Quiltees makes T-shirts into quilts
Welcome to Laurie Matasar's garage. Her ping pong table is now always covered in pictures and clothing of strangers.
She takes t-shirts, sweatshirts, anything and makes it useful.
The stories behind her handcrafted Quiltees are touching.
Laurie's sister Nancy Rothstein, is her business partner.
"What do you do with them? They accumulate, they take up space, but you don't want to get rid of them," says Nancy.
"It's just a wonderful way to transform things into something that you actually use," chimes Laurie
Happy customers, and a new way to mix the green with the pink.
Scraps are re-used by Laurie's sewing partner, and now one of the greenest ways to re-use tees can be in your family forever.
"Somebody is going off to college which is a great time to commemorate you know takes a little bit of your life with you to wrap around you," says Nancy. "It's hard to get rid of t-shirts because generally it's not going to be something that people are going to buy.
Tee Shirt Quilt - News
(NBC) -- We all have those t-shirts we can't seem to part with. Now you don't have to. Welcome to Laurie Matasar's garage. Her ping pong table is now always covered in pictures and clothing of strangers. She takes t-shirts, sweatshirts, anything and
HeartSong Quilts co-owner Ann Powers shows off the shop's new longarm quilting machine. On the frame is a t-shirt quilt that Powers is completing for a customer. Curt Nettinga/Hot Springs Star Brian Powers, co-owner of HeartSong Quilts in Hot Springs,
Call your local animal shelter and see if they need donated T-shirts for rags or other uses. Make them into a quilt. If you're into quilting, you can create a quilt of your T-shirts. Or, send your T-shirts to a company such as the Campus Quilt Company
Beard sews “unique” t-shirt quilts for customers. Athletes who have participated in marathons have given her their shirts from races to compile a quilt. She has also created cherished quilts of memories for family members of people who have passed away
Two classes featured T-shirts -- "Tee Shirt Transformation" was taught by Kathryn Coursen, of Hocking County, and "Tee Shirt Shag" was offered by Carolyn Mann, of Brinkhaven, owner of Sew Far Out. Using pieces of T-shirts cut into strips,
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The customer had no color preferences and gave me creative freedom to select the sashing and background fabrics. I take my shirts to the fabric store and lay them out on the cutting counter. I then try all possibilities next to the tees. For this set of tees, it was a difficult decision between a soccer motif and these colorful starts.
:: yeah, that's mostly old college/sorority tees i need to store 4 my next tee shirt quilt. new summer project.
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