certain color or fabric, you like the look of the vintage pieced quilt, or you are an artist using fabric as your medium. But one of the reasons people love quilts, is that they allow you to use fabric […]
Some of us are hoarders. We like to keep things that have long past their usefulness. But how do you throw away something that reminds you of happy times? How do you throw away something you’ve held onto for decades? Some of us just can’t do it. But then the question is what do we […]
Can you imagine having the opportunity of traveling the world? What souvenir would you buy to commemorate each of those destinations? Some buy snow globes, or magnets, or postcards. One gentleman bought Harley Davidson t-shirts. In total, he collected over fifty of these shirts but lacked any way of displaying them. That is where Joanne […]
Intricate complicated piecing designs are amazing to look at. These are the show stoppers that demand attention at competitions or hanging on your living room wall. But not every quilt needs to be ornate. A lot of times, we just want a warm quilt to curl up in on a cold winter’s evening. The following […]
What’s the perfect gift for a soccer star who has it all? A T-shirt quilt made with their jerseys of course! What do you think of Sue’s Soccer Jersey quilt? I love the black and white sashing and cornerstones. The nine-patch blocks remind me of the pattern on a traditional soccer ball. Isn’t that clever? At […]
There is never just one way to do something right, especially with artistic endeavors. Multiple choices should be seen as multiple opportunities to try something new. With longarm quilting there are so many choices to be made like thread, color, density, and design. In fact, our renters have three different ways to quilt their quilts. […]
Have you ever had a friend suggest that you use Minky to back a quilt, only to have another friend say, “It’s SO hard to sew with Minky!” Should you try it or not? Is it O.K. to use fabrics other than quilting cotton in your quilt? The answer is YES! Some fabrics need to […]
On Saturday, our fearless adventurers finished up their T-shirt quilts on the third day of T-Shirt Quilt Camp. In their first session, they learned how to use the heat press to stabilize their T-shirts, then selected a layout for their tops. In the second session, they cut out sashings and borders and assembled much of […]
I got a new toy to use while making t-shirt quilts. I always put a non woven fusible interfacing on all the shirts I use in a t-shirt quilt to help stabilize it. This used to be a real chore, because I could only fuse a small amount at a time since I was limited […]
Kitty is at it again! Who knew that when she took that T-shirt quilt class from me, she’d be whipping out so many great t-shirt quilts? She made another one for Jennifer. This one has great personality. Take a look at the “Trix are for Kids” shirt. Oh, and the Hawaiian Punch & Spongebob shirts. […]
Patty’s daughter is going to get a fun, funky t-shirt quilt for her graduation! Patty picked out her own fabrics for the sashing, cornerstones, outside border, binding and backing. Here’s the stack of T-shirts waiting to be interfaced and blocked. Take a look at this custom air brushed shirt of Patty’s daughter. Isn’t that awesome? […]
I’ve been so snowed under lately that I haven’t had a chance to breathe, much less post! Here’s a beautiful T-shirt quilt I just finished. This young woman is a recent grad from the University of Kentucky. She used bright, cheery, fun, wonderful colors to frame out her shirts. Pretty, isn’t it? […]
This is a graduation gift for Laura’s daughter. The shirts are all mementos from the things she holds dear. Laura told me her daughter was just a wonderful young woman who has been a joy to watch grow up. The back of this quilt is black dotted minkee fabric and feels like chinchilla fur! The […]
This is Jennifer’s T-shirt quilt made for her daughter by her good friend, Kitty. Can you tell her daughter likes horses? You can’t see it but the backing is a plush microfleece fabric. If you haven’t used it before be aware that it stretches and sheds like crazy when you are putting a seam in. […]
This is a gift for Kitty’s daughter who is graduating this year. Don’t you love how you can get a glimpse into what interests someone through the t-shirts that mean a bunch to them? Kitty made this top herself and asked me to quilt it for her. I don’t have a photo of it but […]
Here’s Kris’ T-shirt quilt: bound and ready to be delivered to her tomorrow! I did an overall meander that added some great texture to her t-shirt quilt. This type of quilting would be easy to do on your domestic sewing machine as well. Just think of it as puzzles pieces or a wandering path […]
This is the t-shirt quilt made for Kris’ son. He is an athlete with talent in a variety of sports. She’s got t-shirts of his in there from basketball, soccer, and baseball. But there are also t-shirts showing how smart this young man is as well. The most impressive one is a t-shirt from a […]
Lisa’s t-shirt quilt is done! This quilt is made up of her son’s many sports shirts. The focus block, however, is a special kiddo shirt that must have made Lisa’s heart sing every time she saw him in it. As I finished this quilt I started thinking about how nice it would be to have […]
I find it funny that the past three quilts I’ve done are all for different Lindas! This one is Linda S’s t-shirt quilt. I’ve never seen a t-shirt quilt like this before- it is so original. She put the background fabric together then appliquéd the t-shirt panels on the top. The edges are trimmed out […]
It’s done! I pieced the top at RIM and now it is officially quilted and bound! The shirts came from my dad’s closet. He’s got a bit of everything in there, including his army patches/insignias. I even put a functioning pocket from his Walgreens smock at the perfect height for a remote. He was speechless […]
Here’s the latest T-shirt quilt I pulled off the frame and delivered. My client loved it and said it was going to be incredibly difficult to keep it a secret until the big presentation moment. The shirts are from all the teams her daughter was a member of over the course of her school years. […]
