lynnie

weave them into a rug

recycler

I love how you made this quilt! Silly question, but, how did you do this with the different sized pieces? I am making one for my sil, who has a definite size in mind and wants to get the most tshirts possible in it, so I want to cut them no larger than they have to be, with sashing in between like you have. Thanks for any help!

NoraB

I too had some left-over strips from T-shirts and did not want to toss them out. I ended up joining them into one long strip (there are several videos on the Internet), rolled it into a large ball and then crocheted it into a "bowl" type of container. I don't have a picture to send, but basically I started out crocheting a round center and then added some stitches as I crocheted around to make a base. Then I just continued with the same number of stitches until I ran out of T-shirt "yarn". It ended up kind of cute and I use it to store my music CD's in my sewing room. It's nice and soft. It's about 4" tall and 6" in diameter. Based on your picture...I'd recommend you use maybe 2 strips of the T-shirt "yarn" to do the crocheting.

feline fanatic

I knew a gal who made a hook rug out of them but she said it took forever to dry and abandoned it (she was going to use it as bathroom throw rug). I use mine to tie up tomato plants in my garden in the summer. they work great for that.

AudreyB

I just finished teaching two classes on the tee shirt quilt. I had a LOT of leftovers. One quilter told me that a local quilt shop takes the scraps and donates them to the animal shelter. They use them to make dog beds out of them (I'm not sure if the LQS makes the dog beds or if the animal shelter makes them). She said that when a dog leaves the shelter they throw the bed away. Thus, they need lots of beds. I'm taking my scraps to her next week.

Gannyrosie

I. Saw a diy project where they used strips of old towels, looked like 1/2 by 4 inchs. they then used a square grid and tied each strip on each side of the square. made it a shag rug. those mats you get to put under a rug to keep it from moving around would work and a shag rug is real popular with younger kids.