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Well, another year of Quilt Market and Festival have passed in somewhat of a blur this year. With the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and the Houston Astros winning the World Series, I was somewhat distracted. And takes an awful lot to get me distracted from anything quilt related. The good news (besides the Astros winning)…
Read MoreI really wish I could quit talking about Hurricane Harvey and the resulting flood, but it’s still very much a part of my daily life. The house repairs still aren’t completed, but my studio looks really nice, so I thought I would share some pictures. We’re working steadily to get all the Christmas T-shirt quilt…
Read MoreI guess this is the beginning of week three since Hurricane Harvey flooded our home. It has all gone by in a fog. Thankfully, our adjuster came and we can now begin closing up the walls and getting things back in order. I’m having two new cabinets built for my studio because my other ones…
Read MoreMy niece was getting married in Maine last week, so my siblings and I rented a large house and spent the whole week in Castine, Maine. It was such a beautiful area and there was a lot to see and do. However, as a quilter, I guess I have to admit that it is impossible…
Read MoreAnother quilt shop that my friend Linda and I visited in San Antonio was Mesquite Bean Fabrics. Funny name for a quilt shop, huh? As they explained to us, it is because of the many mesquite trees in the Texas Hill Country and surrounding areas. And the tree produces beans. I’m not sure what that…
Read MoreWell, February is going to be over in a week or so and then March will roar in. Or whimper in. It’s hard to say with the strange weather we’ve been having. At any rate, it’s time to get those t-shirts together and have a quilt made for your graduate. My turnaround time is normally…
Read MoreTo make a T-shirt quilt, one needs to have a number of squares that is divisible by three, four or five. The sizes I make are nine, twelve, sixteen, twenty, twenty-five or thirty T-shirt squares. If you don’t have those numbers of shirts, the quilt just will not work out right mathematically. Often one can…
Read MoreIt’s just a few days till Thanksgiving and then everyone who hasn’t already thought about Christmas shopping is going to be rushing around to get it all done in time for the holidays. If you would like to give a one-of-a-kind gift, consider giving a quilt. I still have a couple of slots available to…
Read MoreA few weeks ago, a customer came to me with a stack of different colored t-shirts, but they all had the same logo. She was concerned because all the t-shirts were the same, so I suggested that we offset the t-shirts to add some interest to the quilt. The idea came from a quilt called…
Read MoreWhat do you do if you don’t have enough t-shirts to make a quilt as big as you would like? I can help you with that. I’ve made several quilts using alternate blocks in order to get the quilt to the customer’s preferred size. Here a just a few of the different T-Shirt Quilts that…
Read MoreOccasionally, a customer will want a t-shirt quilt that’s a little different from the sashed and the framed that I normally offer. So I’ve come up with a couple of other options. One is the Attic Windows t-shirt quilt pictured on the left which is made using a traditional Attic Windows quilt pattern. It gives…
Read MoreLast week I talked about sashed t-shirt quilts. This week, I will tell you about my framed t-shirt quilts. Like the sashed t-shirt quilts, a framed t-shirt quilt also has sashing and cornerstones. The difference is the “frame” of fabric that goes around each t-shirt before the sashing is added. Framed t-shirt quilts end up…
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Take a look at our Gallery to see examples of the T-Shirt Quilts as well as few of the many other quilts we have made.
I started making quilts as a child and have been quilting for others for over twenty years. Quilts that I have quilted have been featured in several quilting books and magazines.