Saturday, June 25, 2011

What have I been doing now?

Well, I was suppose to make a Tshirt quilt for my daughters best friend for 2 years now. Had the Tshirts in a bag just sitting there. So finally I started cutting them up this week. I finished cutting the neck and arms off tonight and have about half of them stabilized. At least it is a start! Tomorrow I'm hoping to get the rest of them stabilized - you wouldn't believe how long that takes!


My mom also wanted a small wall hanging for her door. I finally got that made this week. Just have to finish quilting it. I cheat on these and do the button hole stitch after I layer so it is kind of like quilted where the applique is. Just need to do the sky background.

And meet H and A's newest family member! Isn't she adorable! She was abandoned in the back yard of some friends of A's parents. A had always told H that she could name their dog "Santo" after Ron Santo of the Chicago Cubs as long as it had "White Socks (Sox)"! Can you tell those 2 support opposing Chicago teams!

10 comments from wonderful readers:

Janet O. said... 1

I know how long the t-shirt quilt takes. I've just sent one to my longarm quilter that I made for my son's college graduation. I've blogged about it a few times, including how much longer it took than I ever dreamed--trimming the shirts, stabilizing them, I pieced most of the 30 blocks in mine and then fussy cut plaid sashing! I had thought it would be such a quick project.
Nice wall hanging for your Mom. That isn't cheating, it is effective use of time and resources!

antique quilter said... 2

cute puppy...here its all about the RED SOX!
the quilt for your mom is cute, yes machine buttonholing quilts like that is the way to go!

t shirt quilts haven't made one yet but M came home with a LOT of t shirts and asked if I would make her a quilt when she had enough?
not looking forward to it!

Rhonda M said... 3
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Rhonda M said... 4

I made my first tee-shirt quilt this year for my daughter and you are so right, it takes a long time to prepare those blocks. I used 30 14-inch blocks and will probably never make one that big again, because it was a bear to quilt. Here is the link to mine:

http://cobblestonequilting.blogspot.com/2011/05/labor-of-love-surprise-tee-shirt-memory.html

Please put pics on of yours when it is finished!

Lori said... 5

Santo is adorable!!

I have some tshirts all stabilized and am waiting for more to make a bigger quilt. I'm sure the friend will be happy you finally got around to it;)

WoolenSails said... 6

How I wish I had saved all my tshirts since I was young, that would be a fun quilt, lol. Love your sailboat piece, I have been wanting to do one, just haven't found the time, but maybe after my flag piece.

Debbie

Linda said... 7

Puppy is so adorable!! Love her smiling face!!! :-)

Anonymous said... 8

I have a friend who makes Tshirt quilts for customers but I've never tried it myself. They are very popular.

Janice said... 9

I have never done a T shirt quilt, but I may give it a shot in the near future. I cant wait to what design you come up with.

Barb said... 10

great sailing boat and light house hanging.
That pup is sooo cute! what perky ears and eyes.
Being a native Chicagoan,I love the name references!