My 2nd T-shirt Quilt

Today I started on my 2nd t-shirt quilt.  This one is for my daughter Lizzie.  I am thinking of making it a rag quilt since she has SOooo many t-shirts; this way I can sandwich the batting with a t-shirt square on each side and double the number of shirts used.  I already have 40 squares cut and another shopping bag full of shirts!

This is my two piles of shirts already cut.  I also had a jacket for Lizzie from cheerleading that I've decided to cut apart and remove the zippers so I can add it to the quilt.  I'll need to do some sewing before that square is ready.  I'll post a photo of it once I'm finished stitching the pockets closed & making the seam where the zipper was located.

Lizzie's quilt will have shirts from school, band, cheerleading, Girl Scouts and Job's Daughter's.  She also has a very good variety of colors.  I'm anxious to lay out the squares for this one.

I took a break this evening to go out to dinner with my Husband, tomorrow is our 19th Wedding Anniversary.  We had a terrific meal and enjoyed our time alone without the kids.  Amazing how 2 hours alone will recharge your batteries.

T-shirt Quilt Day #4

I  had a lot of stitching today.  I finished all 5 of the columns on Saturday & pressed every seam.  I stitched the first two columns together.

Sunday afternoon was a day of more stitching.  I even had a helper...she has earned the title of "Escape Artist" since she has figured out how to jimmy the door to the room where we pen her when we don't want her to interfere.  :0)  The little stinker!

Right after my son took this picture he took her back to the room & got her to play with some of her toys.  She loves to be around people.  I was working in the dining room, kitchen & living rooms so I had enough space for everything & I STILL was cramped at times.

The hardest part was folding & rolling the quilt to stitch the sashing for the entire length & with the interfacing it didn't want to fold and bend nicely for me.  I also had to rip out two blocks and restitch them into place to get the sashing to line up, it was off by 1/2 an inch!  Way too much to let it be.  The shirts must have been longer than the others.  It was well worth the extra time to fix it then, You can't even notice it now.

I finished the quilt top Sunday evening about 11:00 pm.  Just in time to go to bed.  This morning the kids helped me take this photo of the quilt top.  I have 8 foot ceilings, just enough room to "stretch" out the quilt top.  Now I'll be shipping it off to campus quilt for the quilting process.  I'll post a FINAL picture of the completely finished quilt once I get it back.

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