Braniff Tribute

Every year, Jimmy and I attend the annual Memorial Day Braniff Reunion Fly-In in May and the Business Luncheon in October.  I've been thinking for a couple of years about making a T-Shirt Quilt from Jimmy's accumulated Braniff T-Shirts,, but he wears them all the time, so .... have not done that yet.  However, it occurred to me that I should make one for the Braniff section of the Aviation Museum at Dallas Love Field.  I approached the woman who always comes to the Memorial Day function with Braniff memoriabilia about purchasing enough T-shirts at a discounted priced in exchange for mention of her business in the labeling on the finished quilt.  She was very gracious and accommodating.  So, I purchased one of every type of T-shirt she had available; that was a month ago.   Today was a most productive day on that project.  I managed to cut away all the logos, add stabilizer and then square them up.  The first layout is currently on the design wall.........

 

followed by color inserts and sashing.......

 

and the finished product:

 

added a label.......

 

 

 

 

and with the "leftovers", I made a second.........

 

 

Where Does the Time Go????

I manage to stay busy in my sewing room.....there's always a new project on the horizon and several UFOs waiting for attention.  Every Tuesday my BFF, Teresa, and I sew together and most Thursdays, my Sister Tricial comes to work on a Block of the Month Quilt....a project we each bought into about 3 yrs ago.  This is going to be the year we complete them (more on that later). 

Since my last post, I completed a 9-Patch Pizzazz using a peacock motif fabric.  The 9-patch examples are inspiring, but my fabric choice was the wrong choice. After much study and re-working, here is the finished product: