Race Shirt Quilts

[Ariel484]

I think I did almost all of local races on your first quilt. That FANtastic 4 miler was a lot of fun. It's too bad that was a one and done.

Ugh, agreed! I really enjoyed that one.

 

[Simba's Girl]

This is awesome...

Perfect timing because I started putting shirts (very old ones) off to the side to make one for DD for her HS graduation next year.

 

[Mimsy Borogove]

Thanks for this! I've been considering doing one as well and this is very helpful.

 

[Disneyland_emily]

I agree on the no local shirts- my sis made my quilt and I regret 90% of the local races in the quilt..

 

[Ariel484]

I agree on the no local shirts- my sis made my quilt and I regret 90% of the local races in the quilt..

Right? Some of them have good memories associated with them, but most of them aren't meaningful to me at all. Ah well...

 

[PoohIsHome]

@Ariel484 I don't want to contradict what you were told by Campus Quits, but dry-cleaning a quilt goes against everything I know as a quilter. The harsh solvents would most definitely shorten the life of the shirts as well as the backing and binding on the quilt.

 

[Ariel484]

@Ariel484 I don't want to contradict what you were told by Campus Quits, but dry-cleaning a quilt goes against everything I know as a quilter. The harsh solvents would most definitely shorten the life of the shirts as well as the backing and binding on the quilt.

Interesting. Thanks! We have a quilt we received as a wedding gift that is machine-washable (made by my husband's aunt, who is a very accomplished quilter). This one has a tag sewn on that says to dry-clean it...hmmm... I was surprised to see that since our other one is machine-washable.

 

[princess_jamie]

Those look amazing!! I've wanted to do that with my Disney race shirts but don't have enough yet.. maybe one day! Thanks for sharing! Guess I need to run some more Disney races to get more shirts! Ha!

 

[jessicaknarr]

Great review! Been considering one of these for Christmas!