Quilt Stories, History & Craft
Client stories, quilt history, and everything else that happens when fabric, memory, and craft meet.
She Had 30 Shirts and Didn't Want a Giant Quilt. Here's What We Made.
A mom brought in over 30 shirts from her son's middle and high school years. Instead of cutting blocks smaller, Wesley made a double-sided t-shirt quilt that used every shirt at full size.
She Wore Those AKA Shirts for 40 Years. We Turned Them Into a Quilt.
A husband and daughter brought in 20 AKA sorority shirts spanning 40 years. Wesley added pink sashing, a green border, and binding to create a Mother's Day quilt that left the husband speechless.
30 Sports Jerseys, One Quilt, and a Mom Who Was Blown Away
A Florida mom mailed 30 basketball and baseball jerseys to my Atlanta studio. Here is how a 5x6 sports jersey quilt with custom applique captured her son's entire athletic journey.
A Retired K9 Officer's Career, Stitched Into a Quilt
A retired Atlanta K9 officer brought in career t-shirts full of competition memories and a tribute to a fallen colleague. This is the quilt we made together.
What Is Computerized Longarm Quilting?
Wesley Hall explains what computerized longarm quilting actually does, how it differs from hand quilting, and why Atlanta home quilters send their finished tops to a longarm service.
The Color and Design Principles Behind Every T-Shirt Quilt Layout
Before Wesley sews a single seam, every t-shirt quilt goes through a deliberate design process, color distribution, visual weight, neighbor contrast, and more. Here's exactly how it works.
Every Scrap Tells a Story: A Colorful T-Shirt Quilt Made from a Son's Clothes
Mom wanted every scrap used. So I designed a quilt with hundreds of blocks, big and small, to capture every memory she wanted to keep.
She Rode Every Mile. Now She Has Every Shirt in a Quilt.
She collected 30 race and ride shirts over the years. We turned them into a custom quilt, complete with a one-of-a-kind bicycle stitch that left her speechless.
From Twenty Years of Fabric Scraps to a Magic Queen-Size Quilt
A client saved beautiful lingerie fabrics for twenty years. We turned them into a custom queen-size quilt that brought tears of joy.
A Look at Long Arm Quilting Services
How Quilts by Big Wes uses computerized long arm quilting in Atlanta to add custom stitching that brings your quilt to life, from t-shirt quilts to memory quilts.
A Memory Quilt for My Auntie
Some quilts are made to keep people warm. This one was made to keep Auntie close, a memorial quilt built from the clothes she wore every day.
From Preschool to Varsity: A Basketball T-Shirt Quilt
Fourteen years of basketball, from a tiny preschool jersey to a varsity warm-up, in one quilt, handed off the night before he left for college.