Quilts

 Last summer Mary asked me if I was interested in making quilts out of shirts and baby outfits she had saved from the boys.

I have always wanted to try and make a t-shirt quilt so I agreed to give it a try.

1 bin for each and a misc bin for any boy

I was amazed at all that she had saved and could not wait to get started. I was very careful about not getting them mixed up, I started with Roger. 

Scraped

Sewing blocks

Picking blocks

It was time consuming, each block had to have interfacing.  I did not want to screw it up. I wanted to enjoy the journey. I took my time and set Christmas as my deadline.

Each quilt had the same row width

I saw so many pieces of outfits and t-shirts I’ve seen in pictures thru the years. I was praying these turned out like I wanted them too.

I took some time off and worked on another project. Time is slipping and I needed to get back at them.

It was October and I needed to concentrate. I finally got the tops done. I’m really liking where this was headed. 

Owen 52 blocks

Roger 55 blocks

Luke 48 blocks

I decided on fleece for the back. It’s warmer sturdy and washable without shrinking.

Now the fun part. Ok, I love everything about quilting, but this is the place where I can share this with my Mom. She paid for this longarm machine. I know she would be so proud of me for doing this.

Roger’s

Owen’s

Luke’s

I did manage to finish for Christmas. Why so many pictures? These are not all of them. I had Mike take these photos to make a book for Bryan, Mary and the boys to see my “Making of the Quilts”. I really wanted to share the journey with them. 

I sent the quilts home with them Christmas Eve. I wanted them to open them as a family. 

Bryan FaceTimed me and I got to see them open them. It was exactly what I hoped for. Boys were excited. Mary was excited and Bryan thanked me again and again. 

A big thank you to Mary for saving these memories and trusting me with them to put it all together.