Originally Posted by Prism99
Originally Posted by booklady
The "floaters" are nicer looking in my opinion but the grid ones looked good too.
What do you mean by floating the t-shirts? I can't figure out what this is or how you do it.
When I cut all the shirt designs in one size and set them in a grid pattern, that's my grid design.
other times I cut the shirt design to fit the design and all the shirt pieces might be different sizes. I then set them up with a solid color sashing and no specific grid pattern. I call that floaters because the shirts seem to float on the background.
You can see from my avatar that the shirts are all different sizes. They are cut with a three inch grid in mind. The shirts are 3, 6, 9, 12, 15" by 3 , 6 9, 12, 15. All cutting measurements are divisible by 3". Then I lay out a pattern using grid paper. I use "sticky notes" cut to the shirt design and play with the grid pattern and the sticky notes untill all the shirts have a spot. Then I measure my sashing to fit in between. On the avatar quilt top the 3" squares were used in the sashing. The back side uses a teal fabric for the sashing. I'll check my computer to see if I have better pictures that might show this.
My first try was to cut all shirts according to design, then figure out the sashing. This was a geometric nightmare because there was no rhyme or reason to sizes. Then I got smarter and cut the shirt designs on a 2" or 3" grid. The sashing was much easier.
Again, I'll look for some photos to show this better.