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So, it's a little slow-going on the quilt right now. The ol' sewing machine had to be taken to Amarilllo to be fixed and cleaned. But, as soon as I get down there again to pick it up, which should be next week, progress will be back on track. Until then, I guess I can be cutting my sashing pieces. Yeah... I should probably get started on that...

I have started my t-shirt quilt! Yay! And now I have pictures!

The deconstruction of my t-shirts...

My cut up t-shirts, ready to have the interfacing ironed on...

My t-shirt blocks, interfacing ironed on and cut to size...

Stitching the front emblem to the block...

Daphne wanted to help... :)

This is my progress so far! I went out today and bought material for my sashing, so I'll be working on cutting all of that out. I will have pictures up for that soon. Until then.... wish me luck. Haha.

In the beginning...

...there was a pile of old t-shirts.

I have begun my first big sewing project--a t-shirt quilt. I have not done any sewing, literally at all, since I was in high school. I have done my research on this though, read blogs and websites and magazines. I'm going into this with the mindset that I CAN do it. I remember sewing basics, and what I don't know I can look up. Google has been my best friend the last few days.

I began the deconstruction of all my shirts tonite. I spent the afternoon deciding on measurements, drawing out a plan (because I am a very visual person, and had to draw out and totally plan out my quilt before I did ANYthing else), deciding what kind of fabric I wanted to use, etc. I've made so many lists and calculations and drawings today, I'm surprised my head hadn't exploded! This evening, I cut the sides I plan on using out of my t-shirts. I bought the interface and will break out the ironing board for that tomorrow. Wish me luck. :)

I recently decided that I needed some new hobbies. My creative juices have been screaming to be let out, so this is what I've decided to try...
*knitting--I learned how to knit, just basic stuff, in high school. I would like to try my hand at it again and see what happens.
*sewing--Again, I did some sewing in high school, but nothing to difficult. I'd like to get better at it, so I'm going to be doing a lot of this. Amarillo's Hobby Lobby may be seeing me a lot, for fabric, because the selection at my Wal-Mart... not that impressive.
*quilting--I have been telling my mom for years that I want to have a t-shirt quilt made. And then I thought, why not just do it myself? I mean, it can't be that hard right? I might be eating those words later, but, let's hope not.

I'm pretty excited about these new ventures I'm going to take on. Let's add these to... school, working out, grading papers, and, well, sleeping, and we'll see how much I actually follow through. Haha. I have high aspirations. Especially I'll have room to keep the sewing machine up at all times in our new house. I've done a lot of... soul searching, I guess you could say, this summer. Made some decisions about how my life is going to be now. Hm. We'll see.