Hello there,
I hope you’re doing well!! I got my second Covid vaccine yesterday, which I’m grateful for, but it sure has slowed me down. I think the worst of the side effects are over. I’m sitting on our front porch, it’s 77° f and a beautiful sunny day.

If you follow me over on Instagram, then you saw me make this quilt for my client Debbie. I made it using all her son’s high school shirts. Here is a link to my Instagram stories…there are actually two links, I couldn’t fit them all in one. The great thing about Instagram, it allows me to share videos in the stories feature, and then allows me to save them in a highlight bubble. Which gives me the opportunity to walk you through step by step.

This is the first one: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE3ODY1MTg3MjQ0MzgxMzAx?story_media_id=2517287054063112084&igshid=psji3jpxllhv

This is the second one: https://www.instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0OjE4MTk4OTI1NjU3MDIyODU1?story_media_id=2517873591590947806&igshid=8drlmwx9u9p2

I showed Debbie a few options, and she liked the t-shirt quilts that have the shirts trimmed close to the logos. To help make it easier for me, all the shirts are cut the same width. The height is what I cut to fit the logos for each shirt. I love how it turned out!!

I used a Pellon to stabilize the shirts, found at JoAnn’s, called Apparel Interfacing - Basics 931TD fusible midweight. It helps the shirts not stretch. I use a paper towel over the logos so they don’t melt onto the iron. And, after a while I needed a new paper towel because it pressed too thin. Be mindful of that. Also, make sure you press it as good as you can. Sometimes it doesn’t stick to older shirts very well.

I used a gray cross weave from Moda, that I got from Sisters and Quilters. I think I used the graphite color, for the sashing. I used a navy pinstripe that I cut on the bias, for the binding…also from Sisters and Quilters, and a navy buffalo plaid for the backing.