Graduation T-Shirt Quilt

 A co-worker asked me to make this T-shirt quilt for her son who is graduating from high school this May.  I enjoyed working with her on a design using many of her son's favorite shirts. It measures 64" by 91". My helper had to stand on the coffee table so I could take this picture!

She chose the music note fabric as an accent, and it looks fabulous for the binding! The back is solid royal blue dots from JoAnn.

My last two quilts have been gifts, so next up is a project for me!

Blogger's Quilt Festival!

 It's Blogger's Quilt Festival time again!  Hop over to Amy's blog to see what everyone has made! This online festival is such an inspiration!

I'll share my most recent finish, a t-shirt quilt! It's made from my dad's 5k race t-shirts that he collected over the past few years. It was a lot of fun to pick out the best shirts to use for the quilt.  We decided on a "road" design for the background.  I love it! 

 

Here's a great tutorial for t-shirt quilts.  They are very simple to make and leave you with a one of a kind gift.

On the back, I included some t-shirt backs so we can remember all of the race sponsors!

Thanks for stopping by!

Dad's 5k T-Shirt Quilt

I just finished this awesome quilt for my dad.  It's made from his 5k race t-shirts that he's collected over the past few years. We decided on a "road" design for the background.  I love it! 

Here's a great tutorial for t-shirt quilts.  They are very simple to make. 

Hard Rock Cafe T-Shirt Quilt

Over the weekend, I finished my Hard Rock Cafe T-Shirt Quilt!  In high school, I collected these shirts and enjoyed wearing them.  After a while, I retired them, but saved them for a quilt one day. 

I designed this quilt using Excel.  Surprisingly, it came together exactly as I planned.  All the fabric came from Joann's.  I had no idea what color would match these bright shirts, but the batiks seems to go perfectly.

For the back, I used zebra print to balance the bright colors but still keep it wild.

I still need to make a label for it.  I'll post it soon.