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Monday, June 20, 2011
I was a little intimidated to do the cutting, so Betsy did it.
My friend, Betsy, had saved all of her daughters t-shirts from all of her theater performances over the years, with hopes to one day do something with them.
That something ended up being a quilt.
That something ended up being a quilt. The shirts were cut into 15" x 15" squares. (That really is a big job! Thank you, Betsy!) I then surged them together. Then, layered the batting, backing and top together. Sewed them together and then turned right sides out.
I didn't do a binding, just added a 4" border and stitched right along the edge. Used DMC Floss, making a little knot in each corner in order to keep the batting from bunching.
We used a whimsical fabric for the backing which we thought was fun.
And off sweet Caroline will go to college taking her memories with her.
I didn't do a binding, just added a 4" border and stitched right along the edge. Used DMC Floss, making a little knot in each corner in order to keep the batting from bunching.
We used a whimsical fabric for the backing which we thought was fun. 
And off sweet Caroline will go to college taking her memories with her. 
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