T-Shirt Quilts
I created three t-shirt quilts in memory of my mother in law Brenda Sanford. My sister-in-law Shelly (Michelle) Sanford sent me a large box of her t-shirts. It was pretty clear that I had enough t-shirts for several quilts. So I sorted the t-shirts into color groups. As it turns out, I ended up with three piles of shirts. One of the piles was generally in the green, teal and purple family, one of the groups was in the red, white and blue family, and one of the groups was generally pink, rose and gray.
I backed each logo with fusible interfacing, then "fussy" cut each logo out using a cutting board and rotary cutter. Each t-shirt was bordered with a complimentary fabric, to show off the colors of that t-shirt. Then, the t-shirts were arranged in a circular pattern and background piecing was added to keep the arrangement. I then chose a border fabric to set off and frame the circular pattern of t-shirts, and added an outside border. My friend DeLoa Jones was the master quilter using a large long-arm quilting machine.
I then presented the quilts to Shelly and she chose which two quilts she would keep and the last was presented to my ex-husband. He gave it back to me to keep for our child Dylan.
Below are the photos. Here are photos of the purple/teal owned by me:
I created three t-shirt quilts in memory of my mother in law Brenda Sanford. My sister-in-law Shelly (Michelle) Sanford sent me a large box of her t-shirts. It was pretty clear that I had enough t-shirts for several quilts. So I sorted the t-shirts into color groups. As it turns out, I ended up with three piles of shirts. One of the piles was generally in the green, teal and purple family, one of the groups was in the red, white and blue family, and one of the groups was generally pink, rose and gray.
I backed each logo with fusible interfacing, then "fussy" cut each logo out using a cutting board and rotary cutter. Each t-shirt was bordered with a complimentary fabric, to show off the colors of that t-shirt. Then, the t-shirts were arranged in a circular pattern and background piecing was added to keep the arrangement. I then chose a border fabric to set off and frame the circular pattern of t-shirts, and added an outside border. My friend DeLoa Jones was the master quilter using a large long-arm quilting machine.
I then presented the quilts to Shelly and she chose which two quilts she would keep and the last was presented to my ex-husband. He gave it back to me to keep for our child Dylan.
Below are the photos. Here are photos of the purple/teal owned by me:
This is a close up of some of the t-shirts in Brenda's Memory Quilt above.
Brenda was an employee of the Flint, Michigan United Way. One of her many United Way T-shirts above.
Close up of the border showing the master quilting by DeLoa Jones, above.
Border with the teal, purple and black, above, coordinating with the t-shirt borders, above.
Close up of the backing of the quilt, showing the master quilting by DeLoa Jones.
Purple and Gray Memory Quilt owned by Shelly Sanford above, in memory of Brenda Sanford.
Red White and Blue Memory Quilt, in Memory of Brenda Sanford. Owned by Shelly Sanford. Brenda was a huge Rat Pack fan see above concert t-shirt
I have also made a memory quilt of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority t-shirts of mine:
From above, the borders and totality of the quilt.
Close up of some of the t-shirts and border, above.
Close up showing master quilting by DeLoa Jones of South Haven, Michigan.
Close up of border and quilting by Master Quilter DeLoa Jones of South Haven, Michigan.
Background violet fabric. Violets are the flower of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority.
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