Further continuation on my friends t-shirt quilt...and an apology for the long delay in posting! Life is forever a busy thing my friends.
Anyway, I left off at cutting the strips that would frame each t-shirt piece for the quilt. Below you can see that cutting process finished:
The shorter strips are for in-between each block and the longer strips connect each horizontal strip together.
Next, I laid out all the t-shirt blocks to get an idea of how I wanted to arrange them. I always consider a wide range of things. Is there a pattern? Color choice? Graphic choice? With my friends permission, I ended up with this particular layout.
Next is piecing. This part is probably my favorite and takes a good amount of time sitting down at the sewing machine. As mentioned before, I decided to piece together small strips horizontally before attaching those long strips vertically. (I ended up with 8 horizontal rows.)
Here is an idea of my rows and the piles that accumulated.
After finishing all eight rows, I needed to press open all the seams. And here is where I currently am at with the quilt progress. Next, I'll need to begin piecing vertically before finally quilting! More to come. :-)
UPDATE: Check out all the all the progress of this quilt!
Before this post:
New month, new project
T-Shirt Quilt: Part II, Before the Cut
After this post:
T-Shirt Quilt: Part IV and updates
T-Shirt Quilt: Part V
Quilting and Binding: Part VI
Beginning, Ending, Starting, Losing
