sewbizgirl

Here's the quilt that nearly killed me. Hard to piece, VERY hard to quilt... it was just a challenge from start to finish. I even had a friend praying for me while I was quilting it, I had THAT much trouble. But, tra la, tra lee, it's done now so I can love it. It goes to it's owner tomorrow, where she will gift it to her son for Christmas. He has no idea she's been saving his team shirts for this since he was a little kid. He's 25 now. I wish I could see him open it! What a great Mom, huh?

These are the things I learned about quilting a T Shirt quilt:
1) Use 40 weight thread
2) Use a size 90/14 TOPSTITCHING needle
3) Drop your feed dogs, but then increase your foot pressure so there is less "bouncing" when the needle goes in and out of the quilt.
4) Don't stitch on top of plastic or vinyl shapes or numbers, instead outline them.

Thanks to the kind board members who helped me with my learning curve.