She picked the sashing and border/backing fabric and they work perfectly to separate yet join the various colors.
All in all a successful finish, but also a reminder of why I don't really like this kind of quilt. The quilting is always tough - quilt through the shirts or not, match each color or not. And then the actually quilting because sewing through the t-shirts is not the same as sewing through regular fabric. Then finishing. With all the thread changes I spent more time sewing in the thread tails than all the rest of the project.
But it is done!!! And there was just enough fabric remaining to make a matching pillowcase
Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts and Confessions of a fabric addict to show off finishes.
I've made several t-shirt / memory quilts and each recipient has had VERY strong opinions on how they wanted it to look. I guess that's part of what makes them so personal (but often times very difficult to sew). Beautiful quilt, I'm sure she'll treasure it for years to come.
ReplyDeleteTee shirts quilts are by nature very personal and that is part of the attraction for the recipient, I guess. It is good that you worked with your niece to get her ideas incorporated.
ReplyDeleteSadly, the few tee shirt quilts I have made have been memory quilts, made from clothing of someone who had died in an accident. The saddest were two quilts I made when my daughter's boyfriend died. I made a quilt for her and one for Geoffrey's Mum too. I had tee shirts, track pants, work shirts, a couple of silk ties, even satin boxers to use. They were very graphic but certainly told of his young life, cut short way too soon.