Colossus of Rhode: How to Make an American Quilt

May 14, 2008

How to Make an American Quilt

Inspired by vague recollections of a similar quilt owned by tfazio, lately I've been working on creating my own T-shirt quilt. Today I finished the front side -- which is about 5'x7'.

Now I just need to create the back (same thing, but with the backs of the shirts) and sew them together... which means I'm less than halfway to being finished. If I ever make another quilt, I'm buying myself a rotary cutter. Cutting all those squares and strips with scissors is really tedious. If you want to see more pictures, they're here.

Posted by rhode at May 14, 2008 10:11 PM | TrackBack

Comments

rotary cutters = so awesome. my mom makes a lot of quilts, so she has a couple. I used to use her duller ones along with the grids to cut paper for my science fair poster boards. :)

Posted by: jenn at May 15, 2008 09:40 AM

uh yeah - your quilt rocks.

Posted by: Sarah B at May 17, 2008 09:53 PM

How cool! I have a t-shirt for every stage of my life (every summer camp, every school activity), and I've often wondered what to do with all of them besides keeping them folded in the basement.

Posted by: AnnaK. at May 19, 2008 08:51 PM

sweet quilt!!!

Posted by: frivolia at May 21, 2008 03:18 PM

any pictures of front and back and you??

Posted by: sarah b. at May 22, 2008 12:55 PM

never mind i'm a dumbass and ddin't read the last sentence :)

Posted by: sarah b at May 22, 2008 12:55 PM