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T-Shirt Quilts

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 outsi...