Share your tips & tricks for making a T-shirt quilt
 

Sorry, I posted in the wrong forum, but would like to see photos of your T-shirt quilts!

I haven't made a t-shirt quilt. My nephew played soccor all through school. So my sisternlaw saved all his shirts and then asked me to make her a "T-shirt" quilt. When I got the shirts they were jerseys. I had a dickens of a time getting it quilted. Some of them I had to put fusiable on the back because of stretching. Especially the little ones.I then put flannel for the backing and tied it. It turned out so good that when I saw it at his graduration party even I was surprised.I regret that I didn't take a picture. FayZ

You should be able to do one easily as long as you put fusible on the back of the t-shirts prior to cutting. I used the fusible tricot, it comes out very nice when done. Many people use the standard lightweight non-woven fusible and are satisfied with the results. With the tricot, you just have to be sure to put the stretch opposite of the stretch on the t-shirt. I loved how the fabric was very soft, not stiff when done.

The t-shirts I had to work with had prints of all different sizes. I added borders of varying sizes so that when done, all my blocks were the same size. Then I added sashing, borders and it came out great. It was heavier to handle than a traditional quilt. I didn't particularly like handling that thru my domestic machine, even with the wider harp space I have. It was a chore and I didn't quilt as much as I would have liked because of it.

Okay I am going to try to post a picture of mine here (haven't tried it on this new forum). I can't believe it worked, hooray for me! This is a T-shirt quilt I made a few years ago. Backed it with flannel and is well-loved!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE3jqR2N4KA They have great tutorials!

Thank you for the help and photos--I appreciate it!