Yesterday while driving home from work I decided the first quilt I will make out of my Dad's shirts will be for Devin. Devin has recently been diagnosed with leukemia and though I know he will make it through this, I know he will have tough times ahead. So, while he is getting chemo I want him to have a reminder that God has place a strong loving angel to watch over him, My Dad. I pray that he will dig deep and find the strength to get through his rough patches and fight on.
Please bare with me through the design process, this is my first quilt without a pattern and only my second quilt.
My Plans for the quilt: I gathered 14 shirts and cut 28 6 1/2 x 5 ? rectangles. I wish I would have made them square but after I cut the first two I just couldn't bring myself to waste the fabric. So I cut the rest of the 26 rectangles using the first rectangle as a template.
This is my original idea of what I was hoping it would look like.
This is my second pass
As you can tell my paint software skills are a little better the second. LOL Sorry for the horrible pictures but unless I spend $100 plus to get quilting software this the only tool I know to use. Maybe I should research for free software.
I knew cutting the shirts would not be easy but knowing that it was going Devin made easier.
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