How to Make a Harley T-Shirt Quilt

You may have collected a lot of Harley Davidson Motorcycle T-shirts over the years from going to all the rallies. Don't sell them at a garage sale or throw them away. Instead, make a quilt out of them. Your memories will be preserved and this will be a conversation piece in your home.

Difficulty:

Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Harley T-shirts, enough to make a good sized quilt
• Rotary cutter
• Ruler
• Fusible stabilizer (optional)
• Batting, a little larger than finished quilt top
• Fabric for quilt back and binding
• Sewing machine
• Matching thread
• Quilting pins
• Quilting Thread or yarn

1. • 1

     Figure out which design on your t-shirts is the largest. Cut around the design leaving about 1 to 2 inches on the outside of the design. This is the size you will use for cutting out all the designs.

   • 2

     Iron on fusible stabilizer to the back of the designs. This will help prevent rolling of edges but is not required. Sew together all the cut out designs in a pattern you like.

   • 3

     Cut out back of quilt from chosen fabric. Cut it about 2 inches bigger than the finished top, all the way around.

   • 4

     Layer top of quilt, batting and backing together and pin.

   • 5

     Quilt all layers on a sewing machine, or tie layers together in intervals using yarn. You can even take it to someone who has a quilting machine or to a quilt shop and they can quilt it for you.

   • 6

     Trim backing and batting to size of quilt top and add binding.

Tips & Warnings

• Have fun with your quilt and don't try to be a perfectionist.

• Use cotton fabric for the backing and binding.

• Use a thin batting.

• You can add borders to the top if you wish, before putting the layers together.

• Add a fabric label to your quilt back if you want to keep a record of information about the quilt.

• If someone quilts it for you they will not trim it and add the binding.

• Don't make the quilt too large as this quilt will be heavy because of the T-shirt material used.