A typical football player gets two jerseys each season: a white one for home games and a colored or black one for away games. After a career of playing football, the jerseys can seem to take on a life of their own jumping out of drawers and tumbling out of closets. Rather than just let them pile up or give them away, give your jerseys new life in a quilt!
If you have two identical jerseys – one white and one colored, we would suggest using more of the colored jerseys rather than the white ones. This will help make your quilt more colorful.
You can also decide if you want both of the jerseys in the quilt rather than just one. If you choose to use both, your quilt will be twice as large.
Some of your football jerseys may have graphics and numbers on the shoulder. We would suggest you use some of these smaller blocks, especially if you don’t have other small logos. A mixture of large and small blocks lets us make a more interesting layout design for your quilt.
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If you have a graphic that is 20” x 24” and it is cut out with a block that is 14” x 14, part of your jersey will be cropped off. Yes, they will just cut off part of the design. This could be your name, the bottom of your number, or your team’s name. This can be a heart breaker.
A Too Cool style T-shirt quilt is made up of various size blocks. This is good for you because some of your football jerseys many need a very large block while other jerseys many need a smaller block. This allows small and very big designs to be puzzled together into a cohesive quilt.
Don’t let a traditional T-shirt quilt maker cut off the designs on your jersey just to fit their block size. Football jerseys are expensive and should be showcased much better than that. Read more about the different T-shirt quilt styles here.
Your quilt maker should be able to mix in any other fabrics that you may have with your jerseys. So, for example, you should be able to use logos and designs off T-shirts, sweatshirts, bags, stocking hats, socks and jackets along with your jerseys. Read about what can be used in a quilt here.
A quilt made from your football jerseys can a wonderful way to remember and tell the story of your football career! Be sure to do your research on quilt makers first!
Read about how to interview a quilt maker here. Find a quilt maker who will make your quilt more than just cool… they should make it Too Cool!
To learn more about having a quilt made from your sports T-shirts and jerseys, download our free Athletic
T-shirt Quilt Buyer's Guide. It's a great place to learn about the different styles and quality of T-shirt quilt.