King-Size T-Shirt Quilt

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12-22-2012, 06:45 AM

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Bonbonary

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That is so impressive! I love the yellow stripes you used to set everything off. It really makes the quilt unique.

12-22-2012, 07:11 AM

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gabeway

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Love t -shirt quilts! It was definitely worth the wait!

12-22-2012, 07:17 AM

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Caroline S

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Awesome quilt.

12-22-2012, 07:24 AM

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smockingRN

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Wow!

That is so beautiful! I've never seen a more effective T-Shirt quilt. Are those LSU colors? Thanks for sharing,
Karen in Louisiana

12-22-2012, 07:27 AM

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#1piecemaker

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Wow!! What an awesome quilt!! I was wondering about the symbols too. I bet the owner was as proud as he could be. Love the colors. they are the same as our local school.

12-22-2012, 07:31 AM

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barny

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It is beautiful. I've not seen one in full color like this. I love it. I'm sure he does.

12-22-2012, 08:29 AM

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mighty

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Wow, that is really a wonderful quilt!!!!!!!

12-22-2012, 08:38 AM

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patricej

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nance-ell

It's gorgeous! 3 years? That's daunting when I'm considering starting one for my step son today and wondering if I could possibly finish by Christmas! lol (I'm thinking probably not).... Anyway, I love, love, love they way you offset some of the t-shirts. I'd love to try that in mine, but that's probably a bit ambitious for me. Thanks so much for sharing.

there's a very long story behind why it took so long.
i didn't work on it every day. other things interrupted often and for months at a time.

offsetting the shirts wasn't difficult.
i just treated them like big centers of a wacky log cabin or crazy quilt square.
i tilted them and then added to each of the four sides until they were big enough to trim back to the final size.

i used one of the many quilt as you go methods.
it was huge and heavy, but with some help from a friend i managed to wrassle it through to add straight-line quilting to the sashing.

thanks for all the compliments.