Several months ago I was asked if I could make a t-shirt quilt for a friend who lost her husband a couple of years ago. She showed up with a laundry basket full of t-shirts. She wanted a Queen size quilt but lives in Florida so we didn't want it to be too heavy. We went through the t-shirts to prioritize the ones she really wanted in the main quilt and said I could do what I wanted with the rest and the quilt pattern was totally up to me. Well not only did we end up with what turned out to be more like a King size quilt but 2 lap quilts and a pillow! I used every t-shirt including any logos or images that were on the sleeves or pockets. I used the lightest batting I could find and I'm so happy with how they came out!!! The pictures aren't the best but I did the best I could with all of the rainy days we've been having and they needed to make their way to Florida this week. So here we are, the last several months of sewing.
I've been playing and learning more about my embroidery machine over the last two weeks. LOVE IT! It has it's limitations since it will only take a 4x4 hoop. But I can work with that. Have had some Ooooops moments. But overall I think I've done rather well.
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| This on will go into a block for my Doctor Who 'Silence In The Library' quilt. Not 100% a Van Gogh but I think it conveys the meaning. |
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| Experimenting with floating my fabric. LOVE this design!!! |
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| First practice run with thee sunflower design |
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| Made a little mug rug to go on my desk. |
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| Tested out a quilt label idea |
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| Making a sketchbook carrier for my DD to put in her backpack so her sketchbook doesn't get all banged up. This was just the test. Working on the real one now. |
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| SO close!!!! Almost had it all in one go, then on the 3rd one I didn't flip it correctly. No problem, cut them all apart. Stitched one more correctly and pieced everything together. It was good practice on how to orient the designs! |
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