My friend Jean has been taking her kids t-shirts and making them into blankets for years....solving the problem of what to do with those t shirts that are memories of teams or activities . Recently a client asked if I could do the same for 3 boxes of t shirts that she had been saving of her and her husbands t's as well as her kids.
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| Blending Miami U with the MD Terapins....!! |
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| with some Phillies and Eagles added! |
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| Bright colors put together |
Cutting and piecing the major parts of the t's in varying widths breaks up the sizes of the rows in this quilt.
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| Multiple team shirts |
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| Piecing together t shirts using rectangle spacers between |
By placing the parts in different directions there is no top or bottom, so it looks right from all directions.
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| Binding is the back folded over then stitched |
Polartec 100 a very lightweight version of this fabric is used to back the quilts. It is washable and colorfast plus thermal so even though the front is made of t shirt material the back is very soft and snug.
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| Polartec folded over to make the edge |
The backing on this quilt was pieced together from 2 colors polartec, black and grey. Then it is folded over the edge and sewn through and through.
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| The finished quilt |
That looks amazing!!
ReplyDeleteThank you ! You taught me everything I needed to know about doing these quilts.
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