THE T SHIRT QUILT

Here is the finished t-shirt quilt.....

Lap Quilt from A Husband's T-SHirts

Here is a small lap quilt made from remnants of T-shirts used in a memory quilt for a Dad who passed away unexpectedly. Since the remaining pieces were odd shaped this "lopsided snowball" design was a perfect fit. There was enough of each color T-shirt to construct nine "flowers".  The yo-yo flower centers are constructed from the backing fabric wich also forms the binding. The quilting on each flower petal is done in a free motion technique using a pretty varigated thread  from Superior Threads called King Tut and the color is called Jospeh's Coat.....a beautiful multi color spectrum found in all the fabrics used one the quilt front.

Poppy Challenge

Four of the five pieces of the Poppy Challenge are finished, except for quilting and binding. Each one was worked by a different person: Louisa, Chris, Terry and Betty. We each has a slice of a poster to use as inspiration.

Quilt Close Ups

Here are close ups of the "flowers" that i sewed on the quilt top...they add a little color and fem it up a little..the pix at the bottom of the page are of the tops of the two quilts...hope to sandwich and "quilt tomorrow.....

Pharr House Pictures....

This is the view from the beach side looking towards street..see small walk way from porte cochere which could be lined with luminarires

This is the "back" of the house where the tent would go...

This is looking south from where the tent would be and the big hotel in the distance is where out of towners could possibly stay...

This is looking from the area where the tent would go to the ocean and the "ceremony" would be between the two   palm trees on the sides of the pictures....

Texture Magic

Texture Magic & the latest challenge

I started out by sewing the Texture Magic to the wrong side of the green fabric. I used alternating rows of straight and curvy stitching to sew them together. Then applied steam to side with T.M. (not touching iron to fabric). You can see how much it shrank... approximately 30%.

I then used the Textured piece for the grass in the picture. Pieced the sky... Made the Poppies by gathering a folded strip about 2 1/2" x 10"... Wrapped lengths of clothesline with strips of two different greens for the stems... Zigzag stitched the stems to the background... Attached poppies with button tied to background.