Friday, December 6, 2013

Squadron T-Shirt Quilt - Finished!

There was actually an internal debate this week, because I finished not one - not two - but three quilts! I ended up choosing this one because I could stand to do it in phone photos, and the husband still hasn't returned with my camera.

Phone pics, at nearly-dusk, in sub-zero temps. You lucky people, you.

Just another t-shirt quilt, for the same person I did the first running t-shirt quilt for last year. This one is for her husband, who is a fighter jet pilot. I do not know which one. Viper? Got me.

He was also a missileer, and his two scarves were incorporated as well. Fun fact: I had to ask my husband which direction the red scarf went. He said the missiles faced up. I said, "There's missiles on it?" I make a terrible military wife.

I quilted with loops and stars - simple and not distracting from the shirts. Freehand! And I only got lost in the middle of one star.

CC helped.

A lot.

Let's see, the front border and binding is Robert Kaufman, the backing is dark blue minkee. No idea on the gold border.

64x82"

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2 comments:

  1. Nice Tshirt quilt! I was wondering what seam allowance you use when piecing tshirt to tshirt? and what type of interfacing do you use on the tshirts? thanks for your answers!!

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  2. LOVE it. Love the quilting (nice job freehand, you awesome quilter!). Love the minky. Love it all. And I would make a horrible military wife too. I want to get these things for my husband's pistol and I had to text his friend who knows what they are called and where to get them. You should have seen the texts - I'm like, "you know, the thingies that go inside the magazine . . . " It was pretty funny.

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