T-shirt quilt

I started the quilt on May 5th. I have not had time to blog about it then since I have been really busy working on it. I started cutting the shirts apart and cutting the interfacing. As I suspected, I did not have enough. I needed another 7 yards.



In addition to the Pellon 911FF, I also had to get Fusiform Suiting interfacing since there wasn't enough of the Pellon. I fused all the shirts and cut them to 16x16 squares. I had to get a piece of plexiglass cut to 16x16 in order to get a template for the shirts. I also have all the applique patches fused and cut out.



I have the sashing fabric all washed and ready to be ironed. I picked 3 different black-based fabrics since there are white, black, navy, red, green, gray, and burgundy shirts. I wanted more of a charcoal color, but I couldn't find what I wanted. Now the dilemma is the outer border. I don't want it too light or too dark since the sashing will be dark. I was looking at possibly polk-a-dots, but I haven't decided. All I know is that Lisa does not want animal prints (cow) or pink.



I had to go to the store yesterday to get stabilizer since my sample applique effort showed that there was too much stress on the shirt panels. I was all set to start at least applique-ing the shirts and cutting out the sashing strips, but I could feel myself getting sick and decided that rest would be the better option.



Tonight, I will have to iron and cut the sashing strips. By the way, I LOVE my new cutting mat. I got a 24x36 mat for my cutting table. I was hoping to get a 24x48 since that is how big the table is, but I didn't see one at the store. Also, I found some measuring tape stickers that I can use to make a grid on the cutting table so that I can square up fabric later on. But I digress...



In addition to that, I will also have to do as much of the applique as possible so that I can start the layout process and sewing the blocks together. Hopefully I can get the border on by the weekend and then start quilting!