When Mary comes to Iowa -- we ALWAYS have work to do. Sometimes, she uses my Iowa crew as a focus group..we try things on, share our input - that kind of thing. It's VERY cool. Last year, Mary was working on her new recycled t-shirt book (it didn't have an actual title at the time)...and we had great fun chipping away at t-shirt mountain in my basement.
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| And, as you know -- we spent some time at my sister Rondás house -- looking at her ragged edge flannel quilts. |
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| Ronda has done scores of these quilts...she can hammer one out in a week or so... |
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| Taking my lessons from Ronda -- we've made these ragged edge quilts with Lilly and Memphis -- and last year, Warren got one for Christmas, too. I incorporated some t-shirts. His favorite, Thomas train, his Dad's football team, etc... |
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| That blanket quickly became his favorite thing to sleep with (Frankie, too)... |
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| Mary's new book, "Second Chance T-Shirt Gifts" has LOTS OF GREAT IDEAS -- and using t-shirts to make a ragged edge quilt is a REAL WINNER. |
For sooo many reasons. For one thing -- it's basically a "quilt as you go" project -- so you don't have to spend the extra money to hire a long-arm quilter to finish off your t-shirt quilt. for another thing -- if you have ever made a traditional t-shirt quilt -- you know how time consuming it is...you have to cut the t-shirt fronts, interface them, sew the sashing, and once you have the top done -- you need to add the batting, have it quilted, and then do the binding.
Making that quilt will takes weeks -- if not months -- and it will end up costing you hundreds of dollars. WHICH IS WHY MARY'S SYSTEM is sooo genius. Because you can do every bit of it yourself -- and, depending on the size, and your devotion -- you can get the whole thing done in just a few days.
If I'm not explaining it well enough -- you can check out the new Sewing With Nancy shows -- which explain the method completely...
http://video.wpt.org/video/2365855241/
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