D for Done!

As promised, I am back to show you my first T-shirt quilt now that it has been received by this sweet young lady graduate! 

This special lady has graduated from HS and will be off to Hope College in the fall. She is a very close family friend that I have know all her life. 

She has already accomplish quite a bit in her young life! 

Besides academic and leadership accomplishments, she is an accomplished dancer, specializing in tap. I am so proud of her!

I used the puzzle technique to put together the quilt 

(pieces vary in sizes to fit together like a puzzle) 

You can read more about how I put it together here. 

 I used a white flannel for the batting and a pink and gray plaid flannel for the backing. 

I bound the quilt with a gray and white stripe print. It finished at 54" x 65"

I named this quilt Remember When... because there are so many memories packed into this quilt. 

I also found some time (not sure how I managed to squeeze it in) 

to quilt and bind this quilt!

This is Sea Gems and is a result of the cut offs created by my Regatta quilt. 

I love the colors!

For the quilting, I randomly picked a point (offset from the center) to start straight lined quilting along the diagonal. This basically cut the quilt into quarters for easy quilting. (It is hard to see but you can see it best from the back in the solid colors.) 

For the backing, I pieced more left overs from the Regatta quilt! 

The middle print is what was left of the backing on the Regatta and the solids are cuts of the Kona solids used. No new fabrics purchased for this quilt! 

It is like getting 2 for 1!

This quilt finishes at 35" x 47"

I'm linking to Main Crush Monday @ Cooking Up Quilts

Where has the time gone?

I really can't believe how fast the days are flying by! The month of May is just about over, the school year is almost finished and summer quickly approaching! Life is so busy! 

Besides Mother's Day and graduations, we also celebrated the long life of a friend's mother, had out of town friends stay with us, and tried to get some of the gardens ready (although the weather has not been very cooperative with rain and cool temperatures.)

For Mother's Day, my daughter took me to a Sip and Paint Party. Although I think I should stick to quilting, it was a fun day!

My very first T-shirt quilt is finished but no reveal yet as it won't be received until later in June at her graduation party (graduation is today!) I can give a little sneak peek though.

I decided to name it Remember When...

fitting for all the years of memories included.

My May blocks for the Rainbow Scrap challenge are also done. Pink is the color for May.

Flying Geese block

Plus block

I will link up to So Scrappy Saturday.

I also worked on my Temperature quilt. 

Another row added.

It is getting warmer but we are still below our normal temperatures for this time of year...and the rain...Oh! the rain!

I made time to sandwich my Grandma's Kitchen quilt so it is ready to go when I find a block of time. In the meanwhile, I started piecing another quilt using one of the very first fabric lines I purchased many years ago. More to come soon!