Have you ever said no to something so many times, and then suddenly your mind changes? It feels like God is leading you in a different direction, and you need to pay attention. Since I opened my quilt studio, the most common question I was asked was, "Do you make t-shirt quilts?" I always said no because I always pictured a t-shirt quilt with blocks the same size and sashing in between. It felt monotonous to me, and I want to be creative with my longarm.
One night I stumbled on a YouTube video by Amy Domke, who showed her method of piecing a t-shirt quilt directly on the longarm. A lightbulb went off! A few days later I went to a local thrift shop for their half-price Labor Day sale and bought a wide variety of t-shirts to test out the method. Spoiler alert...I liked it! I went to bed each night thinking about the custom quilting, which really highlights each logo. It was fun to pick a quilting design based on an element of the shirt. On the oldest logos that are more plasticy feeling, I did minimal quilting so the logo would not crack over time.
Making a quilt is a time-consuming, multi-step process. Send me your freshly-laundered shirts (without fabric softener or dry sheets), and I will send you back a completed quilt, ready to snuggle under.
If you have a bucket of shirts that you would like to turn into a quilt, I would be happy to help you with that! The cost is $30 per shirt. My example quilt has 30 shirts and the final size was 55" by 77". This made a nice size throw. With this method, the minimum number of shirts I ask for is 25 shirts. That would give you a throw around 50" by 60". Of course, there can be more shirts if needed. The cost of $30 a shirt includes: the piecing of the quilt, custom quilting specific to each area, bamboo backing, cotton backing and binding with chenille yarn trim. Bamboo backing helps the quilt stay drapey and not very heavy. If your shirt has a front and back logo you would like to use, that would count as two shirts. If you have an area of a shirt that you do not want to include, please mark it out with painters tape.
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