Sydney’s T-shirt Quilt is Finished OMG

Sydney’s t-shirt quilt is our project to work on this month as our June OMG and it is finished.  Woot woot!  Patty at Elm Street Quilts hosts a monthly OMG linky party and we take great inspiration from this.  Thank you, Patty – we sure do appreciate the linkup opportunity each and every month.

Sydney’s Oodles of T-Shirts

My great-niece, Sydney, has had a lot of excitement in her life recently.  She just turned 18-years-old and graduated from high school.  Throughout her schooling, Sydney has excelled in both swimming and gymnastics.  She gave us a bag of t-shirts and sweatshirts saved from a variety of meets and competitions to use in the making of a quilt for her.

Some silky jerseys and sweatshirts had to be set aside and didn’t make the cut but this stack will suffice!

Sydney’s T-shirt Quilt

Since both her birthday and graduation both happened this month, making the quilt our OMG project to quilt this behemoth seems like the perfect choice.  T-shirts were cut apart and interfacing ironed on the back of each t-shirt for stability.

A layout was determined and the rows stitched together – before you know it we had a good-sized quilt top.

Layering and Quilting Sydney’s Quilt

We found a paint-spattered fabric that was the perfect backing for this quilt.  Spatter Wide by Robert Kaufman is the name of the fabric and it is 108″ wide so no need for a seam.  Once we received it from Missouri Star Quilt Company in the mail we got it layered in no time.

Straight-line quilting ensued – that’s my go-to choice for stitching t-shirt quilts.

A Finish and Sydney’s Delivery

We had a little bit of sunshine coming through the living room windows for its photo op.  Then we hit the road and delivered the finished quilt to my sister because Sydney was working.  At the time, we didn’t know about a graduation celebration to be held in July but we didn’t want to withhold the present any longer.

Sydney’s birthday celebration included a delicious chocolate cake followed by a slightly different graduation ceremony held on TV.

When Syd gets to leave for college later this year she’ll have a quilt to keep herself warm and covered in our {{hugs}} and love.  Here is the graduate with the quilt and another shot of her and her dad, my nephew, Jim.  We’ll call this a success all the way around.

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