Fabric ideas needed
 

Hi All,
I am making a T-Shirt Lap quilt. As you can see, the blocks are not the same size.
What color "Filler material should I use. Think Batik's in a "Water Stain pattern".
Thanks in advance for the advise.
Mike

I don't see your picture! But I would choose a color that picks up ink colors rather than try to match a shirt fabric color.

That is probably because I failed to post it.
Sorry.

I like your idea of water stain batiks. A light tone on tone works as well.

i'd probably choose lavender

I always gravitate towards black. I think it makes everything else stand out. Or you could use black just for a sashing around each square.

I used both a batik and black.

I would go with a purple, where the darkest parts are about the same as the purple t-shirts.

I'm not sure what a water stain pattern is.

My first thought is something in the darker shade to for sashing. You can build up the smaller blocks in the 'matching' colors (example 'hope' and circled 'race' with pink, the small 'race' with white and pink). I might add cornerstones using all the colors scattered throughout. I'm sure that whatever you choose, it will be well loved. Please remember to post a finished pic.

I really, really like gingerd's idea of the different sizes on the batik with the tiny black sashing. Nice way to show off the shirts but give it an overall look. This site is just so full of creative people and wonderful new ways to look at things!

That's going to make a nice quilt. I'd go bold and use black and pink. I'd surround the dark squares with pink and the light ones with black, making the sashings different sizes so the sashed blocks can then be sewn directly together.

That looks so nice!

How about a shadow quilt? Black or dark gray works best for the shadow, but really any dark fabric that contrasts would work. Light background is needed for contrast.

edited to add: I just noticed the black shirt. Just put a border on it to add contrast. See the light shirt that has a grey border on the bottom picture.

you've got a lot of good suggestions...but what about no filler? I did one like that and my niece really liked it. I used the sleeves from the shirts for the piano keys border

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I was going to suggest doing what Mayert said. I was looking for my picture like that. If you really want to use sashing I would use a mottled purple, or batik. Something dark. I feel black would be too harsh.

Have you tried putting the black T-shirt in the center, then framing it out in pink; then make all the other sashing in black?

A medium gray would look great. In the lower left square is a circle of gray
that has the words 'I believe' in it and also in the center the fire hose ribbon
has a matching gray. And, of course, gray and pink is a classic combo.
I vote for gray!

My vote is for grey. When I made a chemo quilt for a friend with breast cancer, she wanted it a variety of pink fabrics. So I did, and used Zen Grey by Moda for sashing. Love it. There's a soft sophistication to it.

How about a batik that has more than one of the colors? Pink and blue? Pink with lavendar? Pink with black?

Have you tried "filler sashing in different block patterns? Sort of like this:

Thank you all for all the great ideas.

I like Gingerd’s idea and photo and will continue in thatdirection.
I moved the black into the middle and it looks great there,but I kinda wanted to highlight the Pink shirt I have in the middle, but whoknows where the blocks will end up when I am done.

Thanks again.
Mike

how about pink ribbon fabric https://www.onlinefabricstore.net/ti...SABEgKMSPD_BwE