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A surprise Christmas present!

I'm slowing posting about things that I made for Christmas this year.  Most of my attention has been focused on this new grand baby and from the day I found out I was going to be a "nana" I have been sewing, knitting and creating for this little one.  So it was time to focus on other members of the family.

Last year I had made both older daughters a coat for Christmas.  It is Vogue 8933.  This particular version is out of print but Vogue still publishes it with a different pattern cover.



   Here is my oldest modeling her coat:



And here is a more detail look:


So this year I thought it is my youngest turn to get a coat.  However when I had asked her about it, all she wanted was to get her t-shirt quilt finished.  With only  2 weeks until Christmas I wasn't sure that I had enough time.  Luckily she had already cut out all of the shirts so all I had to do was add the interfacing, cut out the sashing and put it all together... and oh yes find someone to quilt it....No big deal right?  Well hubby thought I could and he thought I could get it done over the weekend.

LOL!!

Well as I say with things that I find overwhelming, "Just Do It!".  So taking it one step at time, I soon found myself making lots of progress.  After one Hallmark movie the interfacing was ironed on the t-shirt blocks and then they had been squared.  Half way through another Hallmark movie the blocks were laid out in a pattern that I liked.  And after a weekend's worth of Hallmark Christmas movies, the quilt top was done!

I was pretty sure that I wouldn't be able to find anyone to get it quilted for me before Christmas.  So I went with the idea that I would have it scheduled with the quilter and I would just give my daughter the quilt top.  When I talked to my quilter she just didn't think that a quilt top would be an adequate present.  She insisted that I get the thing done and she would help me out.  So the next day off to the quilter it went and within 24 hours she had it ready for me!  No big deal!!

Needless to say the child was more than surprised and I think very happy to have received it based on her Facebook post!


Does this qualify me for "Mom of the Year?"  ðŸ˜Š

Quilt Details:  The blocks are 14.5 in squares.  When they are sewn up they are 14 in sq blocks.  The sashing is 2.5 in.  I add an 8in. piece at the bottom (which the photo does not show) that has her name and the year she graduated embroidered on it.  I usually use knit interfacing but I didn't have any when I started work on the quilt so I just used regular light weight interfacing and it worked out just fine.  The quilter used a large meandering stitch which didn't detract from the t-shirts.  I want to keep the quilt simple so that the star attraction are the t-shirts.  This is the 5th t-shirt quilt I have done.   Now on to the college shirts!!  ðŸ˜‰

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