My t-shirt drawer is overflowing, and I've been wanting to de-stash it but am reluctant to just dump the ones I don't wear to Goodwill for reasons like nostalgia and just plain liking the graphic. However, I'm reluctant to make a quilt like the one below, which I find just plain unattractive. I'm not a fan of such a mishmash of colors and graphics and texts though I'm sure the disparate blocks are sentimental for the recipient and owner of the quilt.
I've discovered that I have a color palette when it comes to my favorite t-shirts: black, gray and navy blue, and so I'm no longer averse to making a t-shirt quilt. This book I spied at Joann's has given me some ideas on making a t-shirt quilt I'll love.
I also love the single letter monogram quilt below, but I'd have to live with the half square triangles truncating the logos of my tshirts and of covering some of them up with the applique. But note that some of the squares below are not half square triangles and are complete squares, solving the problem of not cutting into a logo.
And I love hexagons, and I see it working as a design for the quilt below. But my t-shirts are adult sized and not petite children's motifs which is why it coheres in this nautical wall quilt.
I also like the offset blocks interspersed with plaids and stripes below, but maybe I like it more for the bauhaus logo.
To be continued.
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