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Has anyone had one of these made, or made one themselves? I have 16 squares I cut out from t-shirts from college/sorority life, and I'd like to get them made into a quilt. However, in checking online, the cost to have someone make it runs well over $200   . I'm also not handy AT ALL with a sewing machine (many tears while my mom tried to teach me how to sew just a simple straight line!  ). If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, I'd love to hear them. TIA.
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We are in the midst of a similar project.
To add to Cindy's questions:
How do you stabilize the tee shirt fabric so is won't sag away from the filler and backing?
Is there an iron on stabilizer sheet or would lightweight interfacing do?
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Fusible interfacing is what these guys and just about everyone else seem to prefer. It looks like a fun project. Just wished I had saved those tshirts. 
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Hi Cindy,
I found this website and it has instructions...
Perhaps that might encourage you> 
Looks like a VERY cute idea!
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Oh gosh...I know a boy with many, many soccer t-shirts who is graduating this spring...
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Maria -
Thanks for that website. It looks easy enough if I could just get around that darn sewing part of it !
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Can you hand stitch? It'll take longer but you could applique them to a large piece of material actually if you used fleece then you could cut and tie the edges to the back to make a throw. Annie
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Elizabeth wrote:
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and this would be a really COOL THING to send him off to college with. I remember mom suggesting that I make a quilt the summer before I left for school -- it was a patchwork of all the fabrics she or I had made into clothes for me (my communion dress, graduation from 8th grade, a shorts set that I was ALWAYS in, etc). That quilt helped me over homesickness thru undergrad and grad school!
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Mary G wrote:
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and this would be a really COOL THING to send him off to college with. I remember mom suggesting that I make a quilt the summer before I left for school -- it was a patchwork of all the fabrics she or I had made into clothes for me (my communion dress, graduation from 8th grade, a shorts set that I was ALWAYS in, etc). That quilt helped me over homesickness thru undergrad and grad school! |
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I totally cannot sew  .
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My problem too!
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Hey you non-"sew"er ladies - I didn't want to type sewer because that is NOT what I think of you - but the lady at the website I posted does make them for you...
what about finding a local seamstress?
What about employing Michele Q? Michele Q - I'm not really offering you here without your permission but merely extolling your wonderful abilities...
Just trying to brainstorm here, ladies....it's just a really cute idea and I love Mary G's idea of the quilt helping to squelch homesickness!
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Maria -
I checked out the website you posted. The woman just received some large commission orders, and won't be able to deliver any new orders until January 2008!!!
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Topic: T-shirt Quilts
