Fun Easy Dresses!

This weekend, my dear friend Ashley came to visit from Baltimore.  With her she brought this nifty pattern to make this super fun and comfortable dresses!  They are meant to be made out of old t-shirts/tank tops.  But since we didn't have any we went to TJ Max and bought some cheap shirts (Only $4.99)! Added an eslastic band and some fun fabric to the bottom.   Best part.....it only took about 20 minutes to make!



Black shirt, black elastic and skull print for the bottom



Brown shirt, white elastic and cute zig sag fabric in bright blue, lime green and brown.

Jones School of Law

Many of you know, but for those of you that don't know, I'm about to start my third and final year of law school.  I've been so blessed to meet so many wonderful people so far at Jones.  I've been involved with some amazing student organizations, traveled to lots of cool places and made memories that will last a lifetime... oh yeah, and I've collected a shirt from almost ever single event/trip! 

I had two friends graduate this past May from Jones.  One was the SBA President who bought a shirt from any and every organization that sold one and was involved with the Advocacy program at the school  Before he hopped in his car to head back to New Jersey, he dropped off a garbage bag full of all his shirts.  He had 22 shirts in all.  As you can see, I can spilt a square between two shirts to make room for more shirts and without wasting space in the quilt. 



I chose to do the sashing and border in the school colors.  We used a bright royal Faulkner blue for the inside sashing and a white thin inside border, with a navy blue outside border.  The backing was navy blue, and it was quilted in white thread. 



  Another quilt was for one of the amazing girls I had the honor of getting to know in the advocacy program.  She had lots of shirts from all the trips and competitions she had gone on, so her quilt was just as big.  She wanted a patriotic/American/law school themed fabric. 

We looked high and low and she decided she loved the firework fabric for the inside sashing.  We went with a thin black inside border and then an outside Purple border (not sure why it looks blue in the picture, but its defiantly purple!)   If you look in the center, you can see that one square can be made from 4 pocket logos from the front of shirts. 

If you'd like to clear out a drawer or a corner of your closet filled with t-shirts you don't wear, but you just can't stand to part with, send them to me, let me help you preserve your memories. 

War Eagle!

This isn't a T-shirt quilt, but this a quilt I pieced last summer for boyfriend.  He is an Auburn alumni, and a huge football fan!  So I made this quilt for him for his birthday.  WDE! 

I had a lot of fun piecing this quilt top together, even if it does closely resemble my rival alma mater, Florida Gator colors.... :)  

Check out the awesome football quilt design the great folks at Crafy Cat Quilt shop suggested we use!  I loved how it turned out, and so did he!

Sorority Shirts make great t-shirt quilts!



Here are a few quilt tops that I pieced together for friends who were in a sorority during college.   These are both 15 square quilts with sashing.  They are a great size in my opinion. 



Ole Miss Sorority T-Shirt Quilt Top



Upclose look at the Old Miss Sorority T-Shirt Quilt - Inside sashing is black with white pearl/dot design, solid black inside border and white with black polka dot outter border.

Here is a DZ Sorority Quilt top I pieced.  Love the bright colors in this one.  Also tried something new and put pockets in the corners of this this one.

DZ quilt top with front pocket logos in the corners. 

Here is a quilt for a friend who was in a fraternity at UNC.  You can't really see the inside sashing from this photo, but its navy blue with small white polka dots.   The inside thin border is solid white, and then the UNC fabric on the outside.   

 

If you have shirts that you'd like made into a quilt, please contact me.  I'd love to help you preserve your memories, free up closet space and stay warm! 

Roll Tide!

This is the T-shirt quilt I pieced for my roommate.  She graduated from the University of Alabama. 

It was a 15 square quilt, we used the backs of 14 shirts, and the front pockets of four shirts to make the center square.  The sashing is a bubble print, with a thin gray border and an outside border of Alabama print.  

Finding my Niche

My mom saved all my class t-shirts from elementary school... and every other shirt that I had some attachment too, in the hopes of one day making me a t-shirt quilt.   I stumbled across the stash of memorbilia during the last year in college and was excited by the idea of the t-shirt quilt and decided I needed to make it .... right then.  So.... myself, Mom and Dad all combined our skills and this was the result:

I'm not going to lie, making this quilt was a fiasco.  I got too eager, too fast and started cutting shirts without measuring them, and it took a great deal of finagling to make it work.  The quilt is HUGE!  Almost too big to even enjoy (in my opinion), but my roommates disagree, they love it and during the winter, I've come home to find them all curled up in.  It's a great conversation piece and I have a story for each one of these shirts.   Many friends have been over the house, or seen pictures of my t-shirt quilt and wanted one.  Over the past few years I've become more comfortable with T-Shirt quilt making and actually really enjoy making t-shirt quilts.  

If you have shirts that you want made into a t-shirt quilt.  Contact me, I'd love to help you preserve those memories and keep you warm! 

My First Quilt

This is my first quilt, pieced together when I was about 11 or 12.  I pieced this together, it got shoved in a drawer in the sewing room  because I got busy with school, and other extra cirricular activities like dance, Girl Scouts, cheerleading, and youth group.  My mom discovered it, while cleaning out the sewing room one day when I was in high school.  I machine quilted it, and binded it.  It now hangs on my quilt rack in my living room.   

How it all started...

I started sewing when I was about seven years old.  Both my grandmothers sewed.  My mom still sews.  I'll never forget that my Nanny (my Dad's mom) was always working on some sort of quilt.  I remember whenever we would go visit her in Tennessee, we would arrive and she'd be sitting on the end of the couch, working on her latest project waiting for us to get there.  My Granny (Mom's mom) made dresses and all sorts of things.  My mom had patience and showed me how to first sew by hand, and then on the machine.  I was very very independent (she may prefer "stubborn", however I prefer strong willed) so as soon as my Mom showed me how to do something just once, I thought I was ready to do it all on my own.  I insisted on learning things the hard way.  I'm now 27 years old and still love sewing of all sorts.  A special thanks to my Mom, Dad, Granny, Nanny for all the inspiration, creative genes, patience, love and encouragement which has allowed me to be crafty!  Through this blog I hope to share with you my love for quilts, crafts and various sewing projects.