Bobs Heavy Metal Quilt [Metal, Quilting]

I completed another T-shirt quilt for my friend Bob.  He had some cool shirts definitely!













Had some Extra screen printing from the sleeves of this long sleeve Entombed Shirt that I appliqued to the square.







He had some extra shirts that did not fit the theme so I cut them up, put interfacing on them, and appliqued then to the back of the quilt.







Now to finish my so called Simplicity Quilt.

New Quilt: Another Heavy Metal T-Shirt Quilt [Quilting] [Music]

A friend of mine saw the Enslaved T-shirt quilts I made and asked me if I would make a quilt for him out of some of his shirts.  Hey, free material!  He had some cool shirts so I figure I will give it a whirl.

 I have made a couple of squares.  I like this one the best so far. 





I appliqued the back of the Blut Aus Nord shirt to the back of the quilt square. I thought that might look kinda cool.

Orchid - Capricorn [Music]

Just like any metal sub-genre, doom has its share of good and not so good -even downright terrible. San Francisco Orchid debut full length will make you want to bust out the dashikis, bell-bottoms and moccasins. This record is a riff-fest of epic proportions. Vocalist Theo Mindell has opened a cosmic portal into the time space continuum and stolen the soul of one John Michael Osbourne. His voice is full of passion that comes through in each of the songs.  Mark Thomas Baker guitar tone is heavy without being bogged down with sludge.  Each track has the depth and texture of a late ‘60s heavy rock classic but still sound new and fresh.  The For fans of very early Sabbath, Lucifer’sFriend, or Janus.  Capricorn is available at Amazon.

Enslaved Quilts! [Quilting] [Music]

So I had not quilted in about 10 years and what better way to begin again that with a damn hard project. Knits are not fun to sew with....
One of my all time favorite bands is Norwegian extreme progressive metal band Enslaved. So needless to say, I have a butt-load of shirts from the seeing them in concert a number of times. So it was time to make some room in the closet and pay tribute at the same time!

Beginnings...



I first cut shirt fronts and backs into 14 inch squares. The 16x16 square ruler is my new friend.




Then I put black fusible interface on the back to make them easier to deal with.



I did this a little different from a regular quilt in that I quilted each square individually and then sewed them together afterword.

















Binding time...



Finished products...

Quilt one...



Quilt Two



And my favorite one...









Next up...a "normal" "simple" quilt...