They are your T-shirts and they are important to you. Your T-shirts tell an important story about you. Don’t just choose a T-shirt quilt maker without doing some research first.
Quilters all have to begin sometime. I began making quilts 1968 when I was 5 years old. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t making quilts. Some quilters begin making quilts when their children are born or when their kids leave home because they are looking for something to do. And quilting is a great pastime to work at.
The intermediate quilter knows the basics and can usually make a quilt independently. Advice and help from an expert is still needed from time to time. Their focus is on learning more of the basics and improving their knowledge and skills.
The quilt here is made from the same T-shirts as the quilt above. This shows the difference between a beginner and advanced quilt maker's skill level.
The expert quilter is known as an expert in their specific area of quilting. They has been making quilts for years and has experienced and solved just about every conceivable issue that arises. They can provide guidance, troubleshooting and answers to questions related to their area of expertise.
If they were my T-shirts, I would want an advanced or expert quilter to work on them. This is especially true if there are any unique items or special issues with the group of T-shirts you want made into a quilt.
Planning a T-shirt quilt?
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Novice Quilter: Less the 25 quilts.
Intermediate Quilter: 25 to 75 quilts.
Advanced Quilter: 75 to 300
Expert Quilter: Over 300.
The more quilts that you make, the more experience you gain. How many T-shirt quilts has Too Cool T-shirt Quilts made? Over 10,000.
With that said, some people can have make 100's of T-shirts quilts over a number of year, and they still don't make quilts.
Here at Too Cool T-shirt Quilts, we have been making T-shirt quilts since 1992. There are very few problems we have not solved. We have seen most everything.
The photo here shows me with an early quilt in the mid 1990's. I look a lot older now!!!
But if quilt making is your full-time job, your livelihood depends on each quilt you make. You make sure you make awesome T-shirt quilts.
You should be able to see photographs on their website. Hopefully you can see photographs of a lot of quilts the quilt makers has made.
Here's an article on how to tell the quality of a T-shirt quilt from a photograph.
Below is a photograph of all the quilts we made in one year. We make a lot of quilts each year.
Read more about quality materials here.
If you don't like what you see, choose a different quilt maker.
There are very few things that you can't use in a T-shirts quilt. Here's what Too Cool T-shirt Quilts can use.
These are very important questions to ask. Basically you want to know if they have a rigorous system in place to keep your T-shirts separate and organized.
Here at Too Cool T-shirt Quilts we are meticulous about caring for your T-shirts. They are too important not to!
If someone sends your quilt to someone else to quilt, your T-shirts will be out of the care, control, and custody of your quilt maker. You will have no idea about where your T-shirts are or who will be working on them.
This is also a sign of a part-time or hobbyist quilt maker. They don't
If not, how do you quilt your quilts? If they say that they don't quilt their quilts at all, then you know that they are making a blanket. Read more about the difference between a blanket and a quilt here.
If they say that they send the quilt top to another person, see the point above for more about why they need to have their own machine.
There is more to making a T-shirt quilt than you might think. If your T-shirts are important to you, put consideration into your choice of T-shirt quilt makers. Strive to find the most experienced quilter that you can to make your quilt.
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