Wednesday, September 3, 2008

T Shirt Quilts

Awesome Fireman T Quilt w/sashing
Found on this website: Brightside TShirt Quilts
If you'd rather have someone else make your T quilt,
Brightside is one of MANY peoples that will do it for you.


Rodeo T Quilt w/Sashing
Another T Quilt from Brightside.
Love the clean lines and simplicity of this one



Detroit Lions w/out Sashing
Found this one on Tool Cool TShirt Quilts.com
Another peoples that will make em for ya!

First a DISCLAIMER;

I am in no way an expert in making T-Shirt quilts.
The T quilt I made for son #3 was my first.

But, I did a lot of "research" on making T-Shirt quilts,
before I started Son #3's quilt.
And I do have one quilts worth of experience under my belt.

So I'll share with you, what I know.

I LOVED working on this quilt!
The T-Shirts brought back so many memories.

I'm excited to make both Son #1's and Son #2's now.
I've got a stash of their T's as well.

And I'm super excited to make a Soccer Blanky too! ;o)

There are several "tutorials" on the world wide web.
I've listed a couple of the ones I liked best, on my sidebar.

Want some inspiration ?

I googled; t shirt quilts
My heck!
405,000 hits!
Click on the images tab in the Google Search
and have Fun!

After looking at the fabulous T quilts I've posted here,
go ahead, type in t shirt quilts into Google
and Wah Lah! There is a plethora of ideas!

I will say, probably the 2 keys that most peoples don't know
and will make a HUGE difference in making your quilt are;

1. No fabric softener when you wash the T's
and
2. Interfacing

Would love to see any T quilts that any of my
Simply Awesome Blogging Friends have made!

Love this one.
I found this one on about.com HERE
This is a Memory T Quilt.
Not only did the maker use T's
She also used scanned pictures, and other memorabilia.
Awesome quilt.

And if you'd like to incorporate a little quiltiness into your T quilt.
Check out these two quilts. Purty clever.

The one found above @ about.com HERE.
Cute little quilty star in the middle
and a quilty border too.

This one found on Genome Quilts by Beverly St. Clair








3 Simply Awesome Blog Friends Said:

Thimbleanna said...

Man, I should send the two t-shirt quilts that I need to do to you! I. Don't. Like. Making Them. And I've been putting off doing them -- they're for a friend whose husband died two years ago. I've got the T's all ready to go -- just too much other FUN stuff to work on! I love the ones you've shown with no sashing. The ones I'll be doing have sashing though.

quilterpolly said...

great job on all the t-shirt quilts and tutorials:) Thanks so much:)

Jacquie said...

what inspiration. before i saw this i thought they all looked the same. thanks so much.