T-shirt quilt for a friend's son - high school graduation gift
06-21-2013, 08:11 AM
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I like the beige and brown sashing/cornerstones. You were given good ideas for the quilting. I haven't had much success in quilting my tee shirt quilts. My machine has a hard time going over the "rubberized looking" logos. Lately I've bought a teflon presser foot to try to do my next t-quilt. Hope it works. I love the FMQ on the "trip to Australia" quilt. My next tee shirt quilt (for our graduate this coming year) may be a QAYG so I can try FMQ on a block at a time. I can hardly wait to see your quilt. The shirts are so interesting and colorful. Good luck. You've got the hardest (most tedious) job done already.
06-21-2013, 09:47 AM
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I just finished a large t shirt quilt. Took it to a lady that long arms and she quilted mostly an open swirl design but the great thing she did: she did not quilt over any of the words or symbols. It really made the t shirts pop when she was finished. Good luck.
06-21-2013, 11:00 AM
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Thanks for the advise about how to quilt the top. I do think that going around the logos and t-shirt designs is the best way to make the quilt pop. Will post a pic when it's done. Thanks much. - julie
06-21-2013, 11:20 AM
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I made this one for my oldest granddaughter (27)..she loved it...[ATTACH=CONFIG]420346[/ATTACH] made it up as I went along...second one for younger granddaughter (24) was easier...kinda knew what I was doing..she loved her's also...Yours is going to be very pretty...
06-21-2013, 11:45 AM
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Gail, I did sewed over the rubberized logos - once. Never again. I'll quilt around it, in the open spaces (like the middle of an O), and in-between the lines, but I've given up on quilting over the logos. It really does seem to make the shirts stand out more, especially after they've been washed.
06-24-2013, 04:35 AM
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Hi - well, here is the quilt top minus the borders. The one mistake I made is on some of the quilt blocks I used a stiffer stablizer than on others, consequently, the quilt doesn't manuver and bend as well. I am quilting on a Singer 301A and I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to quilt this as neatly as I would like. Thinking about just tying this quilt. The mother of the boy I'm doing this for probably doesn't want to spend the money on a longarm quilter. Also debating what kind of batting to use. I think a low loft W&N would be best as my machine doesn't like the poly batting at all! Also my 301 doesn't have a walking foot to do the SITD very well. Taking my time on this one, don't want to make any mistakes.
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