Prepping Your ShirtsYour Memories.
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Preserve your favorite memories by turning the t-shirts that represent them into a quilt! These make great gifts especially for graduates or sport enthusiasts.
T-Shirt Quilt Prep
1. Pick your FAVORITES!
2. Wash WITHOUT fabric softener
3. Mark the shirt images you want used
1. Pick your FAVORITES!
2. Wash WITHOUT fabric softener
3. Mark the shirt images you want used
- Back, sleeve, front, all
- Masking tape works best
- Remember each image is a quilt square so 30 shirts can easily become 60 images if we use front & backs
Marking
* Masking tape works best or you can pin paper notes to each image.
* Mark all images you want to use
* Note favorites, special memories, favorite material
* Prioritize!!!! It's helpful to know what shirts are "must haves," "nice to have," and "if there's room". A helpful tip is to make piles of yes, no, maybe.
* The more you tell me, the more I can help.
* Masking tape works best or you can pin paper notes to each image.
* Mark all images you want to use
* Note favorites, special memories, favorite material
* Prioritize!!!! It's helpful to know what shirts are "must haves," "nice to have," and "if there's room". A helpful tip is to make piles of yes, no, maybe.
* The more you tell me, the more I can help.
But I still have more Shirts......
The chart below will give you an idea on quilt size based on the number of shirts. This is just a ballpark as it all depends on the shirts. Don't worry, we have options to sneak in more shirts if needed. Focus on marking your "Yes - No - Maybe" on all of the shirt surfaces and I can get you some design ideas that best fit your shirts and your goals.
The more direction you give me the better!
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I will add interfacing to the back of every shirt to make it a sturdy fabric. (This is why you don’t use fabric softener or it won’t adhere with the heat press!)
Let me do the cutting! Yes, Please! Just load your shirts into a bag or a box (with your Yes- No - Maybe’s all labeled) and let me do the rest!
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