Will Mitchell
Will provides sewing machine repair for a wide variety of machines. You got it he can fix it.
Meet Will Mitchell, Our Sewing Machine Repair Technician
Will Mitchell is a certified Bernina technician with extensive experience in repairing all types of sewing machines. In addition to his expertise in sewing machine repairs, Will also sharpens scissors to keep your sewing tools in top shape. Machines dropped off at our store are picked up directly by Will, and he will stay in direct contact with you throughout the repair process. Rest assured, your beloved machine is in capable and caring hands with Will!
Your Life In Stitches
T-Shirt and Memory Quilts
T-Shirt and Memory quilts allow you to use your treasured shirts and other materials to create a keepsake quilt. We create a variety of styles and will work with your to understand the style that works best for your quilts.
The collage style T-Shirt quilt allows more t-shirts to be used in your quilt. Each shirt is cut with regards to the designs on the shirt. The blocks are then arranged to form a unique collage of t-shirt designs. These prices include cutting your shirts, sewing the quilt top, backing fabric, batting, quilting and binding.
Sashing or Framed quilts can either have a standard color between the blocks or each block can be "framed" in a complimentary color to the shirt. In most cases we add an outside border fabric. We can use any parts of the shirt; front, back, sleeve or other parts that include the graphic.
We ask that each shirt be washed without fabric softener. Each shirt should be marked to indicate which part you would like included in the quilt. Please do not cut up the shirts. To mark the shirt - take a small sticky pad and use the following legend. Front Only, Back Only, Front and Back, Optional. Each sticky note should be stapled to the collar of the shirt. This helps us understand what is most important to include in your quilt. Having a few optional pieces that can be included is very helpful as we lay the pattern our and need to balance the colors or sizes.
Each quilt is cut allowing the maximum use of the graphic. Each piece is backed with a woven fusible material to prevent stretching. The cost of prep for each shirt is $5. We request a $150.00 deposit at the time of drop off. Quilts will take approximately 3-6 weeks to complete depending on the current number of quilts in queue.
Pricing Structure:
| Activity | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| T-Shirt Prep | Cutting up Shirt and prepping with fusible interfacing | $5.00 per shirt |
| Sashing | Cost of Fabric | Fabric runs between $9.00 and 14.00 per yard |
| Backing | This is the fabric on the back of the quilt. Usually we prefer to use a wide back 108" fabric | Typically backing fabric runs between $20-25 per yard - average yardage is 3 yards for 108". |
| Quilt Top | Cost to sew all sashing and t-shirt parts together | Twin - $100 Double - $175 Queen - $250 King - $325 |
| Batting | We use 100% cotton batting in between the layers of the quilt. | Batting cost ranges between $25 and $65. We use Quilters Dream |
| Quilting | All quilts will be finished on the longarm machine - they will be quilted with an allover meander design. Custom Quilting can be an option. | Typically the cost to long-arm a quilt approximately $.023 per square inch. A quilt that measures 70" by 90" = 6300. 6300 @.023 = 144.90 |
| Binding | Binding is the final step that seals the three layers together. All quilts are machine bound with double fold binding | $40 flat rate |
Average quilt prices range from $450 - $1200 depending on the factors included above.