Remember that genius idea for a t-shirt quilt that I had back in, oh, February?
Well, the sorority shirt quilt was a little intimidating (since I literally have a shirt for every event that we had in 4 years... even narrowed down I've got 30!) so Joe suggested that I try a smaller-scale t-shirt quilt first- a little quilt for Noah using some of our shirts from college. Well, I started that one in February as well, then put it off and put it off until finally, 2 nights ago I decided to just suck it up and finish it- nothing fancy, just seeing if it's possible. Here it is:
It consists of nine 15" t-shirt backs and I used this tutorial to get me started (ironing on interfacing, cutting, etc.) but then lazily bound it with a flannel backing pillowcase-style because, really, let's be honest: the kid's gonna puke on this thing and it isn't exactly destined to be a family heirloom. I'm still in shock that it's actually a square and not incredibly wonky- and for that, I can thank a 15" quilting ruler and my 1/4" guide quilting foot. I also just made a TON of stuff for a friend who is hosting a baby shower, but this owl was my favorite, so I want to share it despite the bad lighting (Meredith, I seriously need to figure out that white balance trick... it worked for me once and that was it!): 
3 comments:
i love to see all the stuff you make! you're so talented!
You have a Canon, right? Once you take the picture of the white paper (and remember that you have to take a new picture every time), push the White Balance button, select "Custom White Balance", and then scroll to the white picture. Then, make sure you push the "Set" button on the back. It took me forever to figure out that I actually had to hit the "Set" button and not just scroll to the picture!
Such a cute owl!
Eh- I have a Nikon, but I think it's similar. My problem is that even after I set the white balance, it didn't look right! Do you have to reset it for (basically) every shot?
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