You may recall the tee shirt quilt I made for Jake for Christmas. I used his old concert shirts that I had stored in the attic for many years.
I had one shirt front that I used as a sample in the quilt making process, and after I was finished with the quilt, I decided to make a pillow out of it. When I gave it to Jake he said ,"I have more shirts".
He picked out four more that we decided I could make into pillows. It was a good project for the winter months, one that I could work on now and then for an hour or so.
I decided to use the front and the back of the Seahawks Superbowl shirt. I have to sort of hide the NBA pillow because it has to be censored. The NBA is not popular here in Seattle since we lost the SuperSonics.
I treated each pillow front like a quilt square, with iron on stabilizer, quilt batting and a cotton backing. I used outlining stitching to quilt the layers together.
Then I used heavy cotton duck fabric for the backs, with an overlapping envelope closure.
I used the serger to sew all the layers together, inside out, so the finished edge inside won't fray. Then I inserted 16x16 in. pillow forms.
It's a fun way to use some of a tee shirt collection.
A great idea and well executed.
ReplyDeleteCreative stuff! Nice!
ReplyDeleteThose look great! I still have a bag of T-shirts to make my son a quilt. It keeps getting put off due to other projects. The T-shirt quilt you made was really nice and these pillows are yet another good use for the many shirts the kids collect!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!
ReplyDeleteYour kids and grandkids are so lucky to have your creativity and talent. Those pillows are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteNice project for winter! :)
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful way to repurpose tee shirts, especially those that are kept for mementos of something. How much nicer to have them on display rather than hidden away in a drawer.
ReplyDeleteNice job! I tend to wear my t-shirts out but if I had extras sometime, I might attempt something like this. :-)
ReplyDeletelooks like you're in the business as he tells his friends! and it gets out on the internet...
ReplyDeleteThese are really cute! It's nice to see memory shirts re-purposed this way. I sent some of my husband's favorite tee shirts off to a company who made them quilt.
ReplyDeleteVery fun!
ReplyDeleteVery fun!
ReplyDeleteYou made some pretty fine cushion covers with the T shirts!!
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