T-shirt quilt

I have started the t-shirt quilt that I posted about last time. This will be for a close family friend. The oldest daughter is graduating from high school in May. Many years ago, I told her mom to save t-shirts so that I could make a t-shirt quilt for her graduation and now it is right around the corner! How time flies!

I didn't take pictures of the pile of t-shirts that I received before I anxiously started working on the project. The first thing I did was to measure the printed areas of the t-shirts that I was going to use. Then I translated those numbers to graph paper and cut out little paper blocks and started to arrange them to see how they fit together and where I needed fillers. 

The 2 blank areas are reserved for 2 t-shirt that I'm waiting to receive. 

The next step I took was to cut (slightly oversized) the t-shirt areas and some lightweight fusible interfacing for each piece. I ironed it on the back to stop the stretch of the t-shirt material. 

Here ↑ is what is cut and on the design wall so far 

and here ↓ is the pile with the few that I still need to cut. 

Before sewing the blocks together, I will rearrange some to balance out the size and colors as best I can. 

I'm enjoying the process so far! Hopefully my machine will like it too! Sewing 

with t-shirt fabric is very different than quilting fabric!

I'm linking up to Linky Tuesday over at Freemotion by the River and To Do Tuesday at Stitch All The Things and WOW at Estheralui

Regatta and Temperature quilt Updates

I'm excited to tell that I finished putting together my Regatta quilt 

and I'm in LOVE!

I am smitten with the colors of this quilt and the simple modern pattern.

Here it is:

I'm following the no pressure quilt along over at Home Sewn By Us.

Even though I have my Grandma's Kitchen quilt ahead of this one on the docket to sandwich and quilt, I am tempted to push this one ahead because I love it so!

It makes me smile!

I also have caught up on my Temperature quilt and have 3 rows (out of 21) finished. I'm sewing along with Needled Mom. 

The year started very cold, then it warmed a bit and settled into more 'normal' temps. We had a few scattered unseasonably warmer days but winter isn't over yet. I'm sure we will see a few more blues but hopefully move into more yellows and oranges soon! 

I am starting to work on a t-shirt quilt for a high-school graduation present. I haven't made one before. 😬 I've collected quite a few t-shirts (from her mom) and have done a preliminary measurement of the areas to be included. I am now working on the layout which is a bit like putting together a puzzle. I read over at Home Sewn By Us that they are also working on a t-shirt quilt. I will be watching them to glean any tips or techniques that may help! 

Have you made a t-shirt quilt? Any advice is welcomed! 

I'm linking up to crazy mom quilts finish it up Fridayhttp://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2018/02/small-projects.html, Busy Hands Quilts Finished or Not Friday, and Show Off Saturday over at Sew She Can.

A finish!

The quilting on the Milky Way Quilt took a bit of time for me because I quilted more densely than I usually do and I did put it aside a few times to work on some piecing of QALs I joined for 2018. I am excited to show the finished 

Milky Way Quilt!

This was a 2017 QAL that I followed over at Blossom Heart Quilts. Each month a star pattern was released based on a star in the Milky Way. I used scraps from my stash to construct each paper pieced star, the inner border and the binding. 

The back is a rainbow stripe fabric from my stash and a bit of the Kona gray from the background.   

Rainbow stripes for rainbow stars!

The quilt finished at about 58" square! 

Head over to Instagram and search

#MilkyWaySampler to see other Milky Way Quilts!

The quilting is dense with straight line fill around the stars. I quilted a web or net around the small stars and diagonal lines around the large stars. Some of the stars have in the ditch quilting while others have some free motion spirals in the centers. In the setting triangles, I FMQ feathers. Along the inner scrappy border, I quilted linked bubbles and in the outer border, I FMQ a scallop and straight lines. I'm very happy with the quilting on this quilt! 

This is my 3rd finish for 2018!

I also have an update on my Regatta Quilt. I put together another section of the quilt! This QAL is a no pressure, no deadline quilt along with Home Sewn By Us. 

Click the link to see updates of others participating!

I'm loving the colors of this quilt! 

Those little white random squares are the number order stickers that I use for organization. Most have fallen off. 

Only one more section to go! 

I'm linking up to Crazy Mom Quilts, Finished or Not Friday at Busy Hands Quilts, and Show Off Saturday at Sew She Can.

Coming Along

This week a few of my projects moved a bit forward! 

With the beginning of a February, came a new color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. This month's color is purple/lavender. 

Here are my 2 scrappy plus sign blocks. 

The 2nd block I'm making is the flying geese block. Here it is in purples.

 I also added another section to the Regatta Quilt quilt along. The photo is a bit 'off' as I took the photo at night in my sewing room but it does show progress! I'm sewing along with Home Sewn By Us. 

I now have 4 of the 6 sections done!

I also finished enough blocks for my Temperature quilt to put 2 rows together. Each row will have 18 squares. I have decided to add a block at the beginning of each month with the name of the month embroidered in the center.  I'm following along over at Needled Mom. 

January started frosty cold here, then moderated a bit and is now cold again. I can't wait to see warmer colors as it will mean the end of winter! I'm afraid I will have to be a little patient. 

The quilting on the Milky Way quilt did make some progress too but I took a little break from the quilting to catch up on some piecing. 

Linking up to So Scrappy Scrap Happy Saturday and To Do Tuesday over at Stitch all the Things and Oh Scrap! 

How is your quilting progressing?