Quilt for RV

[asirimarco]

I made a;quilt for the RV from t-shirts I've been collecting for years on our travels. Very seldom wore any of them so thought this was a good way to enjoy them.
Figuring in cost of the shirts it is the most expensive quilt I've ever made.

finally got photobucket to cooperate - this is the material I used for the backing. It is a world map.

[BarbaraRose]

very cool!

[monik7]

Neat idea Carol. I have enough t-shirts to do that. Only problem would be I have no idea how to make a quilt.
Sandi

[Bethers]

Very cool! I remember your picture quilt, which I also loved. Great job.

[elkriverrats]

This is beautiful and what a way to keep the memories alive! I have bins of shirts dating from my sons birth to present. All ready to be made into a quilt but I'm not that skilled...I did see a site online that would make a quilt for you using your shirts. Perhaps I will do that if I can find it again. Thanks for sharing this

[avalen]

Nice

[snowball]

really pretty will mind you of lots....
my dd wants to make one with tee shirts of one of her sons he was into sports
we will see how long it will take her
sheila

[asirimarco]

I went on line to find directions - lots of different sites - so I just used parts of ideas from several of them as none of the pictures on my t-shirts were the same size. like putting together a puzzle.

[havingfunnow]

That is wonderful!! What a great way to use all those memory T-shirts. I also love the world map for backing.

Did you have to use backing/interface to control the stretch in the knit? Or did the woven fabric strips stabilize them enough? Your corners are really sharp! That is tricky work. Congratulations!

[asirimarco]

I rough cut the pieces of the shirt that I wanted to use then used iron on interfacing on the back of all them they still stretched a little in a few places but not much.