As of this afternoon I can breath a huge sigh of relief... I have finally finished the top of my niece Chloe's graduation t-shirt quilt! You can see past posts about it here, here, and here.
It's been quite an undertaking!
All of the t-shirts have been stabilized with Pellon lightweight interfacing-- to reduce them stretching as they were sewn together, and as it's quilted.
There are a total of 47 t-shirts used in this quilt top! I'm still not quite sure how I fit that many in there! The finished size is 70 x 83 inches... so essentially a shorter version of a double size quilt.
There are still more t-shirts believe it or not! I think I will incorporate a few into the back, and if there are any left after that they will become pillows.
While I wait for the backing fabric to arrive I have some time to contemplate how to quilt this puppy! I'm limited to straight line machine quilting or hand tying. What do you think-- should I machine quilt it? Straight vertical lines, or a diamond checkerboard pattern? Or should I keep it simple and tie it?
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