Ghetohound

Hello everyone,

This is my second quilt and i'm running into an issue. I will be as short as possible.

I'm making a t-shirt quilt for my daughter. I have already cut all the shirts and the problem i'm running into is that some of her shirts were very small in the width and others were larger. I cut all the shirts (width) as large as possible and left the length on all of them.

The smallest is 13 inches, the largest is 16. Each shirt has at least 1/2 inch on each side (pattern to pattern). I plan on using sashing in between the rows, but for some reason I can't wrap my brain around this.

Am I doing this right?

Anyone???

Dolphyngyrl

just make sure to stabilize the pieces before you sew

auntpiggylpn

The pieces will be different sizes, it is just the nature of the size of the t-shirt. And yes, stabilize it before sewing it together. Will save you lots of headaches and naughty words later!

QuiltingKrazy

you can cut some of the larger ones down to same size or add some extra t-shirt material to the smaller blocks.
Don't think to hard on it! That is my mistake! I try to hard and my brain won't function on something simple! lol

Ghetohound

Yes...have that ready. But...am I correct on adding the sashing to make all blocks the same size?

Ghetohound

I really think that is what im doing!!!! Thank you for saying that you do it too! LOLLLLL

auntpiggylpn

that would definately work!!!

LindaM

Definitely on the right track, will be very nice momento!

All you need are 'coping' strips - think of these as frames for the squares you have for the t-shirts - for the big t-shirts, you may not need any; for the smaller ones, add a strip of fabric to the top and bottom and/or sides, to make it the same size as your bigger blocks.

Your target, likely, is to make all the blocks the same size - by adding strips to the smaller blocks. You could do the strips just boxing in the t-shirt, or log-cabin style, or attic-window style.

Hope this helps!
Linda

maine ladybug

Can you combine some of the smaller ones together to make the blocks a bit more universal in size? If not, why don't you take the measurements of the largest one and make the others the same size then add your sashing, etc.

auntpiggylpn

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-134100-1.htm Check out this picture here on the board There isn't any sashings. . .

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-1303-1.htm and this one does

depends on your preferences