Nine months out of the year I am an intervention RTI teacher but in the summer months I am a full time quilter.  I sew as much as I can in between being a wife and a mother/grandmother.  I haven't shown my summertime finishes in a while and I wanted to share some of the things I have made.  Not everyone would like for me to share their t-shirt/memory quilts so I will just tell you how many I made since June 1st.

I've made 12 T-shirt quilts!  (If you'd like more info on getting ...

School is back in session, so I've lost all my excuses for not finishing things! Here are two of my three grandkids (Lilli is WAY too grown up to stand still for "first day of school" pics) this morning as they got ready to go...

From Courtney, our video editor:

In November 2022, my dad died. In the following months, I found myself in need of a project to process the anger, sadness, and loss I was feeling.

While going through his possessions, I realized how many T-shirts my dad had collected during his life. He had shirts dating back to the 1970s and my family and I had clear memories of them.

It became clear to me what I needed to do. I was not a quilter. I had pieced one-and-a-half quilt tops, but had not completed the process from beginning to end all ...

Thank you Yvonne at Quilting Jetgirl for hosting this great linking party again this year. Hopefully it will help keep me focused.

Last year I minimized my plans for 2022. Of course it didn't all get done but that's ok because that's what planning is all about. For 2023, I'm keeping it as simple and general as possible.

My intention for 2023: learn by playing, with mindfulness and contentment

Quilts

This category is more specific because of my promises to get these projects done. I'm very hopeful of completing these and they'll provide great ...

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We’ve reached the end of the T-Shirt Quilt video tutorial series! If you have kept up with us, then you are ready to quilt your T-Shirt Quilt. In today’s video I’ll be showing you how to mark and quilt straight lines using your walking foot on your home sewing machine.

If you have never layered and basted a quilt before, make sure to check out our video on ...

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In today’s video we finally get to go sew together our T-Shirt Quilt top! If you’re a longtime quilter, you may be able to skip this video. But if you are a newbie or don’t understand what the quilt assembly diagrams mean, then this video is for you.

First I cover how to add the sashing and cornerstone to the right and bottom sides of the quilt. Then ...

Get the T-Shirt Quilt pattern for FREE when you buy T-Shirt quilt interfacing and an appliqué pressing sheet!

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In today’s video you will watch as I lay out my T-Shirt quilt and I talk through the strategies I use to make sure the colors and values are evenly distributed throughout the T-Shirt Quilt design.

The cheat sheet version, is you are going to want to first separate your T-Shirts into light (white and light gray), medium (most colors) and dark color values (black, very dark gray and some ...

Get the T-Shirt Quilt pattern for FREE when you buy T-Shirt quilt interfacing and an appliqué pressing sheet!

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In today’s video I am showing you how to add sashing and cornerstones to your T-Shirt Quilt. The sashing and cornerstones are a fun design element cut from quilting cotton.

The fabric allows you to tie the T-Shirts together with a central color theme, which gives the eye a place to rest in between all the T-Shirt designs.

The quilting cotton is also thinner than the T-Shirts with interfacing, so ...

Get the T-Shirt Quilt pattern for FREE when you buy T-Shirt quilt interfacing and an appliqué pressing sheet!

Shop T-Shirt Quilt supplies here: https://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product-category/t-shirt-quilt/

In today’s video we are going over how to fuse interfacing to the back of our T-Shirt quilt blocks. I demonstrate on two blocks, one that is fairly simple and one that has screen printing covering just about every open space, so you can see how to handle all kinds of T-Shirt designs.

This is my favorite step of the T-Shirt quilt making process. I love seeing how flat and ...

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In today’s video we will cut the sashing and cornerstones that will make up the fabric strips in between our T-Shirts. We are also cutting the interfacing that will stabilize our T-Shirts so they stay one size and don’t stretch while we’re sewing.

You’ll want to have your pattern with you for this step, as we have figured out exactly how ...

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It’s time to actually start working on our T-Shirt Quilts now that we have gathered all the supplies. Today I’m going to go over how to cut the T-Shirts so they look fabulous in your finished quilt.

I show you how to cut the shirts down the sides and shoulder seams to ensure you have plenty of room to cut a 12 ...

I love Mondays - and especially the Monday of the week before vacation!  It will be a super busy week as I get everything ready, but the anticipation makes it all worth it.  

But first, let's see what happened with last week's list....

Here it is, Friday again!  How the weeks do fly by - can you believe it's already the last day of April?  But Fridays are special, because it means it's time for us to get our whoop whoop on - are you ready?  Let's go!

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If you follow me on Instagram, you'll have seen progress shots of these two quilts, but yesterday saw the completion of both and they were shipped off to their owner!

How did it get to be Monday already?  Last week went by so quickly, and I really don't feel like I got much done at all.  So let's see how last week's list went...

Wow, this week just flew by, didn't it?  But it's finally Friday, and that means it's time for us to get our whoop whoop on!  I hope you're ready - let's get started!!

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It felt really good to get back home after vacation and jump right into a project with a looming deadline - and even better to get it finished!

I've been standing at the long arm quite a bit the last few days. I've completed the quilting on this four-block wallhanging and it's OFF the rails. Yesterday I loaded ON the first of the two T-shirt quilts.I chose a large, open meander pattern for the allover quilting design on these. It went quickly and I was very pleased with the results. It came OFF the rails this morning, it's all trimmed up