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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Large T-shirt Quilt

 

Finished t-shirt quilt

     A client recently had me make her a larger t-shirt quilt.  This one had 30 t-shirts versus the usual 20.  I had done several smaller ones for her, for her daughters and her husband but now it was time to use her t-shirts.  She chose her shirts and sent me a photo of the preferred layout.


Photo from client

     I printed out the photo she sent and kept it with the t-shirts.  There were a couple of challenging t-shirts in the bunch, one had a yoke in the front with a v-neck so it was more challenging to get the square cut.  The other shirt that was a challenge was one that had the picture in the lower left corner.  In order to get as much of the picture in the square, I wound up undoing the hem and side seam.  This enabled me to get the picture centered as much as possible. 

Shirt where I took out the hem and side seam

     I think this attention to detail is what separates me from the companies where you mail in your shirts and you get back a blanket.  As a client you get input into the project and someone who pays attention to detail.

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Favorite Halloween Strip Quilt

 

Finished Halloween quilt

     Finished just in time for Halloween.  I bought a strip set from Patched Works and got the pattern for the strip quilt from them.  I bought it in March and worked on cutting and making the blocks.  Then at retreat in October 2019 I put the blocks together.


Block detail

     I had the background/binding fabric in my stash, bought it from Quilt Play back in 2012.  

Fun name label

     I bought black flannel from JoAnn Fabrics for the backing.  For my fun label I used a design from Designs by JuJu.  I had bought these designs to label buckets for trick-or-treating for the grandkids but they make for a fun quilt label also.

Info label

     The second label has the pertinent info regarding who pieced it and who quilted it.  Joni did a great job with the quilting.  We chose a fun ghost pattern and used a multi colored thread that showed up well on the black backing.

Quilting detail

     Finished the binding while on a mini vacation this fall.  Looking froward to snuggling up under it this Halloween.

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Pillow Samples in Olive, Teal and Taupe

 

Olive, teal and taupe pillows


     A few more sample pillows, now in olive, teal and taupe.  The first is a basic corded edge pillow with a ruched covered cord.  I centered the teal dots and used a coordinating solid for the covered cord.  This is a thicker cord then I usually use.  The gathering of the fabric made it quite thick when sewing everything together.

Ruched edge pillow



          Next up is a square boxed pillow.  It is made like a boxed cushion but you use a regular pillow form inside to give it some puffiness.

Square boxed pillow


     Last is an overlap rectangular pillow.  I used all the same fabrics but added a monogram to he smaller piece on the front.  I made sure I centered the teal dots on the covered cord and played with the larger front piece to get the design centered just right.

Rectangle overlap pillow


     I plan on making more pillow samples to show at an open house whenever we can be open again.  In the meantime if you see something you like, call me at 847-543-7907 or email celeste@creationsbyceleste.biz for more details.