T-shirt quilts - - - FINISHED!!!!

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05-05-2010, 07:34 PM

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CarrieAnne

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Really neat!

05-05-2010, 07:34 PM

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CarrieAnne

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Really neat!

05-05-2010, 09:58 PM

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myladyjane

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I have never done a quit yet, I sew. I was told you can't make a t-shirt quit. Well I know better now. Thank You!! I've wented to make a t-shirt quit for my grandsons for a long time. Just by looking at your's I think I can. Thanks !!!

05-06-2010, 07:24 AM

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Dani

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I LOVE your T-shirt quilts!!!!!!!!!! Dani

05-06-2010, 07:50 AM

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ginnie6

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question please! Did you use regular cotton for the borders and cornerstones? I have some t shirts cut out but have not been brave enough to start on them.

05-06-2010, 08:59 AM

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Lyn4ty

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Great looking quilt, great job on it!

05-06-2010, 01:44 PM

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jojo47

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Originally Posted by LeslieSkelly

cool quilts!!! I have 2 tshirt quilts cut out but have not been brave enough to start sewing.

Oh, but you must start them! They are such fun quilts! I've made two - one for each son of a good friend - and she was well-please with them. I wanted to do a pic and post it, but no one was here to hold the quilt up for me, and the one I took of it on the bed didn't do it justice.

Booklady, your quilts are great! I have material for a t-shirt quilt for my DD, and am anxious to get at it.

Thanks for sharing!

05-06-2010, 01:45 PM

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jojo47

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Originally Posted by booklady

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Originally Posted by Sheree from Chicago

What a great quilt! I heard T-shirt quilts were hard to work with because of the stretch. You did a fabulous job!

Not bad, you just have to put a very sheer piece of iron on interfacing to deal with the stretch.

I used woven interfacing in mine and the shirts handled beautifully.

05-06-2010, 01:56 PM

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jojo47

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Originally Posted by gloryj8

where can I learn how to make a t-shirt quilt??? I need to know what to do with the tee shirt material.

I have a booklet 'T-Shirt Quilts' by Jane Davila and Linda Oehler Marx of The Country Quilter. The website is: www.countryquilter.com. You might ask at your LQS if they have it or if they can get it for you. The booklet not only gives good instructions, but also has several different ways to set the quilt blocks into a quilt.

There is also a single pattern - 'T-Shirt Memories' put out by Front Porch Quilts in Houston, TX. The website is:
www.frontporchquilts.com

Hope this helps!

05-06-2010, 02:01 PM

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jojo47

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Originally Posted by charismah

Nice job! I want to make these for my kids.....but the t-shirts are usually pretty well used and yucky before they want to let go of them.

Do like my friend did when she asked me to make one for her son...She simple went through the shirts and took the best of the bunch when he wasn't home and gave them to me at work. Darn! I wish I could have gotten a good picture!