Project Repat quilts are made from T-shirts cut into squares and backed with fleece. The company has sold some 140,000 quilts since 2012, and sales exceeded $4 million in 2015, according to the ...

It turned out the right product was a quilt made of old T-shirts, sewn together here in the U.S. That is the idea behind the startup Project Repat. How it works: The quilt is really more of a ...

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Washtenaw Ave. Ricker learned how to make quilts from T-shirts through a Chicago Park District sewing class, and “it snowballed after that.” she said, noting she’s made roughly 53 quilts.

DeKeyzer knew someone who could turn Rath's old Star Wars t-shirts into a quilt. She packed up a 5x5 masterpiece made up of 25 old shirts into a box Monday night along with one t-shirt they didn't ...

When it comes to re-enacting, Jim McKee’s been there, done that and has the T-shirts to prove it. Over the past 15 years, he has portrayed pirates, Confederate soldiers, Union soldiers ...

but there was a demand in the marketplace for an affordable way to preserve your T-shirt memories," Rothstein said. The quilts range from $60 to about $190 depending on the size, and they're made ...

This quilt — made from Paso Robles Wine Festival T-shirts — is up for auction to benefit Loaves and Fishes. You can see it on display through April at Harmony Cellars. Courtesy photo What’s ...

While those products didn’t sell well, people seemed to like the concept of taking old T-shirts and turning them into something new – like a unique quilt made of clothing that had meaning to ...

Volunteer librarian Peg Susbury d made similar T-shirt quilts for her daughter, and was helping Hunter with her project. Amy said she and her younger daughter, Dakota, a sophomore at Telstar ...