Originally Posted by shrabar
My grandson was killed on May 10, he was 23 years old . he was hit by a pick up truck crossing the street. I need to make a T shirt quilt is there anything I should know about making the quilt, Thanks, Shirley :-(
Sorry to hear of your loss. My prayers are with you. I have only made one "Harley Davidson" t-shirt quilt and found it to be very easy. I saw somewhere that if you choose the largest design on the t-shirt, make your blocks that size. I cut the blocks through both back and front of the t-shirt. Then I serged all around the four edges, sewed the blocks together and sashed between the blocks w/2 1/2 strips. I used the same fabric for the backing. If you look under "Harley" t-shirt quilt, you will see how I did it. Instead of tying off the quilt, I used the astrik (*) and tacked it down. Yes, I used low-loft batting. The gentleman that I made it for, just loved it. Hope this helps. Let me know...Mary