Peter's Memorial Tee Shirt Quilt

Peter's Memorial Tee Shirt Quilt, a set on Flickr.

This is a quilt I made for my friend Debbie after her son passed away at the young age of 40 last year.

She gave me all his favorite shirt and asked me to make a quilt for her and Peter's sister, Mackenzie. 

This was my first FMQ project.  I learned the designs on Leah's website, drew them, tested them on a muslin square, then FMQ'd each tee shirt block.  Each of the 36 blocks uses a different design from the Free Motion QuiltThis was a very fun and rewarding project. I then assembled them using QAYG and Marguerita's McManus Crazy Short Cut Quilts method.

The link to the Flickr set should show more detailed photos of  the FMQ on all 36 blocks and my assembly process.

Peter's Memorial Tee Shirt Quilt, finished

Picture 1 Whole Qiult, a photo by nickersmarie on Flickr.

Wonky Log Cabin Pot Holders

I just love wonky blocks, that is, when it is done on purpose!  Here are a couple pot holders I made for my friend Cherie.   She won't use them, just hangs them as decorations.  She says they are too pretty to use...

Japanese Pillow Shams

After making the Japanese quilt, I made some matching pillow shams from the scraps.  I couched some fuzzy yarn to decorate them, which was a fun technique.

Hawaiian Shirts Pillow Shams

After making the Hawaiian Shirts quilt, I make the matching pillow shams.  I used the same technique, but on a smaller scale.  They have an envelope back and a flange.

 The centers of the two pillows are 15" squares left over from the quilt. The small squares are made from left over fabric from Hawaiian shirts (sleeves, yokes, fronts). This is really fun, but I am looking forward to moving on to a totally different project.