Quilt Block 138F ~ Seven Shirt Quilt- Quilting or Tacking?

 

Seven Shirt Quilt Along- Part6

This is a series of the process of making a

quilt from 7 men shirts.

An idea from "The Thrifty Quilter" blog that has been deleted from the internet.

Part 1 showed how to choose the shirts and cut them apart.

 Part 2 showed how to cut the pieces for the quilt. 

 Part 3 showed how to piece the center of the quilt. 

 Part 4 showed how to add borders

Part 5 showed how to make the backing from shirts

 

This post suggests ideas for quilting.

 

Remember before you start quilting,

make sure you have already added your label to the quilt.

 

Quilting Ideas

The original designer of this quilt

saved all the buttons from the shirts.

The buttons were evenly distributed across the quilt and tacked on.

 

However, all of the buttons on the shirts I used to make this quilt,

 had been removed by previous owner,

so I thought I'd use the button tacking stitch.

I found the widest & lowest stitch length zig-zag

 of about 5 or 6 stitches to work well.

 

Tacking is easily done on a regular machine.

I started out on my Dream frame,

but because of time used to reposition quilt,

I moved to my regular machine and worked faster.

 

Tie off lose threads,

or if you feel your machine finished the stitch well,

just cut loose threads.

 

Then of course you can quilt as you desire.

Be aware if you have a long arm Quilting friend to do your quilting,

they may not like the features from the shirts you kept

such as tabs, slits, any flat felled seams, top stitched seams or snaps, etc.

These can interfere with the machine's work,

especially computer directed stitching and break needles.

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I hope you've been inspired by this tutorial

to make a memory quilt, 

clean out a closet,

or go yard sale-ing

to look for 7 men shirts.

Also, consider look for a thin blanket 

to use as batting while you're at it.

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