Hello, I am from Lake Worth, Fl and make t-shirt quilts

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04-09-2010, 01:11 PM

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dsb38327

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Welcome. I have stayed away from tee shirt quilting. I would love if you did a post telling us how you did it.

04-09-2010, 01:27 PM

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awesome quilts

04-09-2010, 03:02 PM

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Hello and welcome from Louisiana!

04-09-2010, 04:37 PM

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susie0808

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Hello and welcome from NY. Great job on those t-shirt quilts!

04-09-2010, 04:59 PM

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Welcome to the board from Southern California!!
Nice quilts!!!

04-09-2010, 06:31 PM

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littlehud

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Hello and welcome from SW Iowa. Glad to have you here. Your T shirt quilts are awesome.

04-09-2010, 07:16 PM

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Charity Quilter

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Wonderful quilts! I grew up in Ft Laud....left there for the Carolina's when hubby and I married. Welcome from South Carolina!

04-10-2010, 04:13 AM

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Christine Ryan

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I am using Pellon 906F, it is for lightweight to medium weight fabric. I have tried many kinds and this is the best. Follow the instructions carefully, the time to press in one place is 10 sec. which is very true. I use a steam iron on cotton setting. I place the tee face down on top of a teflon pressing sheet [www.softexpressions.com/software/notions/jtTeflon.php], then the pellon and then a regular pressing cloth.

They are easy to make.

04-10-2010, 04:14 AM

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Christine Ryan

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Thank you to everyone for the kind welcomes!

04-10-2010, 04:21 AM

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Christine Ryan

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These are so easy to make. I place a 12 1/2" or 15" template over the graphic on the shirt and trim about 2" wider. Some shirts you may need to piece backs to front to fill up the "block". (these are plexiglass templates from a quilting store). Next: Stabilize the backs of the shirts, this is very important to keep them from stretching. I use Pellon 906F. After you stabilize trim to exact size using the templates. Now you have your blocks. Do a layout on the floor of how you want your shirts to look.

Then cut fabric 2 1/2" wide to sew to each side of the shirt and join them together forming a row. Then sew a longer strip to the top and bottom of the rows and join them together. After your rows are sewn together, add a strip to the left and right sides. Now you have a "top". I like to add a 1" border around that to separate from the 4" outer border.

If you have any questions let me know. Don't hesitate to do this!