T-shirt Quilts & Memory Quilts
Handmade in Atlanta, GA from the clothes that tell your story.
A colleague challenged me to make him a “dirt-bike themed quilt”, so I raced to the internet to research dirt-bike and racing photos. Then it hit me: since he and I are Facebook friends, I had access to pictures of him on his bike. The result is this Dirt-bike Photo Quilt featuring pictures of my friend that I grabbed from his Facebook page.
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This True to Atlanta Quilt is a celebration of Atlanta, Georgia and some of its iconic landmarks and businesses. Made from sixteen authenticT-shirts, this quilt offers a glimpse into the diversity and industry that is ATL.
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This Nottingham Forest Baby Quilt was made to welcome a new Nottingham Forest football fan into the world. I used hexagons to create a football print and quilted using a football-themed stitching. As a finishing touch, the border of this quilt is made from an authentic Nottingham Forest jersey. As we say: Come On You Reds!
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One of my classmates asked me to make a quilt she could put across her lap when she attended church service. I created this Take Me to Church Quilt with colors and patterns that reflect the style and traditions of the Southern church.
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This Eight Point Star Wallhanging mixes African print themes with a quilting pattern that resembles Urbano Carioca music. The inner border is made from traditional mud cloth, and the binding is made from a classic bandana print. Mud cloths and bandanas have a long history, so I thought combining the past and present in this project would be fitting.
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This bold and quirky Pete the Cat Baby Quilt features James Dean’s Pete the Cat in yellow and blue triangles. The block pattern for this quilt is called ‘flying geese’. Flying Geese is one of my favorite patterns because there are so many ways to lay out the shapes.
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To mark the 50th anniversary of Scooby Doo and because I’ve always loved the show, I created this Scooby Doo quilt. I used an up-cycled a ScoobyT-shirt and added some Scooby themed fabric to make this quilt fun and playful. This quilt is stitched together using glow in the dark thread for a extra bit of spookiness.
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Minecraft’s pixelated characters made perfect subjects for this Minecraft Kid Size Quilt. In this quilt, Minecraft’s main hero Steve, is joined by game characters like a pig, a cow, an endermen, and a ghost. This quilt’s border and backing are made from Minecraft print fabrics.
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One of my dear friends is the pastor of Greater Zion Baptist Church of Jefferson, Pa, and I made him this Hallelujah! Quilt to commemorate his service and our friendship. I mixed some faith affirmingT-shirts with African wax print fabric, and I had fun with a few quilting patterns to make this gift.
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