T-Shirt Quilt Tutorial 3

So far in this t-shirt quilt journey we have

been dealing with t-shirts that have an emblem that is the same size.

What do you do with those t-shirts that are much smaller than the others?

There are numerous way to use these shirts........

I'll be showing you one method that I use.

Three of the 50+ shirts I have for this quilt

are smaller than a 15" square

I also had a big stack of those little emblems

that you find on the front of a shirt.

So here is one of the ways I use these smaller emblems

and bring them up to a 15" size:

Remember the stack of unused shirt backs?

I take and stabalize them with interfacing

and cut them into 15" squares.

I then stabalize the smaller emblems

and cut them into a smaller square or other shape

and place them onto the stabalized 15" square.

You may be tempted to skip stabalizing the

smaller shapes but DON'T DO IT!

You will have a hard time when you applique those

shapes onto the 15" square.

I place the shapes that will be appliqued onto the 15" square

and use a water soluable glue to keep the

shapes in place

while I am sewing them down.

Hint: place a SMALL amount of glue

on the back of the shape,

(thin line or small dots in corners)

press by hand in place and

then quickly press with an iron to meld.

You could use a fusible web, but I find that these

squares are already pretty heavy from the

weight of the shirt plus the stabalizer so

why add more?

If you have one of those machines that have a variety of applique stitches

then you have alot of choices to pick from.

I used a simple zig zag stitch on some of these shapes,

but my favorite is the blanket stitch which

was used on most of them.

Now these squares are ready to be placed in the body of the quilt.

Check back next time when we will be designing the quilt top

and sewing it all together.

tammy