It feels like I floated far away from a regular quiltmaking practice and I’d like to return to it.
I’d like to always have some quilt, whether traditional or art, in progress on my design wall.
So I am easing back in by making a simple T-shirt quilt for John for Christmas (it’s not a surprise as I wanted him of course to have a say in what T-shirts he gave up for the project!);
I took 17 of his old T-shirts and backed them with interfacing and trimmed them to 12.5 inches by 12.5 inches.
The one in the middle, “Beards Turn Laziness Into Awesomeness” is not actually one of his old T-shirts but a joke T-shirt my friend S found for John while she and I were thrifting.
I am setting the interfaced T-shirt squares with a tartan looking flannel I found a couple years ago at a thrift shop.
I will bind the quilt once it is quilted with red flannel binding to “frame” it/coordinated with the scrappy red flannel I put around the center T-shirt to make it large enough to fit into the design.
Happy to have a quilt in progress up on the design wall!
It should come together quickly so I hope to soon have an update on this quilt!
tierneycreates 
It is looking great already! Monique
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Thanks so much. I really appreciate that.!
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He’s got some good tees in that quilt, and yay for the thrifted flannel! Good to see you quilting again!
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Thanks so much! I hope to start making some pretty things like you’ve been making 🙂
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Looks like it is going to be a fantastic snuggle quilt
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I think so, thanks so much for stopping by 🙂
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You are brave to make a T shirt quilt–I’ve sworn off them!
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I had too but John had some T-shirt that were fun but “hurting” and he loved them so much it was a compromise to the landfill – ha!
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What a fun quilt this will be – he has great taste in t-shirts!
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Thanks so much, he is pretty excited about it!
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I’m happy to see you quilting again, Tierney. Your plaid flannel is the perfect offset to the t-shirt squares. John has some fun t-shirts. I’m a huge fan of John Lewis and I grinned when I read the “feed me tacos” quote.
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Thanks so much and it feels good my sewing machine missed me 🙂
Yes John and I love that JL quote! When I was in Atlanta airport a couple years ago they had a whole exhibit honoring him after he passed. See my post https://tierneycreates.com/2023/01/15/2022-in-review-a-year-in-travel/
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T shirt quilts are the best. One of my most favorite quilts out of all I have made is my daughter’s t-shirt quilt and I have quilted a few for others. They are just so cozy when finished!
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Thanks for stopping by and commenting 🙂
They are such a great way to preserve the memory of a special T-shirt and I think this one will be pretty cozy with flannel on the back 🙂
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Looking good. What a thoughtful present
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Thank you 🙂
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