t shirt quilts
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t shirt quilts
Hi, I have been asked to do several t-shirt quilts for grandsons and was wondering if there is a use for extra parts of the shirts after the logos have been cut off. Seems like a lot of waste to throw out backs, sleeves and bottoms of shirts. What do you all do with these extra parts?
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Jeanne
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Jeanne
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I use the backs of tee shirts as fillers for smaller shirt logo, like sashing on those blocks. I like to have my blocks going in all directions. Then when using the quilt you can read some blocks regardless of how the quilt is positioned on your lap
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I tear them into strips and use them to tie up tomato plants in my garden.
I have used small logos sometimes printed on long sleeved T's or on the breast pocket (where the big logo is on the back) as cornerstones in the setting.
I have used small logos sometimes printed on long sleeved T's or on the breast pocket (where the big logo is on the back) as cornerstones in the setting.
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You can cut the rest into strips to crochet or knit with. You cut with the knit pattern so the curl into tubes. There are tutorials on the net on making yarn out of t shirts. I have also seen a bath mat made from short strips latch hooked onto a backing grid and another where they were sewn onto a hand towel.
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When I made my grandson's baseball t-shirt quilt, I had enough of the gray left overs to make an inner border. Then I used the feather stitch on my machine to sew it, which reminded me of the stitches on the baseballs. He did agree.
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