QuiltsBy.me

A bordered periwinkle quilt using scrap fabrics that reminded me of colorful and extravagant tile work of Barcelona

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I love Life Is Good shirts but I hate throwing them away when they get worn out. I decided to make a memory quilt style quilt out of my and my husband's old shirts. I also contacted Life is Good and they graciously sent me some seconds so I could round out my collection and have enough to make this quilt. If you look closely you can see stains and worn spots, all well earned! I'm already well on my way to collecting enough for a second quilt!

By Peeber

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College Bound

I created this T shirt quilt for a lady who's daughter was going off to college. She wanted to send her daughter off with a piece of home so she will always find comfort.

By LesleyKS

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Crazy Quilt Toddler Style

My son saw me working on a crazy quilt -- he was about four or five at the time, now nine. He asked me to make one for him, so I let him pick out most of the fabrics (I threw in a few solid or semi solids ones in for good measure). He even picked out some of the embellishments he wanted. Since I was making this quilt for a young child, I didn't want to add buttons, beads, and other small things that could become a choking hazard, so I embroidered the entire quilt, piecing it by hand, and tying it to finish.

By Annav

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Postcards From Minnesota

This is a memory quilt made for my mother. The fabric is old MN postcards.

By MamMa-Jan

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Sisters of the Cloth

I was really a self-taught quilter until I joined a quilt guild in 2011. We were all beginners at the time, but met once a month for show & tell, and to teach each other something new. I put the 12" blocks we made into this sampler quilt. One of my favorite parts is the dark blue border. I think it would have looked too "sweet" without it. This is more than just a quilt. It is a reminder of how blessed I am to have these ladies in my life. I am so thankful for quilters! (Completed 2012)

By CurlyQuilter

5 LIKES | 993 VIEWS

My Tee Shirt Quilt

Old T-shirts from the 80's. Caltech musicals, L.A. Olympics, some from Hawaii. The M&M tee shirts came from Phil, who got about 40 free ones by collecting M&M packages on the floor at the theatre where he worked. Made with cross-weave knit interfacing. "Brigadoon" was the Caltech musical in 1983. There is one from the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Flags from summer Olympics countries L. A.'s the place World Youth Day in Denver 1994 Brigadoon - Caltech musical 1983 Norway Aquarium in Monterrey, CA Go-Go's Vacation Chi Omega Alley Cats from Hawaii Chocolate M&Ms

By dzirin

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Martha 80

This was a present for my mother on her 80th birthday. It is my first, and only, attempt at photo transfer. There are photos from her childhood in Vancouver, B.C., photos of her brother and sisters, photos of her and my dad, RIP, and photos of all eight of us kids, and then one with the grandkids. I really like the re-enactment on the steps at the house in Canada. I made the setting to look like the old-time photo albums, which were made of black paper, and there were sticky black corners that were licked and pressed in the book to hold the pictures, which always had white borders.

By dzirin

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Phil's Tee-SHirt QUilt

My brother Phil is a runner and has collected lots of T-shirts from marathons and 10K runs. The blocks are lined with knit interfacing set perpendicular. I cut out a square larger than the tee-shirt design, iron on the interfacing with the stretch in the cross-direction to the tee-shirt stretch, and iron it on. Then I trim the square to the correct size. In this pattern, I have used wonky triangles to set the tee-shirts off kilter. Several blocks completed. The rest of the cut-outs are either too big (would have to crop) or are of sponsor products like Pepsi. Been waiting for Mom to send more, but so far no. Maybe we'll pick some up at Christmas time. Fabric: Fusions Mist by Robert Kaufman. Unfortunately am not sure of the specific color, and it comes in so many. I have green and blue. The green may be Olive, or may be Forest (or may be discontinued). I am hoping to get some more to do the borders; perhaps I should get the blue/green mix for contrast and not try to match. Bought 3 more yards of Fusion Mist Olive at Ruth's Stitchery in Colorado Springs. It is maybe not the same, but it is pretty close. The border doesn't have to match exactly anyway. Got to get going on this so that if I need more fabric I can pick it up during the 15th SHop HOp Aug 1-3, 2014. Border: 1 inch grey Mist, 4.5 inch green. Size: 59 x 72 batting: Fairfield Quilter's 80/20 (80% cotton, 20% polyester), twin (72x90) Got it basted, but no reason to try to finish this weekend cuz huz booked carry-on bag, not checked. Nov. 29, 2014: Could bnot find the green (it was under the Bonnie Hunter Grand Illustion Hotel Mystery stacks) so I did the border in grey, sewed it all on today. Done. In time to take with me to L.A. on business trip. May take back Joe's T-shirts bur he said he put them in the attic to make room for Jacob to sleep. Maybe he did the Christmas decorating today and took them down from the attic. He's going to Hawaii tomorrow, maybe he's going to wait to do the decorating. Oct. 12, 2014 - finished wavy quilting. Cannot find the rest of the green border fabric, I'm sure there must be some more somewhere, maybe I'll have to use the silver.

By dzirin

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Gamer Quilt

My son graduated from college this year and I created a quilt using some of his artwork. I had some of his digital art printed on fabric and sized for quilt blocks. I used 2 sets of precut 10" squares for the pieced blocks. I then used the scraps to make the border and binding. I am thrilled with the way it turned out!

By Karterbu

3 LIKES | 982 VIEWS

For The Love of a Friend

My husband's first wife tragically died of cancer. Her best friend was critically ill in the hospital and was unable to make that cross country trip to see her best friend before she passed. We were packing our home to move to another state and came across a box of his late wife's dresses that had been overlooked when he was donating her clothes. I told him to set them aside and that I would make something with them. Fast forward one year. We were finally settled in our new home and I decided it was time to make a quilt with Susan's dresses. I cut away all the seams to see how much fabric I would have. I found the great tutorial from Jenny with the written instructions from my Block magazine, I began my project and finished it in time so I could give it to Linda for Christmas. I had custom quilting done to bring out the best in the dresses fabric and the design. Linda hasn't stopped smiling since she received her quilt. The quilt has helped to ease the pain of loosing her best friend. The quilt also has greatly pleased my husband knowing that his late wife is special to me even though I never had the pleasure to know her.

By WyomingNana

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shirts and summerdresses

I wanted to make a quilt out of shirts and summerdresses with flower prints. And it had to be hexies, machinesewn. This is how it turned out!

By Lenie

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Joey's Memory Quilt

My daughter asked me to make a quilt for my grandson using some of his favorite t-shirts she had saved since he was three. At first I was dreading the thought of cutting up 35 perfectly good t-shirts that some other little boy could use. When I started cutting them up i started remembering him wearing them and seeing how his taste had changed and how much he has grown. The best part was seeing his face when he saw it.

By Bonbon

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Kathryn's Quilt

I saw this pattern in a book & decided to make one for each of my girls. This is Kathryn's quilt. Elizabeth's has the same blocks, but different borders and backing. It only took me 12 years to get Kathryn's finished. SHE won 3rd place in a local fair for "her" work.

By jlkebooth

1 LIKES | 882 VIEWS

The Grandmothers "Old" I mean old quilt.

My friend Ryan asked me one day if I could do him a favor, I said "Sure". He pulled out a raggedy quilt, it was a very old dresden quilt that his grandmum had made for his mother when she was a little girl in the 1920's. It was torn, shredded, and it terrible condition and he wanted me to "fix" it. So i took the quilt apart and took the dresden blocks (only 12 were good to use,) I put new sashing and I put new border on it. I sent it to a wonderful longarm artist and boy did she do a great job.

By rfbrazell

2 LIKES | 884 VIEWS

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