Sheila's T-Shirt Blanket in Progress

A friend of mine from college contacted me last month about making a t-shirt blanket for her. I told her I would love to do it! Sheila, her husband Andrew and 2 young children are going overseas to do mission work and this blanket is a "Sheila and Andrew" memory blanket, with t-shirts from them both.

I have been working on them for awhile now and I got all the shirts cut, interfaced, and measured. Here they are all laid out... please ignore Dad's exercise bike! Haha! Mom and Dad's house has a big open floor for me to lay my quilts out in.



I love the colors in this quilt. Sheila asked for a soft gray or another neutral for the backing. It will be tacked in the corners and there will be no batting in the middle. It will make a fantastic blanket to snuggle up with for a good story!

I had to take a picture of my favorite block... This is my favorite for a lot of reasons:



1. It is the shirt Sheila was wearing when Andrew proposed *Awwww*
2. It has lime green stripes
3. Isn't that strawberry too cute?
4. Buttons, I love buttons.
5. This is the first time I have ever included something besides a T-Shirt in a blanket/quilt. This shirt was a polo. Thanks for being so trusting with that Sheila, I think it turned out great!

Now to get each block sewn together and to get that backing on it and it is off to Sheila and Andrew to enjoy!