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Patty’s T-shirt quilt – check! A May finish!

Patty’s T-shirt quilt – check! A May finish!

 I finally finished my sister’s T-shirt quilt and presented it to her today!  In my usual style, I folded the quilt with the label facing out and wrapped it with the selvage edges from the backing fabric.

It wasn’t  a surprise, but I didn’t tell her that I had finally finished it.   I had some time today so I came to her work to give it to her.  I love how it turned out!

Here’s part of the secret message label.  I “wrote” in reverse on the front, a message only readable from the back.

 

Making and giving quilts is such a happy occasion!

Thanks for looking.  I’m linking up here!
                                           May Finishes

Thanks for looking!

Linda

Design Wall Monday

Design Wall Monday

 

Spoiler Alert to my sister, Patty!

I’m still working on my Trash to Treasure Pineapple quilt but I got sidetracked this week with my sister’s T-shirt quilt.  This is one of those projects that keeps getting set aside but now I’m determined to finish this “Loose End”!  Patty helped me out this week by eliminating some of the t-shirts and they may end up in a second quilt!

 

So, I’m off and sewing!  Because the t-shirt panels are various sizes, I’m making 4 vertical rows and building the smaller motifs to fit the row width.  I love it!!

Check out Judy at Patchwork Times for other Design Wall Monday projects.

Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’ !

Linda

Have you made a T-Shirt quilt?

Have you made a T-Shirt quilt?

T-shirt quilts are a great way to commemorate life events or put all those shirts to good use!  Here’s a couple awesome t-shirt quilts made by Lauren.  Notice the sashing detail that really sets off the t-shirts.  She did a wonderful job stabilizing the t-shirt fabric which makes the quilting easier and with better results.  My usual approach to quilting the T-shirt quilt is to stitch right through the motifs with a medium to large meander.  The quilting adds texture and becomes another element without distracting from the topic of the shirts.  The quilting density is even and makes the quilts very usable.  The batting is Quilter’s Dream Puff which is light and machine wash and dry.

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