Flying_V_Goddess

Today I'm cutting up the t-shirts for my Slipknot quilt. I should of done it yesterday, but I volunteered for Project Christmas and helped wrap presents for 1100 children in the area and by the time I got back I was too tired to quilt. I'm currently in the process of pressing and ironing the wrinkles before I go cut them and iron interfacing to them.

I'm scared. With a lot of the shirts, in order to get a 16.5" square I'm just a hair off the sleeve and collar seams. It looks like it'd be so easy to cut too short. Its not like I can go out and buy another shirt if I mess up---don't have the money until the 23rd and I'm an hour away from the nearest Hot Topic and I don't drive. But I have ten days left til Christmas to finish this thing and I already put in too much funds and effort---I can't chicken out now!

I'm gonna need some of the board's "you can do it!" encouragement.

Jim's Gem

If you cut them too small, or can't get a big enough piece from the shirt you can use sashing around the block to make them all the same size. That's what a lot of my friends do with their t-shirt quilts, the t-shirt part may be different sizes but they make the block even sized by using sashing.

quiltluvr

I've never done one of those but you sound like you have it all under control. Follow your vision. Don't stress, you'll do just fine. Share pics when you can.

ann clare

You can do it.

misseva

my granddaughter brought me a sack of shirts for a quilt. i've never done a t-shirt quilt before. i'm sorta dreading it.

queenpola

Of course you can! I bet you managed through even more difficulties along yr life :wink:

Raggiemom

Best of luck! Putting sashing around it sounds like a good idea.

just_the_scraps_m'am

think positive!

lovequilts

This is a piece of cake. You can do it. It will be so fun to see when your done. Maybe you can do the squares 16 inched instead of 16.5. just a thought

Blessing,

Lovequilts

ssnare

Maybe your quilt could be smaller than you planned. Come on girl, you are coming into the finish line. Yeah!!!!! ;)