10.29.09
T-Shirt Braided Rug
I picked up a set of braided rug gadgets(something like these: 
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at the thrift store for $3. I figured I’d use them to make braided rugs out of wool or old sheets.
Well, I decided to try the gadgets out on a bunch of cotton blend, stretched out and stained tees that were beyond reconstructing.
5 tees and 2 partial tees came to this 18X24 inch rug:
The gadgets worked like they were supposed to, for the most part. All the mistakes you see in the above project are just me learning.
I thought this way a fun project, really easy, frugal and not all that time or attention consuming. I spent about 6 multi-tasking hours on it start(cutting up tees) to finish(photos).
10.03.09
The T-Shirt Quilt is Finished!
This took much longer than I anticipated. I was hoping to do all but the tying by machine but I found that basting the edges and sewing the binding had to be done by hand. There was just too much bunching in my machine.
So what should have been a one hour job turned into a five hour job. Plus a couple of hours to tie the quilt(it’s slow work when you have to repeatedly ask your kids to get off the quilt please!). Plus whatever hours I put into piecing and cutting blocks, maybe 10-12 hours?
So I’m estimating 20 hours total start to finish. And it only took me a few months, lol!
But I think it looks really nice and it’s super warm and cozy.
This quilt was made from about 15 old t-shirts(free), two white cotton sheets($1.60 thrift shop), 3 skiens of embroidery floss(free from another crafter), and a twin sized Warm and Natural batting($11). So total for this quilt was $12.60.
09.06.09
Busy, busy!
My personal life is a little bit busy right now as I start up our homeschooling year. In my down time I’m piecing a t-shirt quilt for my daughter. I hope to have pictures of the finished t-quilt up next weekend. 
I also picked up the needed fabric for my baby quilt backing and today the Dalmatian quilt is sandwiched and basted ready for quilting. You won’t see pictures of the finished quilt until November so try to control your excitement, ok? 
08.10.09
T-Shirt Halter, Backpack and Hat
Here are three projects I made last week from tees. I used patterns and ideas from “Generation T” and an old library book, “Cloth Hats, Bags and Baggage”.
I’m not feeling very chatty today so I’ll just post the pics. :/
09.10.08
Cloth Diapers
I still have tons of t-shirts to use up so I decided to start a new diaper stash by making some triple layer, newborn, 12X15 inch diapers. I used some other nice scraps to make 8X8 inch wipes. There are several online patterns to make these: www.fernandfaerie.com/sewing_prefolds.html and www.synodresourcecenter.org/ywm (it’s under ’service projects’).
A Backlog of Finished Projects
Well I think it’s obvious that I’ve been seriously neglecting my blog however I haven’t been neglecting my sewing. Among things that I forgot to or chose not to photograph were replacing a bill on a vintage baseball cap, a dozen kitchen towels made from cotton t-shirts, more napkins from t-shirts, more sock cleaning cloths and several simple mending tasks. All my projects with photos will get separate entries. Thanks for visiting my blog!
