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. 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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Can you give hints on how to do this... cutting... etc.
Can you give me directions on how you made it?
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?
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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