Finishing Up the T-Shirt Quilt!

So, I’ve been gone from Blogdom for a while. The holidays just took over and that was my only focus for a while!

But…I’m back!

I did get the t-shirt quilt finished in time for Christmas. I finished sewing on the label at 8:30pm Christmas Eve!! Oh well, it was fun and he REALLY liked it! That was the point!

Here’s where I left off with my last blog post.  The top was completed and ready to go to the quilters (AKA “Mom”).


Got it back from my Mom a few days later and got busy on the binding.






I knew in the back of my head that I was not going to let this quilt get out the door without a label!! It’s happened too many times where I took until the last minute to finish the quilt and never got the chance to add one.
So…I made sure I built enough time into the finishing and I was happy with the finished result. Normally, I print the label on prepackaged paper backed fabric. However, I just read an article about a woman who prints her message on the computer (in whatever font she likes), puts a piece of fabric over the paper and traces the message in her own hand.
What a great idea!!
I decided to give it a try and I was really happy with the results. Here’s what it looked like!

It’s personalized but neat.
In my next post I’ll talk about putting the finishing touches on the rag  quilt/table runner. The fun continues!

Take Care!
Heather

The T-Shirt Quilt Continues…

The “Christmas present” continues to develop.  Only nine more days until this quilt needs to be wrapped and under the tree.


It’s ready for the sashing strips.

The owner of Windy Moon Quilts here in Reno taught me how to fold a fabric square (see below) to make cutting strips easy and on the bias at the same time!

I don’t know about you but I find cutting bias strips a pain.  This is a great and fast method.


Windy Moon also carries a really nice line of flannel.  It’s super soft and comes in a great variety of plaids.


 
As far as the colors of the sashing strips go, there were so many different colors of t-shirts in this quilt that there really wasn’t any way to choose  one color for a perfect match.



I’ve used a similar plaid flannel before and I think it harmonized nicely with the variety of colors.  It’s not “matchy-matchy” but I think in this case it works just fine!



I was happy with the first row.  Looking good…


Finally, all four rows done. 



I think he’s REALLY gonna like this quilt!
On to the corner stones and getting these rows put together.
Almost there!


Heather

The T-Shirt Quilt for Christmas

Another project that is due very soon is a Christmas present for a family member. I’m making him a t-shirt quilt out of his old shirts.

My mom pointed out to me that he had a clothes drawer that would barely shut. It was overflowing with old, holey, worn-out shirts.
A t-shirt quilt was obviously the PERFECT Christmas gift for him. And men are so hard to shop for so, yeah! 
Now, I just have to get it done in the next week and then get it to my Mom so she can quilt it, so she can get it back to me, so I can bind it-before Christmas.
No problem, right?? 

I’ve cut out the shirts..


I’ve stabilized them all with French Fuse and made them into 15” squares.



I’m happy with the squares, now I need to go to the LQS and find some coordinating fabric. I’m thinking flannel, plaid, colors?? Not sure…

It won’t be hard, I just need to carve out the time.

I can’t wait to see the look on his face when it’s done. I know it’s going to be great!!

Part II is on the way…

Good Night…

Heather