Memory Quilt

One of my co-workers father passed away a month or so ago.  She wanted to have a quilt made from some of his T shirts.  Challenging in it's own right was the size of the images on the shirts.  I had to be a little creative in laying the blocks out and making them work together.  But all in all, I am very happy with the results.  Hubby really likes this quilt as well.  Though, admittedly it is my use of the orange flannel that tipped him over.  Orange lover that he is.

The label will catch a little flack from my English major friends, but I am going with artistic license on this one.  It finished at approximately 69" x 81".

I used a large all over stipple for the machine quilting as the designs on the shirts didn't need anything more complex.  The label is computer generated.  I was able to download a photo of him and used a pencil drawing setting on my Picasa program.  I hope she likes the end results.

Finished quilt is approximately 69" x 81"

Called this quilt Tom's T's

I had a piece of fabric that was perfect for the backing.  Used a bit of the orange flannel to make it wide enough for this quilt.  Simple all over stipple quilting.

Nuts & Bolts

Found this cute patter in the Spring 2018 Easy Quilts magazine.  It was designed by Barbara Lockwood.  I kept the name of the quilt as it just fit it so well.  The quilt finishes at 72" x 72".  I machine quilted it with variegated grey to black thread.  I machine quilted with an all over rectangle/square stipple.  I also made a pillowcase to store the quilt in.  I used the old Bernina sewing machine to sew the quilt together.  The quilt is backed with soft flannel polka dot fabric.  I really like the way that it turned out