I need some suggestions, I have my father in laws harley Davidson T's and I would love to make a quilt out of then so they can live forever.  He had a very large collection and he is no longer with us.   What is your suggestion on how I should cut them so there is no fraying, i am doing the typical square quilt.  I am also a beginner quilter, I still have not mastered the edges and actually doing the quilting can someone please provide me with some information.  I also would like to do a photo quilt with pics printed from my PC onto the fabric any suggestions is appreciated.  My E-mail address is Linda.Zengen@gmail.com

Thank you so much

Linda Zengen

Hi, I would iron on the back side with some iron on fusible web to stablize the fabric and then cut out the shape you need. If you don't want it too stiff just use a lightweight stablizer. Best of luck on the outcome. You should enjoy making this. please show the pics when you are finished. : )

I want to do a t-shirt quilt some time too. I was thinking also to make the quilt more durable to use the stabilizer. when I retire, I guess..lol... The photo one is easy. I use t-shirt transfers sheets found in the computer area of
walmart or whatever store you can find it. I have done lots of other things with the transfers...some to make quilt squares. Just make sure you put it the right direction so that the picure is the right way. I have put words on and put them on backwards..lol practice first..lol

here is a web=site that is posting directions & a tutorial (I believe, haven't clicked on it) for making a t-shirt quilt.

www.cutoutandkeep.net   Hope this gives you some direction.

How cool is that? HD fabric is impossible to find unless you buy the sheet set at Walmart/Target. Sorry your FIL has passed but what a wonderful thing to remember him by. Good luck. Can you post pics when you are done?

I have made a t-shirt quilt from my children's old shirts from school to baseball and even some of their baby clothes that i have saved,couldn't bring myself to get rid of them and i got the quillt for my son done last year, all i did was cut out what i wanted from the shirts and even made different sized squares, then drew a pic as to where i wanted to place each piece and started sewing. If they are cotton/poly shirts you may want to add the fusible web to the back, i didn't and it was difficult to keep the shirts from stretching and staying in a straight line. His ended up being as large as a king size sheet, That is what i used for the back and then sewed around the entire quilt to keep the fiberfill from moving. I have used the fabric transfer sheets to add pics to a baby albumn that i made for the inside covers and they worked out well. I do the covered photo albumns and the inside of the albumn i make into pockets so if they have extra pic or anything they can store them there. I am still doing my daughters shirt quilt and now i am in the process of making a fleece blanket for my grandson.

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i did a couple of t-shirt quilts year before last...my 30 year old nephew passed away unexpectledly and after a while my sis sent me over some of his clothing. made quilts for her family, flannel pants, t-shirts and his jeans too are a nice comfort for them

I understand what you mean. I made several items from pieces my mother made. She had strokes before she died & couldn't crochet anymore so she did the tube painting on embroidery designs. They weren't perfect but the family appreciates the memories.