A Work in Progress

Remember the tshirt quilt I was excited about making? No? Well, that's because I mentioned it over a year ago! I worked on it that night and then the next day I kind of hit a wall. Danielle wanted to help me with it, so I didn't work on it by myself, but we never made the time to do it together. Eventually the project got bagged and moved around until I forgot about it. I found it again and decided we should get busy on it.

I suck at sewing. I really don't know what I'm doing (which is part of the reason I never made the time), but I can thread the machine and push the pedal, so I'm hoping that will be good enough. I do feel bad that that is about all the sewing knowledge I can pass on to Danielle. Maybe someday I can find someone to give her lessons. In the meantime, she and I are making memories giggling over our crooked stitches.



Actually, this is a really good project for someone who can't sew. I think the quilt will turn out nicely even if the stitches aren't straight. We made a few blocks tonight after dinner and are looking forward to working on more later this week. Tyler is looking forward to helping with his quilt when I finally get around to making it (maybe in another year?!).  The blocks are made from special, outgrown tshirts. Sandwiched between the tshirt layers are pieces from a flannel sheet set that belonged to my great aunt. Here is the little bit of progress we made today.




• We painted star shirts for the 4th one year. We had fun making them and got a lot of compliments.
• The green shirt is one of Danielle's soccer shirts.
• The "having fun" shirt is from the amazing cruise we took in 2009. Best. Vacation. Ever.
• The Cozumel shirt is from the first cruise we took. The boys were sick and Danielle and I went shopping together in Cozumel. She picked out the monkey shirt for herself and a dog one for Tyler. The mouths open.
• The Cleveland Indians shirt is from the game she attended with Grandma and Grandpa when she stayed with them last summer.
• The Disney shirt is from our trip to Disney in 2008. Mickey's and Goofy's backsides are on the back of the square.

This will be a very special quilt once it's done. The tshirts themselves are so full of memories, and the time we're sharing working on it together will be the icing on the cake.