tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49074981031834368542024-03-19T00:27:31.798-07:00Dee B TeesDee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-58438538588389730492022-04-24T10:17:00.005-07:002022-04-24T10:24:08.369-07:00Finally an Aledo Quilt plus another Graduation quilt<p> We've lived in Aledo for 20 years now and had two kids graduate from high school there. You'd think I'd have made several of these, but for some reason it has never happened. Just recently a long time friend asked me to made one from her son's football jerseys she had found in the attic. It turned out great - such striking colors. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZnX5_eLJioPO3a13GXP3GChjMJarKdoR8fi9lmFt_73PPwGX1P7V9jjWSTuR_eYeP1_DIN4Jm_dKgO8gUs3AUdiwwpgIdMkEAxUXWIYyBw3-Xv7qFAbFRcST-pFPyaosUIaB9FInBcDnmAo_mkcADKiwG1MZG35oEQHmHTjgPM27QVtb-adx107m/s3557/20210928_142649.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3557" data-original-width="2913" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZnX5_eLJioPO3a13GXP3GChjMJarKdoR8fi9lmFt_73PPwGX1P7V9jjWSTuR_eYeP1_DIN4Jm_dKgO8gUs3AUdiwwpgIdMkEAxUXWIYyBw3-Xv7qFAbFRcST-pFPyaosUIaB9FInBcDnmAo_mkcADKiwG1MZG35oEQHmHTjgPM27QVtb-adx107m/w524-h640/20210928_142649.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I received a graduation announcement last fall for my father's step-great-granddaughter (that's a mouthful). Since I had made a t-shirt quilt for her sister, I asked if she would like one too. The answer was yes. So only 11 months late, here is Kennedy's quilt. I have to admit it was fun doing this one - the shirts were so fun. Plus it has a t-shirt from her mom's and my home town - it made me kind of nostalgic while working on it.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbnVjHocstFuRp0EDndIIqn-doqvk47oNjUG1_Pd8E9hgQuZnF5WyeK6sxtmO9GA50DNJwUtH2JHjCedhND3u7buamSZa7qbdt8r2JRDb72HQoCX5EfZZmokIOL4ryv8yd5ix_D6Lt2fPT41h2AXdfKQbxIfvi7GFtWf2QonKuEHmtmOQJLlVJQWF/s3090/20220410_194004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3090" data-original-width="2482" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbnVjHocstFuRp0EDndIIqn-doqvk47oNjUG1_Pd8E9hgQuZnF5WyeK6sxtmO9GA50DNJwUtH2JHjCedhND3u7buamSZa7qbdt8r2JRDb72HQoCX5EfZZmokIOL4ryv8yd5ix_D6Lt2fPT41h2AXdfKQbxIfvi7GFtWf2QonKuEHmtmOQJLlVJQWF/w514-h640/20220410_194004.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><br /><div><br /> <p></p></div></div>Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-35271888438898912142021-07-10T13:57:00.000-07:002021-07-10T13:57:05.721-07:00Graduation & just for fun<p> After the flurry of so many T-shirt quilts when Pier 1 closed during the Covid lockdown of spring 2020, I found I was seriously TIRED of making T-shirt quilts. But one last co-worker asked for a graduation quilt for her daughter and I couldn't say no. This is the second quilt made for all theater shirts. It was fun seeing all the plays and musicals she had performed. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5puzmLhz2RFx3QzuG6ny3Hg7vNV1JHfseOuE7IOA-nZVZipsRCgCrYlySOAaABtn-thDbPbRG4T2HG61fomyKf0SByV7LeboLg9w_K3YiEjgzgnm5C9Z8N1K_od3Xn1lREvq8Ljy7_xs/s3037/20201102_075910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3037" data-original-width="2069" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5puzmLhz2RFx3QzuG6ny3Hg7vNV1JHfseOuE7IOA-nZVZipsRCgCrYlySOAaABtn-thDbPbRG4T2HG61fomyKf0SByV7LeboLg9w_K3YiEjgzgnm5C9Z8N1K_od3Xn1lREvq8Ljy7_xs/w436-h640/20201102_075910.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This quilt was for the husband of my friend how has cut my hair for the last 18 years. He is retired from the marines and does several volunteer projects for the family outreach. We had to sneak out t-shirts in order to surprise him. The funniest part was when I gave him the quilt the 1st thing he noticed was I had attached one of the patches upside down! Duh. Fortunately it was easy to redo it as I hadn't quilted through the patches. I was gratified that the first thing he did was to post a picture on his facebook page.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCbKiW7yC3khmn1Xf8mp7wG856nItE8i2_Iwol3h5D0-wq9M6f5uSTMkXS3YFfM4SYNQPsTfGAnfie8ujPi8PO4pLRLv6dH8oCXDDJQt05fLcfTnximyOMiwWQRV3oLhtzkFYD2s2xag/s3398/20210625_171223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3398" data-original-width="2077" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCbKiW7yC3khmn1Xf8mp7wG856nItE8i2_Iwol3h5D0-wq9M6f5uSTMkXS3YFfM4SYNQPsTfGAnfie8ujPi8PO4pLRLv6dH8oCXDDJQt05fLcfTnximyOMiwWQRV3oLhtzkFYD2s2xag/w392-h640/20210625_171223.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-80014769656688395962020-09-15T07:12:00.028-07:002021-07-10T14:04:15.176-07:00Log of P1 T-shirt quilts over the years<div class="separator"><p style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnZ4iwMBN8hpavmpPcpwcqLMkLPhY-p-6ZuMl887sBL5YsGsQ87mrUqUWR9Qs7kk4ZHdCsx3UUyTDuxp5j0Pgf9Z44fylsurdh4owYNkbWnPwZwE_DgIkZrQf_vFAnx21j024OVyCGv8/s4032/20200501_165959.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnZ4iwMBN8hpavmpPcpwcqLMkLPhY-p-6ZuMl887sBL5YsGsQ87mrUqUWR9Qs7kk4ZHdCsx3UUyTDuxp5j0Pgf9Z44fylsurdh4owYNkbWnPwZwE_DgIkZrQf_vFAnx21j024OVyCGv8/s320/20200501_165959.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Updated December 2020 for one last quilt</p><p>As the company closes its doors on September 23, 2020 I wanted to review just how many of these corporate t-shirt quilts I've made. When we vacated our beautiful corporate office at the end of May, I was given a large stack of shirts from a storage room. Individuals have also contacted me and donated shirts. So I was able to made several in the last 6 months for long term coworkers. Some have asked, some were surprises. All this got me to wondering, how how many have I made in total and can I remember where they all went. So here is the list, along with pictures of the recipients when they would consent. 😄 Note there are other posts about many of these earlier quilts scattered through this blog.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Vicky</b> from inventory, with the company 30 plus years.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz38Z1kMBumMzwMkBuKgRU72PqB-C_IZoFz9uv0kUDHlGfr6xxbjfoD92_HkT8p808RoLVnp-5KQLbVWJs51Oym0F5gXT6e50v0NNAI04yQ64WDImnR_pZtMd8OFH4sKY-h-eotZPM9WM/s4032/20200530_105927.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz38Z1kMBumMzwMkBuKgRU72PqB-C_IZoFz9uv0kUDHlGfr6xxbjfoD92_HkT8p808RoLVnp-5KQLbVWJs51Oym0F5gXT6e50v0NNAI04yQ64WDImnR_pZtMd8OFH4sKY-h-eotZPM9WM/w241-h320/20200530_105927.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><b>Janet</b> from legal - with the company 42 years</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAy3nc9QLwp4iZmMIX8NfO4y_UGaaEZ8y8f1FSUPU2iEM_LIohBAX9EuTs_SWH0c9PxI39IslWT4oTtlJFT_RaUrabOV_om2vkPJWt286weXCXzPV9C-_6zrWDPyspHpkmZWqJa2Uor4/s3813/20200525_211745.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3813" data-original-width="2279" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAy3nc9QLwp4iZmMIX8NfO4y_UGaaEZ8y8f1FSUPU2iEM_LIohBAX9EuTs_SWH0c9PxI39IslWT4oTtlJFT_RaUrabOV_om2vkPJWt286weXCXzPV9C-_6zrWDPyspHpkmZWqJa2Uor4/w241-h400/20200525_211745.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img alt="" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="187" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinWJz2oC669hyphenhyphenyZMUVl0dRx778s7XZwOGxsj8lZIk4YS4_iZwTZWIol-tGEhMCD7dpOb4B8t7vhexFlMG51YrclTsvezM4IC89EwA8IYQGkodXXQ6k8aBN04a0YKEK07yHAGKTFstaqH0/w146-h199/image.png" width="146" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Barbie</b> from loss prevention (who gave me the very 1st bag of shirts)- with the company just a few days shy of 43 years</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7fGiqSQNRbtUBEarWHDF55jOeIFEceKWsHPQjviWUeWJgF-eSjgUaew2L-3w3GqU0yJV1FYJ2TiT4WDN5dLKok4QJ-46Z19J7NfgC1HzZBUB51hCIxVyyuGD455TwiB4k6iWPHOldzg/s4032/20200527_095050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7fGiqSQNRbtUBEarWHDF55jOeIFEceKWsHPQjviWUeWJgF-eSjgUaew2L-3w3GqU0yJV1FYJ2TiT4WDN5dLKok4QJ-46Z19J7NfgC1HzZBUB51hCIxVyyuGD455TwiB4k6iWPHOldzg/w241-h320/20200527_095050.jpg" width="241" /></a></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Karen</b> from internal audit, IT & customer relations - with the company 29 years, retired in January</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzq0pI04AgZmXzRFRCpFPOA6LF8zizWTR5YEibWpZA0ccAzBQqRCsEGv6NqgaZGH32Jy3pj53FfG_LFK06ivaqmUSoTz81HBSiOraqHP6ECFfqoG8e1kyJWkBiHrLvNKDYc5R68HTWiaQ/s751/IMG_2556.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="668" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzq0pI04AgZmXzRFRCpFPOA6LF8zizWTR5YEibWpZA0ccAzBQqRCsEGv6NqgaZGH32Jy3pj53FfG_LFK06ivaqmUSoTz81HBSiOraqHP6ECFfqoG8e1kyJWkBiHrLvNKDYc5R68HTWiaQ/w229-h256/IMG_2556.jpg" width="229" /></a></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Stephanie</b> from IT Mainframe, kept our ancient inventory system going for 23 years</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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His wife <b>Renee </b>hired me 15 years ago. I got to surprise them with the quilt in the mail. I know they will cherish the remembrance. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyCIDxpGhY87HNP7IgxrjQWl0Cg2yDrSRmNxKHs4hrE9vGzzwnEaxEYEqgLnUROqkKtF9N9UVRwi_ehB7W4Bkm31tylOR6mQNiXMI8dEoj958fdp5WfMYzaJVItE1DCrm-Tayv74U5wg/s569/IMG_8200.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="569" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyCIDxpGhY87HNP7IgxrjQWl0Cg2yDrSRmNxKHs4hrE9vGzzwnEaxEYEqgLnUROqkKtF9N9UVRwi_ehB7W4Bkm31tylOR6mQNiXMI8dEoj958fdp5WfMYzaJVItE1DCrm-Tayv74U5wg/s320/IMG_8200.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQyCIDxpGhY87HNP7IgxrjQWl0Cg2yDrSRmNxKHs4hrE9vGzzwnEaxEYEqgLnUROqkKtF9N9UVRwi_ehB7W4Bkm31tylOR6mQNiXMI8dEoj958fdp5WfMYzaJVItE1DCrm-Tayv74U5wg/s569/IMG_8200.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsBcchR_kGq6EObMbC-wa2pT8NmiPXbGOpGTGL6t9rlDyCA_T5YVGsdZecfZDbWSJ9PMRfGXp0zsqYH7FHNWrBaDtltTbCDWOjk4ELCVhXj7l-NwMDNb9fkWyGk4JcJqpEvYbXf2JevY/w298-h320/Suzie+with+quilt.PNG" width="298" /></a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Shaun</b> from credit services - her quilt matches Suzie's - they worked together over 20 years</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGKCghWOz3kItViMG-ssC9vFrMHDC-ciJpmcaqvJBHTgGicYudLePxBXFtvayAn_8ots0tTYDtNnXYbO_mAqshF3bjPlUULz1Cu8-JOJT9blfOQDGC1CPKBEsm6iI-ERMukvLVcK08kY/s2946/20190626_220443.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Teresa</b> from accounts payable - made as a comfort quilt when she was in chemo. Many folks from the finance department came by to sign their name and add well wishes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMOKMFuOTW-pzUWwlVHCDkd3I4W6iRfSZVJkjNRGQqpAzWTsEflWBLCL9vaSVXuILzFeW21eMJ1-55-XW-FUOol2FMeKZQrss-xZb6_t7QJ9MolueX_6WzYEHHR13TSor1zZ6nF0z3rQ/s3695/20180701_221112.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3695" data-original-width="2476" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMOKMFuOTW-pzUWwlVHCDkd3I4W6iRfSZVJkjNRGQqpAzWTsEflWBLCL9vaSVXuILzFeW21eMJ1-55-XW-FUOol2FMeKZQrss-xZb6_t7QJ9MolueX_6WzYEHHR13TSor1zZ6nF0z3rQ/w268-h400/20180701_221112.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMj_9QJDYy_J1sHrH_Qac0aWNFdcsoE5SrKtfme7CQ7ZOhDxR_5BAWm8HSB_rodw6ASqus3TD4uFQ32bRD5mzMoai6yReOWX7zhpijrPv-i92KoQKLxewXgdyKo7zcBAuhf0VpHUoIkH4/" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="305" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMj_9QJDYy_J1sHrH_Qac0aWNFdcsoE5SrKtfme7CQ7ZOhDxR_5BAWm8HSB_rodw6ASqus3TD4uFQ32bRD5mzMoai6yReOWX7zhpijrPv-i92KoQKLxewXgdyKo7zcBAuhf0VpHUoIkH4/w114-h112/image.png" width="114" /></a></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Sheryl </b>from accounts payable - with the company just short of 35 years. Quilt was present as anniversary gift for her 30th.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNa2B_9EeCgy4SmopzqZZdiE9r_DG7CmQ6D-uCfh78fCNjWJL3V10QW_sljvXeAW4P7vL_0timefH3YDUcX3IyAX1VtbnnmTcZpDbKB_D9Zp7_VLCeZMLzBN7MYD04xq02E7rP87p8w8/s2048/Sheryl+with+t-shirt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNa2B_9EeCgy4SmopzqZZdiE9r_DG7CmQ6D-uCfh78fCNjWJL3V10QW_sljvXeAW4P7vL_0timefH3YDUcX3IyAX1VtbnnmTcZpDbKB_D9Zp7_VLCeZMLzBN7MYD04xq02E7rP87p8w8/w400-h301/Sheryl+with+t-shirt.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Rachel</b> from customer relations & IT, moved to Arizona</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnwOrepZ9Nof9JTGtIWfzxTrGRVwrDc3GPQHYfExvhOZmoLsNHDNTFIXD71lNyDLWbqhk5co0VKFWQLG8WrG5Dsr6WBWkJBVJl154jczylbEf9NPQcT7NcqiycS5dicKD8LUxrwcMnts/s2560/20151230_110327.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnwOrepZ9Nof9JTGtIWfzxTrGRVwrDc3GPQHYfExvhOZmoLsNHDNTFIXD71lNyDLWbqhk5co0VKFWQLG8WrG5Dsr6WBWkJBVJl154jczylbEf9NPQcT7NcqiycS5dicKD8LUxrwcMnts/w240-h320/20151230_110327.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>United Way raffle quilt October 2011 - won by <b>Rhonda</b> but given to <b>Darla</b> my boss, who had bought LOTS of tickets. This was the very 1st P1 quilt. </p><p><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1423" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLn5fIIfDo1BXAw81pBNX4Jhyphenhyphen5PYauGk9wwSqNSiH_SnooWhyz0xZpg8GZX_sW5CrBWOM9HE_7O1EtPTMuba6nSz01ftTDABvU9b-c5ASkXUyJ0sZ65CJzyeGw1FgJ3ycgajQzEpI1UH4/w223-h320/Pier+1+tshirt.jpg" width="223" /></p><p>The next year <b>Darla</b> won and gave it back to <b>Rhonda</b>. How's that for symetry!</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUigeQZuc-SWTRWv0KbH6n6WcyvMhMfn1TOiijIF4NV5PAZnQqexxTSPsGXbXH8ZVj6QeCWP7-Wckh5NlA_izVBwOLF9Qb6l0KG4Kez9wBsxbKUEhDOzl9SzMaxYc-NBGaowRNxEBU-rg/s2048/Pier+1+tshirt+2014.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1701" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUigeQZuc-SWTRWv0KbH6n6WcyvMhMfn1TOiijIF4NV5PAZnQqexxTSPsGXbXH8ZVj6QeCWP7-Wckh5NlA_izVBwOLF9Qb6l0KG4Kez9wBsxbKUEhDOzl9SzMaxYc-NBGaowRNxEBU-rg/w213-h256/Pier+1+tshirt+2014.JPG" width="213" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XGqqiG7IQmLvgC_uExjswnYp7TdAArO_pZLqwUMi01C7kmDT6fP8nEJ3aWYTmhluyWya27zT1KttP91Xhxc0KWtPf7yKqECZXQzGB4z95k-hZafFF6bREg5V9h3reqgSrzdyPB6aRDo/s2048/FullSizeR.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XGqqiG7IQmLvgC_uExjswnYp7TdAArO_pZLqwUMi01C7kmDT6fP8nEJ3aWYTmhluyWya27zT1KttP91Xhxc0KWtPf7yKqECZXQzGB4z95k-hZafFF6bREg5V9h3reqgSrzdyPB6aRDo/w111-h197/FullSizeR.jpg" width="111" /></a><br /><br /></p><p></p><p>Well it looks like the total is 17. I don't know that I will make any more. Though that stack of shirts is still pretty large. I'll hold on to them for a couple more months then donate them. Going to miss you P1!</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftZLcMsYnMn9elqoI731f6_0Jrlb5wqLj8NGN4CqnquQyuybvJsIMbBwVZgLN2UGOj3yL3ujXNAveqYP7mVNxPpO-5HNc27DRAyT6XyRphmjucknMYVlvM9MkATHVUi4pnt4FIhcKM34/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="127" height="75" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftZLcMsYnMn9elqoI731f6_0Jrlb5wqLj8NGN4CqnquQyuybvJsIMbBwVZgLN2UGOj3yL3ujXNAveqYP7mVNxPpO-5HNc27DRAyT6XyRphmjucknMYVlvM9MkATHVUi4pnt4FIhcKM34/w73-h75/image.png" width="73" /></a><br /><br /></p>Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-30722926035906762382020-09-04T15:54:00.002-07:002020-09-04T15:54:28.466-07:00Graduation Favorite<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This spring during the quarentine a co-worker asked if I would make a graduation quilt for her son and brought over 2 bags full of shirts. She wanted me to use the gray cambray backing fabric I already had on hand as it was neutral and looked good with most of the shirts. But as I was working on it, I kept thinking how much I loved that bright kelly green, what could I do to dress it up a bit and tie in with those shirts. Aha, a narrow border! It turned out so well, we both loved it. Thanks goodness for a large drawer of pretty green fabrics to pull from.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCwTLdXjfdkmvs9W5gOGdkqhXIWBhVuapTCEN8Kl3MfR6_izMVnR1RvfM-Lxl7ZMOfq7dBBv0wSI1jW2zVVAbN9n5V_vur_rTNt3p9pPKHfMiz-lu1yvkduDgI6VVo5b1g_52JfyV_zE/s3828/20200613_125320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3828" data-original-width="2496" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGCwTLdXjfdkmvs9W5gOGdkqhXIWBhVuapTCEN8Kl3MfR6_izMVnR1RvfM-Lxl7ZMOfq7dBBv0wSI1jW2zVVAbN9n5V_vur_rTNt3p9pPKHfMiz-lu1yvkduDgI6VVo5b1g_52JfyV_zE/w408-h625/20200613_125320.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Best of luck at college, Aiden!</div><p></p><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="1006" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpc5vqswWajcdDmBqJP_DLDmFPj7JE1rH6qrCr-iFTae2h7a0NMaYswgTHivXSVcGBQRB3-iIpcjpNGsiI6kaC3qO-QtFpX1NoHitigLig2wYXkNsghf1V9JAcjUsXe_kwFU0bCTCEgXw/s320/IMG_1457.jpg" /></p></div>Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-19595323441119534792020-09-04T15:46:00.000-07:002020-09-04T15:46:11.201-07:00An Attorney quilt<p> Under the heading of It's a Small World, I had to give a deposition at work where the attorney representing my company was also the boss of a long time quilter friend. And it was also a company that I used to work on their audit 20 years ago when I was a public accountant. Fast forward 10 years and now the quilting friend is retiring and was asked the by attorney if she would make him a T-shirt quilt. But since she was in the process of moving out of town she referred him to me. She dropped the quilts off at my house on her way to her new home. I was able to include all the shirts but it is a big quilt. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChOnpMR32B4Qc1-g9_ed5W9aNq_dZqdLcvrg-vELCxLWXRZV3qUtS4VHAqJ4tHKQ1ZfwhfiV-cQDlPfk3HOBLbffxDpa-i4xunsvv5UEjHENyVJZsudt6aouRjKehcgT0Mqst3_iIm3U/s3833/20200608_221824.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3833" data-original-width="2730" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChOnpMR32B4Qc1-g9_ed5W9aNq_dZqdLcvrg-vELCxLWXRZV3qUtS4VHAqJ4tHKQ1ZfwhfiV-cQDlPfk3HOBLbffxDpa-i4xunsvv5UEjHENyVJZsudt6aouRjKehcgT0Mqst3_iIm3U/s320/20200608_221824.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I mailed the quilt and emailed the attorney the total cost along with a picture of the completed quilt. The next day he calls me and asks if I've already mailed the quilt. Hmmmm, yes, why? Well he actually didn't want me to include the shirts with his name as he was going to donate it to the company as a fund raiser, how hard would it be to take those two out? Well even if I hadn't mailed it the effort to remove those shirts or cover over his name would have been enormous, really can't do it, please don't mail it back to me. Well he calls me back after he received the quilt and tells me thank you for putting in the shirts with his name, it gave him an excuse to keep it and he loves it so much he wouldn't want to part with it. Another happy quilt owner!</p><p><br /></p>Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-63383977394109613092020-09-04T15:23:00.001-07:002020-09-04T15:23:48.004-07:00Graduation quilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Made for a church senior graduating this year (2020), in the strangeness of quarantine. They dropped off the shirts on the porch in March and we waved through the window, then I mailed it back as the family has moved out of town. But they are happy and that is what matters. I used the floating block pattern just to add some interest - I think it goes well with the theater shirts, looks kind of like notices on a wall.<div><div style="text-align: center;"> Love the smiling face! Good luck at TWU Titus!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvKBsrAIO5t0vDBy70TBgoN-7B6hBCBtcu_YFlwUH8SCDp_oPrBD_lu3TyyLuNtWlEQ5eLmzBNDEzhgAGlzwvLOa1EPQ7Bh4kLYrDGRRW1cOTuQhWpMCDO_wwYSF_oSpaGyfGhCragiM/s1671/IMG_12401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1671" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvKBsrAIO5t0vDBy70TBgoN-7B6hBCBtcu_YFlwUH8SCDp_oPrBD_lu3TyyLuNtWlEQ5eLmzBNDEzhgAGlzwvLOa1EPQ7Bh4kLYrDGRRW1cOTuQhWpMCDO_wwYSF_oSpaGyfGhCragiM/s320/IMG_12401.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-10302573736745539372019-06-30T10:08:00.001-07:002019-06-30T10:08:19.589-07:00Losing TrackI've tried over the years to keep a list of the I spy & t-shirt quilts I've made (in excel of course). I also note the blog post & date, to try and keep the blogs current too. When I first started quilted I could remember every quilt, who it went to, where I purchased the fabric, etc. But those days are long gone so a list does help me keep track. There are several I spy quilts that I just don't remember where they went, but I'm sure some child somewhere is enjoying them (though they are likely grown now). Periodically I realize I've been so busy sewing I've completely forgotten to update the list or the blog. Going back through the photos on my camera is the only way to figure out what I've missed.<br />
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These last two should catch me up on T-shirt quilts.<br />
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I've started making some work quilts for people who have been there a LONG time (some over 25 years). I made 2 virtually identical for 2 ladies who have worked together for 20 years.<br />
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Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-18416751212851400022019-04-02T19:23:00.002-07:002019-04-02T19:23:25.328-07:00Fireworks Quilt This most recent T-shirt quilt was made for a co-worker whose family runs a fireworks business. Her son came up with the idea of a t-shirt quilt for his father, made from various firework related shirts gathered over the years of their business, attending annual trade shows and other related events. It also includes some shirts from their business. Because I was trying to get in a lot of shirts, it did get LONG.<br />
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We searched through the various firework related fabrics for something to use in the sashing, and decided on a scatter print of small sparkers (that do sparkle). and the backing is a sunny bright yellow that is the same color as the shirts their employees wear.<br />
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I even got out of my comfort zone and stitched freehand stars for the quilting. I decided trying to do actual fireworks would just look like dandelions or worse. Several years ago I read in a quilting book that any freehand motif looks better doubled, so I tried it and I'm pretty pleased with it. I also tried another method of joining the fleece. I had been reluctant to sew the pieces together like normal quilting cotton because I knew you couldn't iron the seams open. I was worried about them not laying flat, so I used a glue stick to hold the seams down during quilting. Worked like a charm.</div>
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But this is the best part. The son & father came to my office and I got to give it to them in person. They were thrilled. The best job.</div>
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Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-78473577895941757872018-07-21T19:25:00.000-07:002018-07-22T19:08:50.561-07:00Two Commissions and throw in a bonusWith the recent comfort quilt, two commission quilts and getting a head start on the next fund raiser quilt, I've made 4 T-shirt quilts in the last 2 months. The system is working well and everyone seems happy with the quilts, and I'm getting faster at the process. All good. I do wish I could locate extra wide fleece, piecing the fleece is a pain, but I almost always have enough shirts that the 60" just isn't wide enough. Maybe my next post will be how I splice fleece.<br />
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Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-86317387231046727992018-07-21T19:13:00.000-07:002018-07-22T19:07:22.113-07:00Lots of quilts lately and a new way to pressNot sure how, but I've ended up making 4 quilts in the last 2 months. I'm getting pretty quick at these now. I have a system of course (accountants love systems). Over the years I've developed a production line method to fuse woven interfacing to the back of the t-shirts. I precut all the shirts to the same width using Karen Kay Buckley's perfect adjustable square ruler set. It is perfect for trimming t-shirts. Generally I start 15.5" wide and what ever length the design is. I lay them out face down with no spaces between them on my two large ironing boards<br />
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I have already precut the interfacing to my standard width and rolled it with the fusible side on the outside. So now I can easily unroll the interfacing across them all and get it all smooth and ready to fuse. (Note, I don't typically use black interfacing but the store was out of white and I needed more quickly.)<br />
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Using 4 different irons with extension cords running to different rooms so that I don't blow any fuses (I know, I know, electrical hazard) I start alternately moving one iron after the other across the section of interfacing. It's tricky because the irons are wedge shaped so I have to pay attention and make sure I've covered everything. Once fused I roll that section up and lay down the next. When all are fused I trim them down to 14.5 wide and I'm ready to add the sashing.<br />
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Since I seem to be doing so many of these quilts now, I thought perhaps I would invest in a heat press. But geesh they are so big and heavy and you pretty much need a permanent place to store them. And I just wasn't sure I wanted to abandon my production line method. Hmm, I decided ease of storage was a priority for me. I do make a lot of t-shirt quilts but not so many that I wanted to take up a significant space on the counter. But I discovered a compromise, the Cricut Easy Press. And I am in love! It is basically a 9" square iron with a timer and a temperature gauge. Ha, no more counting. I loved the first one so much I got a 2nd one. It was so much fun just walking them evenly down the row.<br />
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No more weird iron shaped sections since they are square, no more spurting rusty water. I did discover a damp pressing cloth worked better than just spraying the back of the interfacing, Also discovered that since the heat is more even, a couple of the shirt designs got too hot and stuck to my ironing surface (yikes), so I cut the time back to 10 seconds. The pressing cloth helped with that too. And look how cute they are, stored away in my fruit crates under my long arm table. A perfect fit, sitting in the heat proof stands. They are pretty great for smoothing out yardage too.<br />
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<br />Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-20077888169582997652018-07-02T07:55:00.002-07:002018-07-23T09:06:40.254-07:00Comfort Quilt for CoworkerRecently a long-time coworker has been faced with some health issues. I had some extra t-shirts around, also asked for some donations and received several more. I brought 4 of the blocks to work and had people sign well wishes. And here is the finished quilt. The backing is nice "drapy" fleece and so it turned out pretty soft. I've discovered the backing has a lot to do with how nicely (or not nicely) a t-shirt quilt drapes. Hopefully the signatures will last, we used a .08 Pigma pen and I heat set them.<br />
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Omg I love this quilt so much!! Happy tears it came at the
perfect time! I been depressed since Sunday! So sick of cancer and all the side
effects I deal with daily! It truly made me so happy! I know God is good! I
stay in prayer I need to beat cancer! <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">💪🏻</span>Be on the look
out for a Thank you note I will be sending to thank everyone! Please tell
everyone I truly appreciate the love and kindness that was put into the quilt <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">💙</span>
I will do chemo again in 2 weeks and will use this every time to remind of
yalls kindness! I miss y'all more than you know! Much love to everyone<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">💕💕💕💕</span>John
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<br />Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-85255337567051656682018-01-13T13:59:00.000-08:002018-01-13T13:59:03.635-08:00A couple of commission quilts from workBecause I've donated quilts at work for raffles and United Way many people know that I make T-Shirt quilts. I'll frequently get questions about how much it would cost. Usually I quote a price, they look surprised then say thanks, but no thanks. But on occasion they appreciate the work that goes into the quilt and ask when I can start. <br />
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This first quilt was for a co-worker's daughter who had recently graduated from high school. I made it on a similar plan, using columns of the same sized blocks, arranged with color and subjects randomly scattered. <br />
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And this was an unusual request. My co-worker and her husband are long time season ticket holders for the Dallas Cowboys. She had a collection of the towels they give out at the games and wanted me to make a quilt for her husband for his birthday. I wasn't sure how I was going to do it, but agree to try. I didn't use any interfacing. And the sewing room looked like it had snowed from all the little bits of towel fluff, but it turned out well, largely because of the fun Dallas Cowboy fabric she found for the sashing. I quilted it with stars, just to keep with the theme. She tells me he loves the quilt and won't let their little dog lay on it just in case it thinks of chewing. </div>
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Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-80683530132503035922017-11-04T06:48:00.001-07:002017-11-04T06:48:51.294-07:00Air National Guard challengeAfter the presentation of the music camp quilt, one of the church members asked if I ever made T-shirt quilts for others. Cautiously I said, "sometimes". Mostly because I've gotten those requests before from people who think it takes me a handful of hours, worth $50 or less. When he said how much and didn't bat an eye when I told him my base rate, I agreed. This was to be a retirement gift for his commending officer in the Texas Air National Guard.<br />
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A few weeks later he brought me a bag of t-shirts, and asked that it be large ("king sized"). The only problem was most of the shirts only had pocket sized emblems. How in the world was I going to make this large? Well I needed large sashing to start with, so I determined to use the shadow box idea, where it looks like the block is floating above the surface. But this wasn't even going to come close. A week later he brought me a few more and I asked him was there any chance of getting shirts with large pictures? We talked and I thought of putting something large in the center, with the small emblems around the edge. He asked if I could put the name of their division and showed me one of the shirts had the information needed. Definitely, that would work. So I took a picture of the wording on the shirt, printed it out and traced the lettering onto another sheet, then blew it up again. Using Steam a seam II I cut out the lettering from some mottled black fabric that I was using for the shadows. I almost forgot to reverse the tracing, fortunately as I was about to start cutting I noticed the problem and was able to pull off the backing sheet and flip it over. I would have been so irritated had I cut all those letters out backwards! Sometimes my brain does kick in to gear in time.<br />
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Before I fused them down I laid out the blocks I had to see what sort of arrangement made sense. I only had 4 large pictures and several small ones. I had decided to use some denim colored fabric I had purchased as wide backing material. I had several long pieces left from trimming a couple of other quilts that worked perfectly and another largish size for the center that wasn't big enough for more backing (yeah, repurposed). The black I had purchased a bolt when a LQS was going out of business, so the only thing to purchase was the batting and backing, which ended up being extra wide flannel on sale, total materials purchased was less than $30, everything else was scraps from my scrap bin or stash. <br />
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When the blocks were laid out with a large center section reserved for the letters I had an odd space for one more small block. Hey, why not make an airplane block. So I went searching through my various books, then the internet for something I liked. I found a quilt online that I felt didn't look too juvenile, snipped it, resized and traced to make a paper pieced block. The inspiration quilt also had some blocks that looked like propellers that I also liked so I made some of those too. For the lettering I decided not to zig zag stitch around each, but instead just straight stitched near the edge. The fusible material is permanent but I wanted to be sure they wouldn't come lose. After washing the edges made a nice little fuzzy edge that went well with the denim background.<br />
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So here is the finished quilt. It won't be presented until early December, but the person who commissioned it was thrilled. It turned out about 90x100, not king size but large enough. I was tickled, when I showed him a picture of the quilt before it was finished, he asked how I was going to sew the blocks down. He thought they were floating loose, how's that for a good optical illusion!<br />
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Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-40798520469285328582017-07-29T22:44:00.002-07:002017-07-29T22:44:23.788-07:00MusiCamp quiltEvery year for the last 16 years the music minister and his wife have conducted a music camp at our church during the summer break. The culmination of the camp is a wonderful musical production the final night. They are very talented and very committed to the kids and the camp is a big event in our church life.<br />
A few weeks ago one of the ladies who participated in the camp came to ask if I would make a quilt from the shirts from the camps. She was able to locate a shirt from each of the 16 years. I decided to try a pattern I had seen previously and wanted to try. The wide sashing uses black and white fabric, both with musical notes. <br />
Each of the shirts had a similar size design and a pocket size logo with the name and date on it, all except one. For that one I pulled out my very old very basic embroidery machine and replicated the information on a scrap of the fabric. It turned out well enough that it isn't obvious. This pattern worked very well with the two sizes, though because of the large sashing the quilt turned out very large, almost full size. I wanted some kind of border that would complement the pattern and decided on large blocks of color picked from the black fabric pattern. It frames the quilt well and makes the over all pattern very happy. This quilt was almost as much fun as making an I spy quilt, love the bright cheerful colors.<br />
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We plan to present the quilt on the final night of the show this year, at the end of July. I will post this after it is presented. I don't want to take any chances that they might see it on the web, you never know.<br />
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The presentation was last night after the performance. It was so fun to see Stacy's reaction when she realized what it was. She had been talking earlier in the week about asking me to make one in a few more years when they had a nice round 20 shirts. Oh well, a few years early. Love that smiling face!<br />
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<br />Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-3029300189946788232017-07-04T10:04:00.001-07:002017-07-04T10:04:56.354-07:00Remembrance quiltSeveral times I have participated in my company's Time and Talent auction for United Way. Last year a co-worker won the auction and I made the theater quilt for her daughter. This year another co-worker wanted me to make a quilt from her deceased husband's shirts. He had died in a car crash over 10 years ago when her two daughters were very small. She had remarried a widower and together they have raised a large family. But she still had this box of shirts. She brought them to me along with a couple of ball caps, his military fatigues and fireman's uniform. I had some misgivings about cutting into these things. Definitely the emotional attachment was higher than in any other quilt I've made.<br />
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She decided to use thin denim as sashing, supplemented by a couple of plaid shirts. I was able to find some flannel similar to the shirts to use as the backing. I used medium loft poly batting since with the denim the quilt was very heavy and I felt the poly wouldn't add as much weight as cotton. Another co-worker who is in the marine reserves advised me on the proper way to display the name and US Marines from the fatigues. I removed the patches from the fireman's uniform and disassembled the caps. The only place I had difficulty quilting was the patches so I went around them. The batting gave a nice puffy result with large looping quilting. The quilt is still very heavy but not excessively so. With the left over fabric from the plaid shirts I was able to make a pillow case. She tells me her two daughters are trading off, one gets the quilt for a while and the other gets the pillow case. The family is happy with the result and I am pleased with how it turned out.<br />
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<br />Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-24679735755140778312017-04-02T15:50:00.002-07:002017-04-02T15:50:51.103-07:00A great idea for when you aren't trying to squeeze in a lot of t-shirtsDisclaimer. This isn't my design. I ran across it on Facebook. <br />
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But to me to looks like the BQ3 Pattern by Maple Island Quilts</div>
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It really does make a nice design for a t-shirt quilt, utilizing the small patches that are frequently on the front of many shirts. I haven't tried it yet - most of the time I'm trying to squeeze in as many shirts as possible. But the first opportunity I want to give this one a try.</div>
Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-77236458276183912922016-12-28T06:47:00.001-08:002017-03-08T20:03:12.619-08:00Theater QuiltThis quilt was made for a friend at work for her daughter as a Christmas present. The mom spent a lot of time and effort gathering t-shirts from teachers, directors, friends as well as cast photos and printing them on fabric. It turned out really great and is extra special because of all the time and effort she put into it. She said her daughter cried when she opened it - which is of course the best feedback.<br />
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<br />Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-25239582417136492712016-10-19T06:55:00.001-07:002016-10-19T06:55:20.104-07:00And a few more<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One more T-shirt. This one the mom requested I used white and silver for the sashing. I was worried about how that would look but it turned out ok after all.</div>
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<br />Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-57677731835872431412016-10-18T20:25:00.002-07:002016-10-18T20:35:15.859-07:00Several more work quiltsSince I made my first raffle quilt at work, I've had several requests to make additional T-shirt quilts from work related t-shirts. I made another raffle quilt for a yearly charity. Then a co-worker who was leaving the company and moving to another city. And anther for a co-worker's milestone anniversary. For the sashing on the first two I found a dark blue fabric with an atlas print which is particularly appropriate given the company is an importer of world-wide decorative items.<br />
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Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-6124721203463694312016-10-18T20:11:00.000-07:002016-10-18T20:32:02.215-07:00Variations on a theme and something completely differentAs mentioned previously I've tended to approach these quilts fairly consistently since the idea is to showcase the shirts (and the related memories). Most of the time I've not been trying to make an artistic statement. And most of the time there hasn't been a lot of time. <br />
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This particular quilt is a bit of an anomaly. A sweet quilting friend had started the quilt as a commission but then became ill. She asked if I would be willing to finish it for her. It was fun to complete her vision and work with her fun bright colors. The shirts were a bit odd, a legal professional group and all the same. But that's ok. It still turned out fun and the owner was happy.<br />
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A word about quilting. My first t-shirt quilt I was very worried that the thread would fray if I sewed through the plastic of the t-shirt transfer too often, so I did my best to not sew through large areas. I also quilted words into the quilt. But this one was for my special daughter. Subsequent quilts I decided the quilting wasn't going to show much and started doing all-over doodle type quilting. It does make a fun pattern on the back of the quilt. This is one of my favorites.</div>
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This quilt was made for another friend of my daughter's. The young lady's sister liked her quilt so much, she asked me to made a couple of baby t-shirt quilts from her daughters' onesies. </div>
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This quilt was made for a woman at my church from her father's t-shirts after his sudden death. Only 4 of the shirts had transfers on them, so I used the remaining shirts as large color blocks. I was concerned at first when I realized so few of the shirts had patterns, but I was pleased with how it turned out. And I know the family loves the quilt and the remembrance of the dad and grandfather.<br />
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I made this quilt as a graduation present for a young woman who liked to collect odd shirts and liked super heroes. Her mom brought me 3 grocery sacks of t-shirts and told me to just pick the ones I wanted. I think that was the hardest part of this quilt, decided which shirts to pick without knowing which ones she would like. I won't do that again! In the spirit of the silly shirts, I used the wildest random fabrics I had in my stash for the sashing and borders, fabrics I hadn't been able to figure out how to use.<br />
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This quilt was made using a mixture of t-shirts and sports jerseys. The jersey fabric was a little tricky to use.I discovered some of the numbers weren't fused too well and I had to figure out how to get them to stick without melting. Which brings up a good reminder - DO NOT IRON on the front of the t-shirt without protecting the transfer - parchment paper works well (the kitchen kind). For the sashing, the owner and I selected a dark gray marbled fabric that accented the yellow and red with black in the shirts.</div>
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Dee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907498103183436854.post-9468060670221857912016-10-18T19:49:00.002-07:002016-10-18T19:49:54.472-07:00Getting StartedAs time goes on, I'm making more and more T-shirt quilts for friends, family, friends of family, family of friends, etc. Every time I start a new one or are discussing a new one with the owner, I wish I had central location to keep pictures, to use as a reference. So that is the purpose of this blog. Pretty simple and hopefully useful as time goes on.<br />
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This is Marion's quilt, for my daughter. It contains approx. 20 years worth of church related activities. Preschool, vacation bible school, youth camp, etc. I was able to squeeze in an amazing number of shirts, but I've been more judicious since. I also made this one with an old Winnie the Pooh sheet for the backing and a cotton batting. And it is VERY heavy. I've switched to using fleece backing since this first one and like it much better. Fewer layers and helps the quilt drape better too.<br />
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I learned a lot on Marion's quilt, all self taught. I determined it worked best to use a light weight, woven, fusible backing. I purchase a bolt with a 40% or 50% off coupon or else get it on sale. I also discovered most t-shirts are roughly the same width. The ones that aren't, I add some extra sashing to get them to a standard width. Grouping the t-shirt blocks into columns simplifies the construction significantly. </div>
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Holly's New York quilt, made for one of my daughter's friends, reflects her love of travel with her family and her love of dance.<br />
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Jessica's quilt was made for another friend of my daughter (noticing a trend here). Jessica is one of my "second daughters", an honorary member of our family. I fully expect Jessica will help take care of me when I'm old and decrepit. How's that for a happy face, I love pictures of my quilts with their new owners!<br />
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1st Raffle quilt for fund raiser at work. For this quilt I asked co-workers to donate t-shirts received at work. The raffle raised several hundred dollars and the quilt is now proudly displayed in my boss's office.<br />
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You may have noticed by this point, I have used a certain black with multi colored dots as the sashing and borders. I have also bought this fabric by the bolt. It works so well with the multi-colored t-shirts as well as the novelty I spy quilts I love to make. The intent of the sashing is to frame and provide a background to the shirts. The black works well, though I've used others on occasion.<br />
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This seems a good place to break - stay tunedDee Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952442158215676602noreply@blogger.com1