Anyone making a t-shirt quilt...

NastyAnnie

...out of some of baby's old things?

We have tons (and I do mean, tons) of clothes that we either got from friends, family, and very special bumpies, or bought ourselves.  I am sentimentally attached to a lot of them (especially his tiny baby things) and want to keep them, but we just have no room. I know that most of you probably have the same issue.

Bun wants to make a t-shirt quilt out of the clothes that are especially important to us. I have access to a sewing machine but not one with a quilting attachment. I am wondering, if you are going to do something like this, how would you do it? Are you a quilter? I'd have the help of my grandmother but she's not a quilter either.

KBLT

My mom made me a t-shirt quilt in high school and instead of quilting it all over she knot quilted it (pretty sure that is not the technical term) in the corners of each square.  Its easy and inexpensive to do it yourself with some embroidery thread.

misscharlotte04

I still have a box of my old shirts/dresses etc that I need to make into a quilt, however I am majorly slacking! I don't actually quilt, but I do sew.

I'll try and explain how I plan on doing mine. Let me preface this with the fact that I am not the best with directions

All of the items have been measured and cut. My plan of attack would be to block the pieces together and sew them with a 1/4 inch seam between the blocks of fabric - but leave more like a 1/2 inch on the outside edges.

Once that was done I would make edging out of another fabric to go around the entire piece. Then I'd sew a plain piece of fabric onto the back by putting reverse sides together, sew the edges mostly all the way shut but leave enough room to turn it right side out again. Then I'd hand stich the opening closed. 

To finish it off I would use a hand hook  (I don't know if that is the "correct term") and yarn to help hold the two fabric pieces together by placing yarn ties throughout the blanket (you'll have to measure and mark where to place the yarn ties so it turn out even looking)

 

bmstee03

I made one out of my old soccer tourney shirts from high school.

I cut 12 inch squares out of the fronts and backs. Then I sewed a row of 5 together with a 1/4in seam in between each shirt. I think I made 8 rows (it has been a looong time). I sewed all the rows together top to bottom and then sewed the edge around the whole thing to a flannel backing.

To keep the backing attached to the front I pulled yarn through holes I made throughout the quilt. It was my first attempt at a quilt so it was not the best looking thing ever. It did rock out my dorm room freshman year though.

Todd&Laura

I'm ordering it through etsy and sending my clothes to the seller. ?It's probably a little pricier than DIY, but I am not good enough at sewing that I trust myself to have a great product when finished.

PurpleK26

I'm planning on doing this. However, as t-shirt (and onesie) type materials tend to wear and pull and stretch easily, I've heard it's best to:

~cut your pieces

~Iron Bonding Paper to the back of each piece

~Peel off the paper backing and iron the (shirt) fabric to a sturdier  fabric (denim or another stout fabric... great to get at fabric stores in their discount/scrap bins)

~THEN sew the pieces together.

With the extra fabric attached to the back, the blankets can be treated much rougher (which kids will do!) and still hold up!