Fabulous Tee Shirt Quilts (Paperback)

~ Caryl Schuetz (Author)
Key Phrases: assembling the quilt, machine quilting, tee shirt motifs, Squaring the Quilt Top, Our Travels, Binding the Quilt (more...)

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Product Description

104 color photos and diagrams with full color on every page. Tee shirt quilts recall important events in a person's life. Combined with fabrics that celebrate a favorite activity or place, they become uniquely personal keepsakes. The book gives you information on how to: choose fabrics to show off your motifs to their best; cut the motifs from the tee shirts, with expert advise to prevent stretching; reinforce the motifs to make them strong; combine motifs of different sizes; camouflage little holes and stains. There are nineteen pages explaining how to use tee shirt logos in quilts plus step-by-step directions for the making of six different quilts, and details on finishing the quilts: quilting, tying, binding, and making quilt labels. The book gives you the same information that the author provides to her students, which is how to turn treasured tee shirts into very personal and beautiful quilts. A tee shirt quilt is like a scrapbook, but it's better because you can sleep under it!

About the Author

Caryl Schuetz is interested in every aspect of quilting, from its history to the latest in technology for making them. She has been teaching the making of tee shirt quilts since the early nineties and has learned the easiest and best techniques in making fabulous quilts using tee shirts. She has been a quilt maker since the early seventies. She is also an American Quilter's Society certified appraiser of quilted textiles.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Southern Life Publishing Services, LLC (August 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971116830
• ISBN-13: 978-0971116832
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #69,939 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous quilt book!!!, August 20, 2007

By	Erin Baker (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a great resource for t-shirt quilts. I love the graphics and all the pictures of different quilts to give me ideas. There are many suggestions and tips that help make it easier and help you to avoid common errors. I love the way you can see the authors personality come out in the book, because she has spent many years perfecting her craft. Thanks, Caryl for giving me the resource I needed to complete my t-shirt quilt projects for my kids. I have recommended it to many friends!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tee Shirt Quilts, September 29, 2007

By	Soccer Mom - See all my reviews

Good "how to" resource for saving those favorite tee shirts in a quilt that could last forever.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!, March 6, 2008

By	stephanie (Illinois) - See all my reviews

Excellent book ... I went through it, and made a great quilt with no problems along the way. It was nice to use all those old shirts, and the look is spectacular!

Lots of ideas for some different quilts are in the book too, for me to try later.