CAMP ASCCA

A friend was a camp counselor at Camp ASCCA for many summers.  She decided instead of taking of space in her closet and drawers, that she wanted a blanket that she can use forever to remember all the fun times as Camp ASCCA.  Camp ASCCA is a nationally recongized leader in thereapeutic recreation for children and adults with physical and mental diabilities.   

If you have shirts from summer camp, or from dance or things you used to do when you were younger, consider about making them into a blaket so you can keep them forever without taking up space in your dresser or your closet.  Email me if I can be of any assistance. - joyleighlane@gmail.com

Baby Love!

I had a little break in the t-shirt quilt making and made some baby blankets for some friends! 

This was my first applique project - I made it for Derek's new baby neice, Miss Eden Saige.  After practicing with a few letters, I got the hang of it.  The back is so soft.  Love the way it turned out!

This isn't the best picture, but you get the idea.  This is a baby blanket for Miss Tyla Brook Hardesty who should be making her way into this world very soon!  Loved the elephants.  I personally love the name personalization on the baby blankets, so of course I did it here too.

I've got several other baby blankets in the works!  Seems like I've got a million friends having babies right now :)   Can't wait to post pictures of the special one I'm currently working on.

- Joy

Do you want a T-Shirt Quilt?

If you do gather your t-shirts and give me a call or shoot me an e-mail (joyleighlane@gmail.com).  I can help you pick out the fabric for the sashing (the strips of fabric that divide the shirts in the quilt) and the border.  If you live out of state,  you have two options:   
   1.  I can tell how much material to purchase.  The yardage of material will depend on how many shirts you want to put in your quilt.**
   2.  You can tell me what colors/design you had in mind, and I can get the fabric for you.
 
**NOTE: All material used must be 100% cotton.  A tiny wee bit of stretch is okay, but anything fluffy, excessively soft or stretchy will not work!! So no stretch soft t-shirt material!  Bottom line if you're buying fabric make sure its 100% cotton. **

  Once I get everything from you, I'll transform your t-shirts and the material into a beautifully pieced quilt top.
After the quilt top is complete, I take it to Crafty Cats Quilt Shop in Graceville, Florida.  The great folks at Crafty Cats will put it on their long arm quilting machine and quilt it up.   There are a variety of designs to choose from.   See the Quilting Design Blog Post for pics of some of the designs available. 

Once it is quilted, I'll pick it up and get it bound for you and returned back to you for you to enjoy.

Depending on the size, prices range from $150 - $250.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at joyleighlane@gmail.com.

Quilting Designs

There are a variety of quilt designs that you can choose from.  Normally I just select one that I think will look best with whatever theme or pattern we're working with on the quilt.  But, I've started taking pictures of the one's I've used to show you so that if you just fall in love with one and want to request a certain design.

This is a called champagne bubble design.  I used this one, in a quilt where I had used polka dot fabric, it turned out really cute.

This is a dragon fly pattern.  I had this done in a variegated thread. **

Here is the football design. 

This was called a square dance design.  I just recently discovered this and I think this is one of my favorite to use on a quilt for a guy!

I'll call the "Classic" quilt design since I dont remember what it's name is.  This one was also done in variegated thread.   When variegated thread is used on a solid back such as this black, the colors really pop.  As you can see from this picture, the colors from the thread aren't very prominant on the fron and don't distract you from all the great colors and shirts, but it makes the back of the quilt look amazing!



  This is just another view of the "classic" design. I have used this on several quilts and it turns out very beautiful.



Lastly, here we have an eagle design.  This too was done in variegated thread and I must say, at first I was a little nervous how it would turn out, but it really does look amazing.  This picture really doesn't do it justice, but hopefully you can see the eagles.  We used this on Susan's law school quilt.  If you remeber, we used a firework fabric for the sashing and then a solid purple for the border. We were going for a law/liberty/justice theme, so we used the Eagle design.  It also turns out that Faulkner's mascot is the eagle, so that was a pretty cool coincidence.

Well, as I branch out and use different quilting designs, I'll make sure to post them here.

- Joy

** variegated thread is thread in which the color changes down the strand.

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!