As I mentioned before, I’m working on DD2’s T-shirt kwilt for her graduation, as an Optometrist, in May. So exciting!! There’ll be a Doctor in the house!!
So, I’m working. Hard. On the days I’m not hardly working. Kim’s kwilt is coming along nicely.
Here are the T-shirts:

Apparently old T-shirts are not as yucky as old sheets. Who knew??
“Sew”, {See what I did there?} now I’m seriously working on it. Only 1 month, minus 1 day to go!!! On no!!!!!
I pre-washed all the sashing materials, which I will use for the borders, as well.

She wanted all the different colors of her schools.
The backing is still a mystery. When I get paid again, in May, then I’ll go hunting for that, and the filling. The front is the hard part! Once it’s done, sandwiching it all together is almost a breeze! (Almost, I say. Remember the Bland Blankie going wonky???)
For those lazy among you who don’t wanna waste your time re-reading about that painful memory, here’s a visual:

See how the edges no longer align??? AUGH!!
NOW I know that flannel stretches! It’s 100% cotton, so how did I know???
Okay, I’m in the midst of ironing on fusible web, to stiffen the T-shirt, so they won’t ravel when I sew them together.
Then, some had to have double-sided webbing, because they were going to be appliques.

Turns out, iron “on”s also iron “off”. Who knew??
Yeah, so that happened! Oops! That’s why the directions say “Use a pressing cloth.” Probably because someone else did that, and sued, so now they have to put warning labels, for the idiots distracted folks like me. Now, I MUST use a pressing cloth, or I’ll iron these numbers onto something else!
After I did that, I was done for the day. When I start making big boo-boos, quitting time!
Sayonara till Monday. More memes to come!
Hi, Lucy! I love this newest project. Roxie’s doing this weekend’s post and is giving you a shout-out. Love, Ethel
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Thank you Ethel!! and Roxie!!
Your bestie, Lucy
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If you keep up this quilting stuff I’ll have to finish my one I started ohhh like a zillion or two years ago. T-shirts should be nice and interesting to stitch with. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
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Thanks, Stella! Yup, now that I know you have 1 in the works, watch out! I’ll be “needling” you constantly!
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I have to un-bury it, started it last decade I think.
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lol, I understand completely!
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