So I made a few mom friends through Will. Nikki, his friend Gio's mom, noticed I've made a few t-shirt quilts over the years. Could I make one for his big sister Sofia?
Okay... bring me your box. I took an evening at the cottage to use my sewing chalk and quilting square to measure and cut the t-shirts down.
I sorted the shirts and pieced them in such a way that I didn't have any one color touching, all while trying to distribute school, bands, dance, and theatre squares evenly.
Then came the puzzle of the batting. What she provided me with was a tied fleece blanket. It was, however, too small, so I had to untie the fleece and stitch them into one long piece of batting. The backing was easy, she brought a tie-dyed pink twin flat sheet. Reuse and recycle people!
Next, I had to layer the pieces together - batting, back, and top outside facing in.
Because I was dealing with 4 way stretch jersey, fleece, and cotton, the only way to keep it all together without falling askew was to pin it, which I hate, because I'm lazy. I let the pieces rest together (if that's a thing), to allow them to, I dunno, get to know each other.
Then I stitched the whole thing together! Again, since I'm lazy, I like to hit the pedal full throttle and get it done as fast as possible, which is always a mistake. I made a deal with myself to slow down and let the machine pick the pace. After completing each side seam, I removed the pins, smoothed the whole thing down, and repinned if necessary. It really didn't take that much more time, and I was able to stitch the three sides and 3/4 of the bottom seam so smoothly, that I was able to turn it inside out in a matter of minutes, and fold over the last square to sew it shut.
Just a quick stitch and tie.
Wrapped up and ready for Sofia!
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