Running a marathon is a significant achievement that requires a great deal of training and dedication. For many runners, completing a marathon in every state is the ultimate challenge.
With 50 states in the United States, running a marathon in each state is a monumental feat that requires careful planning, training, and a willingness to push oneself to the limit.
A set block size may be too small and cut off part of the design extending beyond the block. Or the block might be too large and leave small designs floating with huge margins. There will be some designs that will fit nicely on the “one size block.” But, all your T-shirts deserve to be cut to their correct size. Read more about different styles of T-shirt quilts here.
A Too Cool T-shirt quilt is different from traditional T-shirt quilts! No cotton sashing. No iron-on interfacing to stiffen up the T-shirts. No one-size fits all blocks.
Planning a T-shirt quilt?
Here are step-by-step directions for ordering your Too Cool T-shirt quilt.
Spoiler, you can include any machine washable fabrics! Here are some things you might not have considered including.
Although Tech fabrics are lightweight and soft, they are neither wimpy nor delicate. In fact, Tech material is very tough. In a quilt, it will last as well as, or better than, traditional T-shirt materials. Unlike traditional cotton material, Tech fabrics will not fade overtime.
Once in a quilt, you have to study the quilt carefully to figure out if a block is traditional T-shirt material or tech material. The difference is the texture.
Consider having a pillow or quilt made with your race bib numbers. That’s right, with the actual Tyvek race number.
Tyvek is incredible stuff! It doesn’t like to rip. It’s machine washable. It gets softer in every wash. So yes, you can use the actual race number in your quilt.
Here are three ways to consider how to use race numbers in a quilt or pillow:
We know that you don’t want your quilt to be an advertising tool. Yet some ads cannot be removed from the graphics without ruining them. Experience has taught us to know when to leave the ads and when not to use them. For example, consider a T-shirt with a list of ads on the back and the name of the race is over on top of the list. We can remove the ads while retaining the race information.
If you want the ads used, please tell us! You or your company might be a sponsor of the event. We won’t know unless you tell us.
It’s ok that you have too many T-shirts. You are in great company. It’s what you will do with your T-shirts that counts.
If you are planning a quilt, do your research before you hand over your T-shirts to just anyone. Here are some articles that will help you in your planning.