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Make a Jersey Quilt - For Parents With Kids In Sports!

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Date: 02/08/2005 Topic: Craft Tips > Quilting  
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Take the jerseys you have accumulated and make them into quilt squares. This is a neat keepsake. My son is in hockey and has a lot of jerseys and I am saving them and making squares out of them as he goes on. Each year could be a square (including practice, game and camp jerseys). It is such a neat idea.

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By aginoris (1) Contact
I am a dude. I like to sew lol, I grew up with my mom and that was something we enjoyed together. Anyhow, so I banged out these 2 tops for my girl the other day and I was like...what would happen if you could assemble a quilt made of used in game type jerseys of favorite players. What if you can organize the pattern in such a way as to suggest their relative field positions too. I used a machine on my girls' quilts, and I totally call that cheating. But what would one be worth?
That said, I use a steel straight edge and really good shears for fine work on the end of a very square bench. For original cuts, I use a special cutting board like for paper or a chalk line and a razor blade. The key, to my way of thinking, is keeping the tension right on the material. You don't wanna pull too tight and warp or pull not enough and have it sag...that causes problems later. I use little C-clamps and foam board as rest spots where I apply the clamps. I pull the fabric and adjust as carefully as possible to make it look taught but natural, then I cut.

I don't know how others do it, I am self taught in a lot of ways, and well, I am probably the only quilter that uses power tools lol. But this has worked for me, your results may vary. I always grab an old crappy shirt and experiment on that first. Once I got the knack, then I move to the material.

I haven't worked with jersey material yet, but off the cuff, I think I want to color match with some felt, and make backings. This, to me, would give the material more integrity without losing the theme. It would make it warmer too, because why the heck you gonna make a blanket that doesn't keep you warm lol. OH fleece would be cool too, I think I am gonna try that.

My 2 cents for free. Good luck out there.

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By Anonymous (1) Contact
Can you give me directions on how you made it?

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By deb (Guest Post)
Can you give hints on how to do this... cutting... etc.

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