I've been wanting to make a tee shirt quilt for AGES, and I finally got around to it!
I dug out the plastic garbage sack full of old, sentimental tee shirts left in the garage, and after reading various, conflicting instructions online, got to it!
Cutting into the first few shirts was actually REALLY hard...I mean, what if I messed it up? I'll NEVER get this shirt back! This is my HISTORY, here!
But then, after a while, I started cutting with reckless abandon - kind of empowering, actually. :-)
I backed all the shirts with fusible interfacing to keep them sturdy, and used a fuzzy flannel as the sashing and the back (solid black). I love how it turned out, but man it was a bitch to sew! Still, I'm really pleased!
If you've known me for a while (i.e. college or before) you probably recognize quite a selection of the shirts - and now I'll always have them as a good reminder, rather than rotting in an attic somewhere. What a cool project!
What do you think?
I dug out the plastic garbage sack full of old, sentimental tee shirts left in the garage, and after reading various, conflicting instructions online, got to it!
Cutting into the first few shirts was actually REALLY hard...I mean, what if I messed it up? I'll NEVER get this shirt back! This is my HISTORY, here!
But then, after a while, I started cutting with reckless abandon - kind of empowering, actually. :-)
I backed all the shirts with fusible interfacing to keep them sturdy, and used a fuzzy flannel as the sashing and the back (solid black). I love how it turned out, but man it was a bitch to sew! Still, I'm really pleased!
If you've known me for a while (i.e. college or before) you probably recognize quite a selection of the shirts - and now I'll always have them as a good reminder, rather than rotting in an attic somewhere. What a cool project!
What do you think?
Labels: quilt
Now that Nat's finally had little Emma, I can finally show off the quilt I made for mummy and baby several months ago!
(front detail of the quilt)
I'd never worked with piecing triangles before, so it was a new (and exciting!) challenge, and I also hand stitched the.entire.quilt.
Every quilting stitch, done by yours truly.
I am most proud. :-)
Of course, it took me both seasons of Grey's Anatomy on DVD, but I did it!
(back detail - you can really see the quilting design!)
(front detail of the quilt)
I'd never worked with piecing triangles before, so it was a new (and exciting!) challenge, and I also hand stitched the.entire.quilt.
Every quilting stitch, done by yours truly.
I am most proud. :-)
Of course, it took me both seasons of Grey's Anatomy on DVD, but I did it!
(back detail - you can really see the quilting design!)
Labels: quilt
Who says the Quiltin' Ladies are shy? ;-)
Since we didn't have a project in the works, we decided to go out to dinner and thumb through my quilt books in the hopes of finding inspiration. Now we all have a list of about 15 new quilts we want to make.
Yay for quilts and good friends!
Since we didn't have a project in the works, we decided to go out to dinner and thumb through my quilt books in the hopes of finding inspiration. Now we all have a list of about 15 new quilts we want to make.
Yay for quilts and good friends!
Labels: quilt
I finished my blue and yellow quilt (started in..um...January) last weekend.
Pretty no? :-)
(It's got pretty eyelet and gorgeous fabrics from the Boonville quilt store)
Pretty no? :-)
(It's got pretty eyelet and gorgeous fabrics from the Boonville quilt store)
Labels: quilt
