Well I'm up to new things again! Years ago, I went through all of my old t shirts with the plan to get rid of some. After going through them, I decided I would make t shirt quilts/blankets out of them and wouldn't get rid of them after all!
Well, that was after I had my 2nd kid, so I got a little busy taking care of my kids and didn't get around to them... until now! I had already started off one of my t shirt quilts when I lost motivation/got ready busy with the kids. So I have a Sonic themed blanket in the works, but after starting that one, decided I could handle not messing up my favorite t shirts, from college! I was worried that I would mess them up, cut too much, stitch them incorrectly, or something would go wrong. After making the first one out of my Sonic shirts that I wouldn't really mind that I messed up, I knew I could do it!
So I started cutting my KSU shirts into a size that wouldn't chop any of the designs off. After I cut the biggest designed shirt, I used that as a stencil for the other shirts so they would all be the same size and stitch together neatly. Then I set them up how I wanted them on the floor and safety pinned them together. After that, I used my sewing machine to sew the right side together and I had done it!
The next step was to make a backing for the blanket. My best friend gave me all her extra jeans, so I decided to use them! I had never made something out of denim before, so it was quite the learning curve! There were many things I would do differently next time, but in the interest of time, this was the easiest option. I left most of the legs alone and just separated the front and back and cut off the waist and zippers. This made very interesting curves to try to match together, and a lot of unnecessary overlaps. Next time I will just cut into even pieces and get a basic stencil and have a lot less trouble making a whole rectangle without gaps or overlaps.
Here is the beginning steps of my KSU project:
Here is my finished project, what I'm calling my pride and joy!
