The t-shirt quilt I have been making is for a young woman who graduated from high school in May.  I knew this little baby since her mom first found out about being pregnant (I was the second person to know of her pregnancy).  Her mom and I worked together in a law office in 1993 and then we worked together again about five years later as I sold online advertising for her website for 11 years.  I have watched this little girl, through photos and stories from her mom, for 18 years.  The interest for me has been that this young lady’s last name is also my maiden name.  We do know she’s not a direct relative of my family’s, but at some point, we are related.

As lives move forward, family dynamics are always changing.  For better or worse does not always work out, and for the Mom of the young lady, that was definitely the case.  She has since remarried and now they have a blended family with his, hers and ours.

The graduate has a little sister who is going into the first grade this coming fall while the graduate heads off to Texas A&M University.  When I saw how much leftover fabric I had from her t-shirt quilt, I offered to make her little sister a “doll-size” quilt.  Although she does not play with dolls, she has a lovely lab as a playmate and her mom assured me that the ‘doll-size” quilt would be put to good use with her trusted doggie by her side.

Fortunately for little sister, I have no concept of SMALL.  The suggested 15″ “doll-size” quilt morphed into a 42″ square baby quilt!  I just kept cutting the leftover fabric and ended up with a quilt a bit bigger than I intended (blush).

While I’m not quite ready to reveal the final big sister t-shirt quilt, I can show you the “doll-size” little sister quilt!

I should have the binding completed on the big sister quilt this evening, if all goes well and my MS doesn’t cause me any troubles.  Can’t wait – because I have a quilt at-the-ready for my own daughter’s birthday to finish!