The construction of my neighbor's memory quilts over the past couple weeks incorporated both the T-shirt quilt and the quilt-as-you-go quilting styles. In some ways, it was nice not to deal with stabilizing knit fabrics, though cutting button-down shirts had their challenges too.
Personally, I'd rather work with t-shirts for the greater creative process. I know that scares a lot of quilters, which is why I think it would be a good time to have a giveaway of Mary and Jen Cannizzaro's book, Beyond the Tee (affiliate link).
Mary and Jen's Beyond the Tee book covers using your basic t-shirt in creative shapes and settings. This is not your standard t-shirt as a square or rectangle shape. The two quilters have created t-shirt quilts using diamonds, hexagons, circles, or ovals for some truly stunning quilts. Check out these below.
Personally, I'm thinking I need to up my game - these make my memory quilts look quite amateur!
I guess I could have incorporated some of Mary and Jen's ideas into my quilts, as the two provide hints and tips for dealing with clothing having buttons and zippers, pockets, over-sized images, or an embroidered design. And check out this idea for using ties:
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Wow, that hexie t-shirt quilt! And the ovals!!! Love them! Someone just asked if I would do a t-shirt quilt with the blocks in the shape of an eagle, and a mountain! My hair went on end! But a hexie or ovals sounds do-able. I love your idea for a tie quilt, Susan--simple, clean and gets the job done, which is saving the memories.
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