T-shirt Quilt--Need help!!

I have never made a T-shirt quilt. I don't know anything about how to even begin. Now I have been asked to make one for a very dear friend. I contacted all of my quilty friends locally and none have them have any experience with them either.

This quilt would be for a very dear friend who recently lost her 33 yo son very tragically. The son was my daughters closest friend all through school. His sisters have asked me to make a quilt from his favorite t-shirts for his mom. I hesitate to tackle this unless I know what I am doing. This group is so wise and diverse so I am hoping that you can talk me through the project. Bear in mind that I know nothing about making a quilt from t-shirt fabric.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with me!

Connie from ND

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Connie Einarson
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This comes up on occasion. Check the group archives & google; there's a ton of info and different techniques & ideas. I'd start with a google image search to get a visual idea of what you want, then switch over to web search to find the instructions, tips, etc. Come to think of it, they've changed google recently so you may not have to switch over.

Doc

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Dr. Zachary Smith

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Roberta

Linda Long has an inexpensive little book/kit with all you need to know about making a basic t-shirt quilt. She appeared on "Simply Quilts" one time and this is the link to that episode's write-up,

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I still see the book for sale in the Keepsake Quilting and other catalogs from time to time.

Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia

My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more -

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Carole-Retired and Loving It

Here's a link I had saved "for later":

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and this one:

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Trixie

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Trixie

Ditto everything that Roberta said.

I made one and used 12 inch finished size squares. I got a piece of plexiglass that was precut to 12 1/2" that I could lay it out exactly on the t-shirt to place it exactly and then rotary cut around it. Pick a good quality fusible so it fuses well and will stay fused, take time and patience to smoothly lay out your cut piece on the fusible. I placed a towel over the t-shirts because of the printing and pressed, not ironed, then turned over to press from the backside to make sure it was fused. I found a navy blue background with pin-point dots of all colors for the sashing. I was very lucky to find it and it pulled all the colors together. I tied it off, but stippling or what Roberta did sounds wonderful. Personally I would be afraid to tackle something of that size on my regular machine.

Lastly, go slow. I had help of the person whose t-shirts they were, and they wanted to rush, but after almost messing one shirt up from not taking the time to cut well, and smooth evenly, she slowed down as well.

Just my experience. Hope it is helpful.

Steven Alaska

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Steven Cook

I've never made one but this was the first thing that came up when I googled "t-shirt quilt how to": . It looks helpful & I suspect there are lots of other articles out there.

Julia > I have never made a T-shirt quilt. I don't know anything about how to

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Julia in MN

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