t shirt quilt pattern
T-shirt Quilt Pattern
T-shirt Quilt? Even better, T-shirt Quilt Pattern? Words playing gibberish with your gray cells? Not anymore. If you believe in the concept of recycling, here is your chance to prove it. How to make a t-shirt quilt will be an endeavor worth your thread.
- The first step is decide the size of the quilt. You need to be certain how large a quilt you would like to create. Would you like to create a cozy lap quilt or a full-sized bed quilt is the question you need to ask yourself before you begin with the procedure.
- Wash all the t-shirts that you have sorted, in order to use them. Slice them from the seams and remember to keep the logos and symbols on the t-shirt safe and intact. Inclusion of logos will make the quilt appear authentic and very 'you'! It should reflect, rather, be you.
- Now separate the t-shirts in accordance to their size and the size of the image on the t-shirt.
- The t-shirt with the largest image must be placed first and a 2 to 2.5 inch border should be added, thereby creating a quilt frame. The frame would serve to be the decision maker for the sizes of other quilts that need to be accommodated on the quilt and giving you a fair idea of how many quilt frames would fit atop the quilt.
- Using a piece of cardboard and cutting it according to the measurements of the quilt frames, you would have achieved a banner style to cut your t-shirts.
- A woven type or a non woven type that is non-stretchy interfacing should be applied to the borders of the fabric to cease curling. The interface is used to make the tee non-stretchy during the process of sewing.
- Now is the time for the final layout. Place the square pieces on the table to view how the quilt would look.
- Each quilt square should be stitched to the adjoining one, thereby forming rows. Now put the rows together, stitch them up and add a border of cotton or non-stretch fleece.
- For greater durability, sew a cotton blend material on the back side. If you have shirts in bulk you could use them as well to make the backside of the quilt.
- A batting made of polyester will serve the purpose. If you want to leave out the batting process, you may do so.
- Provide the final touch by tying the quilt, you may also pin it up for a better hold of edges. Your t-shirt quilting is done.
- The simplest layout, to start with is the grid pattern, where you could attach rows of four and add sashaying or borders to the quilt.
- If you have t-shirts or clothes of babies, little tops and tee's could be used for the purpose of sashaying or making a border of the quilt. Now that is what we mean when we say waste management.
- To make an impressive quilt border, you could use jeans material, or cut up a denim skirt that has pleats and arrange it on the border, shirts of different fabrics to decorate the quilt and give it a personality that screams 'you'.
- You could make a cozy pillow size quilt by varying the quilt size. With an added border you could give the pillow a dimension of its own, making it look larger.
- Making a lap size quilt is an easy t-shirt quilt pattern. You could use logos from the t-shirts and attach them with blocks that match the color scheme of the t-shirt logo. You could add corners to the logo, by attaching it to a blank, plain fabric followed by attaching the squares together.
- Another quilt pattern is creating a single or a double bed quilt. Employ t-shirts that have large prints or images, stitching them together and adding sashaying and borders to make the quilt.
- Create a queen or king size quilt for a huge bed. You could stitch it up with colorful squares intermittently and add a splash of style and persona to the quilt. The quilt must have a royal design, rather an image that delivers a feeling of grandeur.
- You could also make a quilt for your kid by cutting the t-shirts in different shapes. If your kid is a football freak, you could chop off his old team tee's in the shape of a ball and preferably make a quilt pillow. A baby quilt would be an adorable piece for keeps too.
- Another lovable pattern would be to make a small quilt and have it used by your kitty, as its bedding. You may also have your kitty's bedding peripheries wrapped with a quilt skirt to keep her warm and cozy.
- What about making a bed skirt with your very own homespun t-shirt quilt for your own fluffy haven too? To keep those investigative eyes from scrutinizing the 'valuables' you have dumped beneath your bed, a t-shirt quilt skirt would jolly well serve the purpose.