I put DH's quilt on hold because my dear sweet friend from high school Julie requested a tee shirt quilt made of all her husband's old shirts. They were in excellent, like-new condition. . compared to my husband's shirts. . I could barely tell they have been worn! They were in such good condition in fact, that I was able to use the back of all the tee shirts for the backing.
The style of tee shirt quilt she chose is what I refer to as a "tetris" style tee shirt quilt. Instead of the usual blocked quilt with the posibility of sashing, the main logos or screenprints of the shirts are cut-out and arranged in a haphazard fashion. If you haven't made a quilt like thsi . . it's actually interesting. It brings an element of puzzle-ish fun into the mix. I really dig it!
Here's a shot of the front and back.
If anyone would like for me to make a tee shirt quilt for you. Feel free to contact me at Krati@aol.com For a 64" x 84" quilt, or big enough to cover just the top of a queen sized bed, I charge $150.
As soon as I get this quilt of my husband's complete (should be tomorrow) I"ll be sure to share some photos.
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Okay Okay, better late than never. ;c) Here's the photos of the front and back of my husband's grateful dead tee-shirt quilt. I quilted it with big loop-d-loops with my free-motion foot. The back is just some colorful "trippy" fabrics that were in my stash. I also tied the corners with some thick variegrated yarn.
I made one using Boone's t's for his son for Christmas. I used red and black sashing.
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day!!
I just found your blog through Cyberquilters you are quite the ambitious quilter love your BOM`s and your finishes too. Can you zap some of that energy my way??
ReplyDeleteYour DH is right your quilts are beautiful!!
Hi Katie
ReplyDeleteI would love to follow your blog- but the service is unavailable?
You are so smart! And I love to hear some one appreciate her husband!
Marié - HAHA - thanks so much LOL. I'm not sure why it would say "service unavailable" PRobably blogger/google being wierd. If it doesn't work after a couple tries, I would try refreshing the screen, and make sure you're logged in to blogger or google when you're trying to follow. CHEERS!
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog and I love it. My ex-sil has asked that I make him a Tshirt quilt (he is also a Grateful Dead fan).
ReplyDeleteI am encouraged to see your Tshirt quilt; it looks great. How do you quilt the Tshirts? I have not received the Tshirts yet so I have no idea what this will look like.
TY for the inspiration.
Jocelyne - The grateful Dead tee shirt quilt I quilted as a whole. But, I kind of wish I would have quilted it QAYG like I did the other tee-shirt quilt. It's a lot to squeeze through a DSM.
ReplyDeleteSince the tee-shirts are stretchy and there's so much bulk, I recommend just an all-over free-motion meander. If you don't do free-motion quilting, you could do straight lines across with a walking foot, or a cross-hatching would look good too. If you need any help feel free to email me!