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PAMAR 05-04-2016 03:36 PM

Quilting a T-shirt quilt
 
I just finished a t-shirt quilt top. Now - on to the quilting. This is a special quilt for a 3-time NCAA wrestling champ - my special nephew. These are his special T-shirts. This is my first T-shirt quilt and I have no idea how to quilt it. It is just the T-shirt squares with lattice and cornerstones between. I am really puzzled as to how to quilt the shirts themselves.

I'm a pretty experienced quilter and usually free motion quilt my quilts on my Juki 2010q.

Thanks for your suggestions.

meyert 05-04-2016 03:56 PM

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I am sure that I am far less experienced than you.. but last summer I did 5 tshirt quilts. I quilted them on my Janome 6600. I just did straight line quilting - cross hatched. I did some FMQ in the borders.
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I was afraid to try to FMQ over the logos.. wasn't sure how they would drag or slow things down while I was trying to move around on them. Here are a couple pictures of one of the quilts. My niece was very happy with hers.

I have seen some that were beautifully quilted on a long arm as well. I just usually try to quilt my own (but not always :) )

Jane Quilter 05-04-2016 03:56 PM

did you post a pic of this?

Grandma Bonnie 05-04-2016 03:57 PM

I also have a T-shirt quilt that I made a few years ago (had no idea what I was doing) and I want to get it quilted but, like you I have no idea how to do it. I will watch your post for ideas! Good luck with yours!

Grandma Bonnie 05-04-2016 03:59 PM

Meyert, your quilt is beautiful & I like the way you quilted it!

Jane Quilter 05-04-2016 04:02 PM

nice shadows!

feline fanatic 05-04-2016 05:37 PM

Before I got my longarm I tied mine with 3 strands of embroidery floss. I tied every 3". I made a felt square so I could easily know where to put my ties. Here is a link to one I posted here several years ago:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...lt-t47094.html

ManiacQuilter2 05-05-2016 02:51 AM

Just be careful not to stitch thru the vinyl plastic or you cold damage your machine. Outline any designs or letters.

sahansen44 05-05-2016 02:57 AM

Just took a t-shirt quilt to my LA. She usually does large meander because she can avoid any embellishments on the t-shirts.

carslo 05-05-2016 06:11 AM

I just finished two a few months ago. I FMQ meandering on my Babylock Jane similar to the Juki you have. I turned it upside down to quilt it with the back facing me. I had some t-shirts with a lot of vinyl on them and I just sped through the whole quilt, yes ever the vinyl part by doing it with the front face down on the bed of my machine. Good luck!


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