Sunday, December 5, 2010

Tis the Season Blog Hop Day 3

Okay now that we are at Day 3 I can explain why you have not seen very many paper crafts on my blog......you see my son graduated from High school this year and is heading to NYC for school in February 2011.  I wanted him to go to school with a t-shirt quilt with all his plays etc. depicted.  Well - I am not a sewer!!!  I cant stitch a straight line, can't cut a straight line (when it comes to fabric) and have never sewn a quilt before.  Thank goodness for my wonderful and super patient sister-in-law, Denise.  She has guided me through the process.  Well good news ---- today I completed the top of the quilt.  Here is a picture of it so far..........

I am very proud of it so far!!!!  This afternoon, Denise is going to show me how to put it on the backing and tie it together!!  Thank God for Denise!!!

Here is the view out of our front window this morning........my husband plows out half of the front yard so that we don't get drifts over our driveway!!  The frost on the tree's were beautiful!!!


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16 comments:

  1. Wonderful!! Shawn you did a great job on that quilt!! Your son will love it!! What a sweet thoughtful thing to do for him!! I am not a sewer either so this gives me hope!TFS!!

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  2. Fabulous quilt!! Is your son an actor or techie? I have a son graduating this year and we are still school searching. My son has been a techie for 4 years and I would LOVE to make a shirt quilt for him.

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  3. Very cool idea for your son!
    TFS
    Bonnie C
    http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com
    ascrapabove at aol dot com

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  4. That is an awesome idea! T-Shirt quilt and it looks cool too! I kinda want one with all my T-Shirts!
    Contact Info: in case I get a chance to win that amazing blog candy! Happy Holiday's!
    arebori0204@gmail.com

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  5. Great job!
    Pretty darn cool and what an awesome view. You're gonna need a bunch of quilts lol.
    Glad to be on the hop with you.

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  6. Cool quilt...and will be so soft. I love the t-shirt idea.

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  7. What a sweet sweet quilt. How thoughtful. Thanks for the chance to win.
    annadowdy at gmail dot com

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  8. Awesome job, such a great idea!
    jpshirley@ymail.com

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  9. Great job Shawn, your son will love it!

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  10. What a treasure! You have done an awesome job, I'm sure your son will love it!!

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  11. Wow! I'm sure your son is going to love this! Great job!

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  12. Awesome quilt! I've been wanting to do this with all my old shirts. Great memories for your son!

    spunkycrayon at yahoo dot com

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  13. OH WOW... this is amazing...
    you did a FANTASTIC job!!!
    Your son must be very proud of you
    and he must be lucky to have a mom like you ;)
    Hugs Anja

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  14. That quilt is quite the undertaking and it's turned out beautiful!

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  15. What a keepsake that is! Great job!

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  16. So much love and hard work went into this. He is going to cherish it, I am sure.
    Cherylann (prinkles)
    prinkles@woh.rr.com

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