More is more?

OMG!  The t-shirt quilt I made for my daughter is like Joey Tribiani's entertainment center!  

As she outgrew her t-shirts, I started cutting out the logos.  I thought these would make a great quilt for her take to college.  Since the knit is so stretchy, I bordered the cut-outs with cotton fabric and stored the blocks.  This summer, I started assembling the blocks into panels.  

                    

I used most of the blocks in the quilt top, but I had so many that I also placed some blocks in the backing.  

 

   

I knew it was big, when I measured it for the batting and backing.   But, now that it's sewn and quilted, it still hangs over the sides of my California King mattress.  

When it's on her TwinXL-sized dorm bed, will it overhang like that entertainment center covered Joey's and Chandler's doors?  

I need to know when to stop.  Less is more.  At least, it's completed.  

W-I-P Wednesday

There have been a lot of starts and stops, in my blogging journey.  After a four-month hiatus, I committed to the Blogtoberfest Challenge.  The challenge was to post daily during the month of October.  I did pretty well for the first half of the month.  Then, over-scheduling and illness took over and posts have been spotty ever since.  A new strategy is needed.

Since my life seems to be a Work-In-Progress (and whose isn't?), I am going to try to share an unfinished project and post the progress. 

In preparation for holiday gifts, I have taken apart some of the jeans my kids have outgrown, to recycle the legs into gift bags for bottles of wine.  After cutting off the leg portion, I googled jeans upcycling ideas, to use the pockets, zippers and extra denim.  I came across a great tutorial for a pouch to house some of our smaller electronics (phone, iPod, portable gaming devices, ear buds, etc).  Check it out at http://www.instructables.com/id/Protect-the-Tech/?ALLSTEPS 

I made a couple of pouches using the jeans leftovers, the zipper from the jeans and the zipper from a fleece jacket, an unused shoelace and an elastic scrap dyed using t-shirt tie-dye (the elastic is on the open-top pocket, instead of sewing on velcro).  I think they're kind of cute.



I thought that my daughter would want the top one, with the cute embroidery.  But, she found the zipper to be too small.  She took the larger one and packed most of the items from her purse.

Below is another pouch I'm working on.  I liked the rhinestones on the pockets and the buttoned flap.  I'm going to try to also use the coin pocket and another zippered pocket from a fleece jacket.



Maybe the finished pouch can be mine.  :)  I'm hoping to have it finished by the weekend.

I'm very intrigued by the idea of upcycling.  There are so many of these projects featured on Pinterest and tutorials on Google.  Let me know which ones you have tried and liked.

FINALLY!  Since the beginning of April, I have been trying to post and entry and have been tearing my hair out because of my failure to login to my blog.  Ahhh.  Success is wonderful!

There has not been much crafting around here, as I have upped my volunteering. I originally thought I'd be helping out during February and March, but the project has grown and I'm not good at saying no. Does anyone else have this problem? Please leave me a comment, of anything that has worked for you or anything you suggest (I'm much better at giving suggestions to others than I am at finding/executing solutions for myself).

I did sew a dress for my daughter.  She needed a new dress for her swim team's awards banquet.  We chose the pattern and the fabric during her school break, and I cut the pieces out that night.  Then, it sat and sat and sat.  The day before the banquet, I sewed the pieces together (even with an invisible zipper!, which I had never done before).  Thank goodness it fit, as there was not time for alterations.  Now, for the REAL bragging:  Lauren received the coach's award for her group!