Welcome to another edition of Tidy Up Tuesday!! I'm here to share my first UFO finish of the quarter. It's been a pleasure to make a young man's quilt dreams come true.
If you're on Ravelry you may have already seen it...
This special quilt for a special young man revolves around the following sweatshirt...
... Which was donated to the cause by his mother. It belonged to her, but she appreciated the fact that he wasn't interested in parting with any of his new shirts as he headed off to campus.
The accompanying shirts...
Shown below in a throw-sized setting, just to see what I had to work with:
Next...
The rearranging began to transform the throw into an XL Twin bed quilt layout. It took several iterations before I was happy enough to send this photo for recipient approval:
The same thing happened with the addition of the sashing and cornerstones. Those strips and squares got moved around until things fell into place:
Once recipient approval was received, the columns were sewn...
Pairs were joined...
And...
Sections were assembled:
Here is the completed quilt top:
Special thanks to @britt_quilts for the use of her longarm quilting machine and the help loading the quilt components. Your machine make that process super scary to me! Quilt a little, lunch a little...
Quilt a little, art a little and at the end of the day...
It was the first quilting marathon that I've had in many months, but the quilting was DONE:
Only a few steps left!!!
The squaring up is complete...
Attaching the binding...
Complete with a game of "Binding Chicken", but I won with 12 inches to spare:
Finishing the edges - Look! There's even a scrap of ORANGE shirt making up one of the cornerstones:
Here is the porch swing photo:
If any of this looks familiar...
You might have seen a few highlights in a recent RSC post. My apologies, but I felt the quilt needed a post of its own.
Until next time...
Mark another UFO off the list!!
Congrats on the finish! Love that you got approved at each step.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great finish!! How great to have this quilt for move in day! You rock!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the finish! You did a great job here. ;^)
ReplyDeleteI've never tackled a T-shirt quilt. I'm sure they require a lot of recalculating. Is your long-arm not functioning? I've kind of fallen off the radar. It's been too hot to sew (no AC). I'm hoping to get back in the groove when it cools off.
ReplyDeletePat
Looks fantastic! Love the sashing you used.
ReplyDelete-Soma
There is no better feeling than finishing a languishing UFO. You did it! Congratulations and great job!
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