Done! Done! and Done!

 I am soooooooooooo happy!! Got the quilting done, sewed all the sections together and put the binding on the T-shirt quilt.  Here it is, front on the left and back on the right.

 I used T-shirt scraps and sewed them together to make the binding...........I am really pleased with how it worked out...........I used the decorative stitch that looks like the one you see on baseballs......and I am happy with both sides.........

 With T-shirts on both sides plus all the t-shirts had stabilizer I didn't add any more batting.........the quilt measures 63" x 82".......

....and weighs over 6 pounds!

I did have a couple of hiccups........first I decided to wash the top half to ensure that the water soluble in pen marks would be gone and I am so glad I did.  I knew some of the Tye-dyed T-shirts were bleeding when I ironed on the stabilizer with hot steam so I used ice cold water and the tye-dyed colors still ran like they were in a high stakes race!  

I was able to take some of the stains out but the top half does have some visible....but I don't think it is too bad....close up is noticeable...but over-all it doesn't look as bad as the photo above and thankfully the bleeding only shows on the back side......and I'm sure from an airplane or a fast moving train the stains aren't noticeable at all!

......but, seriously, I will now be sure to let my son know that it can only be dry cleaned....I don't think I would have mentioned it if I hadn't tried to wash it first....... 

 

I also had a little trouble when I sewed the top section to the bottom section and had to re-sew it so the top stitching on the back side looked better......but other than that for my first T-shirt quilt.......I'm happy with the results.

So I am ready to package it up and send it to my son.............I'm so excited to hear his reaction when he gets it........he has been waiting awhile for me to get this done and I really think it will be a big surprise...............