Way Back Craft: Name Tees

Talk about Way Back…I’m slightly embarrassed to say that it’s been almost a year since I posted a Way Back Craft!

Way Back Crafts are crafts I made ages and ages ago. Usually, they were posted on my very first craft site, Jen’s Crochet and Crafts (1998 – 2006), but they have not been posted to the sewhooked blog or were only posted to sewhooked in a very basic way.

Today’s craft comes to you from around 2001 or 2002. I made these cute t-shirts for holiday gifts for my nieces, daughter, and several children of my friends (that’s an original, old school pre-digital photo there!). These were made around the same time t-shirts embellished with “Princess” were really popular. The shirts were a huge hit with the bonus of being easy and inexpensive to make!

Supplies

light colored t-shirt
Fabric Paint (Tulip Slick Glitter used in picture)
safety pins
masking tape
polyester glitter (optional)
well-lit window or light box

Prepare your t-shirt by washing and drying without fabric softener.
Using your word processing software, print the name you want to paint in a large, bold font. This paper will go inside the shirt as a guideline.
Position the name you printed inside the shirt where you want to paint, securing with a couple of safety pins or masking tape.
Using masking tape, tape the t-shirt to a clean, dry window. If you are lucky enough to have a light box, use that instead.
Trace the letters with chalk or pencil.
Place a t-shirt form or box (Priority shipping box works well) inside the t-shirt to make it easier to paint.
Trace the text again with the fabric paint. It is important not to touch the tip of the paint to the shirt, which can drag the paint and make it smear. Take your time, as it this can be tedious, but it’s worth it!
When you’re done, find a safe place for your shirt to dry flat 24 hours.
For an iridescent effect, sprinkle iridescent polyester glitter on wet paint before allowing to dry.
Wait 24 hours, then shake off excess glitter.
Wash & dry inside out.

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Wordless Wednesday: It’s My Birthday

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Grannie’s 9-Patch

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“Grannie’s 9-Patch,” in progress

If you stop by regularly, you probably know that a great deal of my crafty communications come via Talk To Me Tuesday, the crafty vlog project that I started last year.

The last month or so, I’ve talked a bit about some 9-patch blocks that my mom found at my grandmother’s house where she and my dad now live. I learned to sew in that house from that same grandmother from a shoebox filled with squares of fabric cut from everything from old shirts to flour sacks, all for making 9-patch blocks. When my mom offered the box of blocks to me, I was thrilled to take them.

The 9-patch blocks the day I received them.

Some of the blocks were already pieced in long, wonky rows. When I went to quilt retreat with my sewing circle in March, I spent quite a bit of time in between other projects picking those seams apart, pressing the blocks and repairing seams where the stitching was coming out.

The blocks came home as a stack of flat, but still wonky 9-patches. I measured and measured until I found the smallest consistent size and then took a deep breath and started squaring all the blocks to the same size. Once that was done, I did a little math and decided how big I wanted the finished quilt to be.

Thanks to some good advice from my friend Osie, I knew I wanted to use muslin for sashing. Her advice for the multiple and varied prints was a fabric to calm it all down. Muslin does the trick perfectly!

I still have outside borders to add, but once that’s done, it will be ready for quilting. My lovely friend Linda quilts most of my large quilts and does a super beautiful job of it. The back of the quilt will be muslin and it’s final resting place will be on my very own bed.

These blocks were pieced by a variety of people, many which were different generations of grandchildren. The value of these blocks is beyond words to me and I feel incredibly lucky to have this beautiful part-heirloom, part-contemporary quilt.

Happy quilting!

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TTMT 55 – Hi Cynthia!

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charity: Linus In Spring Time

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The April Linus meeting saw another round of amazing blankets donated by the ever gracious online crafting community!

Many of these awesome crafters are now looking for places to donate their awesomeness locally, which thrills me to no end!

Log Cabins For Linus and Go Get Granny were an unexpectedly huge success and while I’m not longer collecting individual blocks, I do hope to have all the ones I’ve received so far put together and donated to Linus by the end of May.

Can I do it? I sure hope so!

Made by Friends of Pren (pictured below!). They donated 8 fleece blankets.

This is what went out the door with me Saturday morning. What a haul!

Friends of Pren, who had a Linus Blanket making party!

More Friends of Pren (that’s Pren on the left!).

The official label of The Linus Connection, along with the business address (you know, in case you need it…please note that is NOT my address).

HUGE granny ghan made by Shae!

Huge, colorful granny ghan made by Amber.

This one was so big, I had to move the ottoman to take a picture! Made by Mary.

Another lovely big afghan made by Mary.

Soft baby ghan made by Mary.

Granny Ghan made by Mary.

Go Get Granny Afghan made from donated 12″ blocks, made by a variety of people. Chenille yarn donated by Jenn F.

Another Go Get Granny Afghan made from donated 12″ blocks, made by a variety of people.

I neglected to get a finished photo of this blanket, so here’s a sneak peak I posted to Twitter. You can see the full blanket in this TTMT. Blocks made by Mary, joined by me.

I also forgot to take a photo of this gorgeous blanket made from blocks that Janina donated, as shown by me in the above TTMT. I’m pleading sniffles for forgetting…I’ve been sick!

Thank you, thank you, thank you a million times to everyone that made Go Get Granny and Log Cabins for Linus such a huge success!

If you make a Sew Awesome Craft or any pattern, craft or recipe from sewhooked, I’d love to see a photo. Email me or add it to the sewhooked flickr group.

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TTMT #54 – Frog In My Throat

TTMT 53.5 – Captain’s Log, Supplemental

Wordless Wednesday: 12″ Tower

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TTMT 53 – Love To Give

vlog #52: TTMT – A Year of Talk To Me Tuesday!

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One year, one year? How did that happen? Thank you to everyone that regularly watches and/or records TTMT. If you’ve been thinking about it and haven’t done it yet, we’d love to meet you!

If you make a Sew Awesome Craft or any pattern, craft or recipe from sewhooked, I’d love to see a photo. Email me or add it to the sewhooked flickr group.

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