Teri's T-shirt quilts

Teri made two t-shirt quilts from concerts she has attended. You are never too old to collect concert t-shirts, and better yet, put them into a quilt.

T-Shirt Quilts

When I first did a demo on t-shirt quilts, I did it becasue there were many who were interested in creating on from their own shirts. I had no desire to do one, but after preparing for the demo I decided to do one for myself, yes, for me. I don't wear t-shirts much, except when I actually work out :) but found I had a decent collection from family reunions, and a few other activities I had participated in during my children's teenage years. I didn't realize I had so many memories tied up in these t-shirts. Here is what I came up with...

I had so much fun creating my own, I decided to do one for my daughter Sarah who had a huge collection she wanted in her quilt. I we were laying it out, it was fun to have her share with me some of her memories from each of the shirts. This is what I put together for her... I wanted to add this one to the post today. A friend from my Ward sewed this for her husband, then they had me quilt and bind it. I think she did such a fantastic job, I wanted you to see it. I'm sure you can see why I have been getting excited about t-shirt quilts. They hold a lot of memories, and it's a way to share them with others. I have two more in progress for some friends.
You may want to check back at earlier post with more pictures of t-shirt quilts that have been done.

If you know someone who wants a t-shirt quilt done with their t-sirts, they are welcome to come to our quilt group on Thursdays, or I am now taking orders to do them for people, just email me for pricing.

Block 7

Starting this week we will be meeting back at my house. We are on block #7. This is a review block week – either pick from these three that many showed interest in at the beginning or go over the list of the first 6 blocks and pick one you haven’t done the first time round.

• http://www.quilterscache.com/D/DartingBirdBlock.html
• http://www.quilterscache.com/S/StarflowerBlock.html

While I have been gone, the quilting group kept meeting and got a lot accomplished. Teri opened her home for everyone to meet. Here are a few pictures of projects that have been worked on over the past 7 weeks.

(Above left) Lisa completed her first practice quilt on the long arm. - (Above center) Janice has completed her first full pieced quilt. She used the pattern "Sweet 16". - (Above right) Shauna almost has this rag quilt completed, she has been working on this with her daughters. What a fun project to work on with your girls.

(Below) Tori is making tshirt quilts for the 8 kids that have been playing Harp with her daughter that is graduating this year. It is a big undertaking! Here you can see that she is making some headway. Teri is helping her on the long arm.

Teri has been very busy with projects of her own.

T-shirt Quilt Projects

There is a lot of interest in making t-shirts into keepsake, memory quilts. We had a demonstration and new projects took flight.

Connie made a pillow out of a t-shirt her 29 year old son wore in kindergarden. Didn't it turn out great!

Dee finished one that she started awhile ago for one of her kids. I love the way she included his scoutt banner and High School Letter.