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Old 08-10-2017, 09:32 AM
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When I was making a T-shirt quilt for my BIL earlier this year, during the tedious part of fusing the t-shirts to the stabilizer, I included this one shirt that my DH was getting rid of and set it aside. Now you have to understand my DH doesn't part with old stuff easily; I was actually surprised that he wanted to get rid of this particular t-shirt, since it really is a cool shirt. He doesn't like big pictures on the front of a shirt...it's OK it the big picture is on the BACK, and this shirt the picture was on the front... so he just wasn't going to wear it. It's kind of a running joke with us when I am making quilts and I get to the border part, he always thinks I should put on more borders. You know, just keep making the quilt bigger by adding borders, and I of course don't. Anyway, I decided to make a "border" quilt around this one t-shirt and this is the result. He was so surprised! I put fleece on the back, so the quilt is soft, nothing fancy. Thanks for looking :-)
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Very creative!!! Good job!
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That is so kool. I bet he will have it on the front now. Great idea. BrendaK
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​Well done!
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Great quilt, and perfect backing!
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That is great! The backing is perfect!
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Great! You managed to choose fabrics that all come from the shirt design... very cool. That backing is perfect for the Grateful Dead era too. I'm sure hubby loves it.
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Great Job! Your color coordination is great - and the backing is perfect!
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Cool quilt and a fun back story!
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Well!! I guess you showed him!! Great t-shirt, great quilt and I'm guessing a pretty great hubby too!
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