Quilt Shot Block #91~ T-Shirt Quilt

A Band T-shirt Quilt

This was my first T-shirt quilt

These special T-shirts survived a house fire set by a burglar while the family was at work and school.

After the shirts were cleaned by a specialty company, they were boxed away hoping a quilt could be made.

The layout process went quickly, because the teen laid out the T-shirts

 in the order she wanted them and email a picture.  

Certainly saved a lot of my decision making time.

 The largest printed screen was under 22 inches,

so I used my big ruler to cut them out in one layer.

I didn't cut the t-shirts apart, because I wanted to keep as much fabric intact as possible.

I didn't know what I might need later.

 The squares were chalked, then single layers cut with scissors.

 A piece of laminate that was cut off the cutting table when I moved was used to create a pressing area.

A sheet folded several times worked as a padding.  

All layers kept the cutting mat from getting warm.

I had purchased a large bolt of iron on interfacing years ago.

 

Smaller units from sleeves.

 After putting the 22 inches squares together,

I decided the quilt was going to be too big to manage easily,

and would absolutely swallow a twin bed.

So I trimmed the squares to 12 ½ inches, my favorite workable size.

One thing I really like about my Dream Frame quilting frame,

is I only need to pin the backing the the leader clothes.

Then I pin one edge of the batting and quilt top.

I don't have to pin or baste the whole quilt.

I try to remember to make the quilt label and sew onto the backing

 BEFORE

I do the quilting.

This one happened to land inside a printed area of a shirt where I didn't do quilting.

 How to Make Quilt Labels

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