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I’m always looking for fresh new ideas for T-shirt quilts and sometimes the inspiration comes from a customer. I recently made this T-shirt quilt for a customer who wanted something a little different. She brought a picture of a friend’s quilt to show me what she wanted. I found border fabric online and then ordered…
Read MoreIt’s beginning to look like Christmas at the Katy T-Shirt Quilts household. Santa’s elves have been working overtime to get everyone’s Christmas quilts finished and delivered on time for Christmas. We’ve also been very busy trying to prepare for our own family Christmas after a busy Thanksgiving weekend. Unfortunately, we’ve had to turn down several…
Read MoreAs Thanksgiving approaches, I am feeling thankful for many things. The grandkids are right at the top of the list, of course. And I’m very thankful for my husband and children as well as my mother, my siblings and the rest of my extended family. And I can’t imagine life without my friends, especially my…
Read MoreIt’s funny how Christmas sneaks up on us every year. It crosses our minds in September and October and then all of a sudden, November is half over and we realize just how little time there is left until Christmas. I get a lot of phone calls up until a week or so before Christmas…
Read MoreAs promised, here are pictures from Quilt Market. As I said, it is a huge show and there is a lot of ground to cover. The picture on the left only shows about a third of the Market area. I enjoyed meeting with the vendors and picking out new fabrics to use in my T-shirt…
Read MoreQuilters are caring, giving people. We love to make quilts and we love to give them to others, especially in a time of need. Quilters tend to think that a quilt will always make somebody feel better. I made quilts for my sister and my sister-in-law when they were undergoing treatment for breast cancer. I…
Read MoreThis is my favorite time of year. We just got back from a family reunion in Louisiana and the weather was perfect, the food was plentiful (too plentiful actually), and we got to enjoy time with aunts, uncles, cousins and grandkids. I didn’t take a quilt to auction off this year, but we’ve been asked…
Read MoreThe air is finally getting cooler and many schools, churches and charities are having Fall Festivals and fundraisers. I’m attending a family reunion this weekend where we have an auction to raise money to pay for the facilities. The quilt pictured on the left is one that I made for a previous reunion. It’s a…
Read MoreI’m sometimes asked if I have other people helping me make T-shirt quilts. There are T-shirt quilt companies that hire as many as 20 helpers. At Katy T-Shirt Quilts, “we” means my husband and me. We want to be sure every quilt meets our quality specifications and we are much more comfortable with just the…
Read MoreWhen a customer brings T-shirts to us, I meet with him or her and discuss all the details as to number of T-shirts, whether to use the front or back of the shirt or both, and any special requests such as combining motifs into a single block. Once the details are worked out, the customer…
Read MoreThere are many people making T-shirt quilts now, but there is an advantage to choosing a reputable, experienced quilter who stands behind her work and is truly in business. I have heard stories of people who have sent T-shirts to someone who never got around to making the T-shirt quilt. Others start a quilting business,…
Read MoreMany of the T-shirt quilts that I make do have a theme such as a sorority or college T-shirt quilt, but just as many don’t have a theme. A person may have T-shirts from elementary school mixed in with baseball, travel or concert T-shirts. That’s the beauty of each T-shirt quilt. It can reflect one,…
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Take a look at our Gallery to see examples of the T-Shirt Quilts as well as few of the many other quilts we have made.
I started making quilts as a child and have been quilting for others for over twenty years. Quilts that I have quilted have been featured in several quilting books and magazines.