Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Battle?

I think I just may have won the war!!!!

In case you didn't stop by last week, I have been on a mission to finish one 8th grade Auction T-shirt Quilt by today.

It has gone from Beast to Mammoth!



I started out with a plan to do red in the middle and work my way out to blue, a bit of a rainbow effect.


But the pink threw me off.



So I tried to go random...I didn't even take a picture because it was so awful...the red and blue were such a large amount, that there was not a good way to embrace the random.

I let it sit for a day and did some odds and ends chores in my laundry room. 

I fiddled on EQ7.


  
I then decided that there was enough red and blue t-shirts to make a "border".  Then an inside row of whites and grays.  I then concentrated the very small, but very bold orange, pink, and yellow t-shirts in the center.




At that point I had to concede the battle to the shirts...not to mention Enemy number one:  BUTTON!



 Hands behind his back and one sock off...never a good sign.
TROUBLE!
 He loved to pull the shirts off the design board and try to throw them in the wash.  He is a tricky one, that young one!

I have made progress and have almost completely pieced each row, and the rows together.  



Today's plan is to finish the piecing...



...it is a breeze with the Tricot stabilizer! 



And I plan to have Mammoth on Ole Betsy by late morning/early afternoon.

The binding and backing await....

All other projects...COMPLETELY on hold in the meantime! 
The auction is Saturday!!

Linking up with Lee!

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I just hope that I am alive by Saturday morning.  Check on me, okay?


14 comments:

  1. But Enemy Number One is SOOOOOO cute ..... looking forward to seeing the end result and hearing any tips you have in the end after working with so many t-shirts and the "stretch factor", backing etc. hugs

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  2. Good luck with finishing on deadline, I'm sure you'll make it.

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  3. Oh, yeah. You're almost there! Good luck!

    I'm curious, too, about using the tricot interfacing rather than a woven interfacing. I've got to make 2 t-shirt quilts in the future, and was told that a woven interfacing is the best to use. I think it's SF101 or something like that?

    Anyways, good luck! Can't wait to see it finished! :)

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  4. It's so nice to follow the process and all the effort and thoughts you have put in the very right layout - when suddenly enemy Nr. one comes on the plan ;-)
    It gave me a big smile.
    You will make it, I'm sure and it looks wonderful so far!

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  5. I like the way you ended up organizing all those T shirts. I am sure you´ll make it....we work better under pressure....right??? LOL

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  6. I love that photo of your little one :) Your t-shirt quilt is looking good!

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  7. This looks so great Heidi! What a great idea :-)

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  8. I'm so happy you're making progress! I'm glad to hear the tricot stabilizer is working for you. When we last made a t-shirt quilt it was before any of us were quilters and we had no idea to use stabilizer. I just remember it being a challenging (read disastrous) project. Button is so adorable BTW- too cute that he wants to wash the shirts. Good luck with the quilting!

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  9. It's looking good you are almost there!!!!!!!

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  10. Sounds like you are ready to crank some tunes and get moving. I can't wait to see the finished project. Poor Button no longer has things to pull off your design wall and put in the laundry.

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  11. Ahaha! Enemy number one is looking SOOOO innocent in that picture :)

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  12. Your #1 enemy is the cutest thing. I can still remember when my daughter emptied all my drawers to play with the clothes.
    Nevertheless your quilt is moving on and i'm sure you'll finish ih on time.

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  13. WOW! That is quite a battle! I know you'll get it done, though!

    Button is so darn cute. My oldest was completely bald until she was almost two, so to this day I can't see a bald baby without melting a little. : )

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  14. Wow,what a quilt that will be! Such a cute little Button :)

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