Anyone can design and create their own quilt! Honest!

The T-Shirt Quilt: Design And Create Your Own Memory Quilt In One Weekend is a book for anyone who has wanted to make their own memory quilt, T-shirt quilt or scrapbook quilt. It is for those who want to commemorate their teen's high school years or their young adult's college years. It is for those who like to "Do It Themselves." It is also for those who have lost someone special or close to them and they would like to go on this journey as a way to honor the one they lost or as a way to go through the grieving process.

This book gives you a foolproof concept of how to put the pieces together with a minimum of math and measuring. It will give you tips on cutting, ironing and sewing 1/4 inch seams. But don't worry! If your seams aren't perfect or you cut something wrong, there are even tips to handle that.

Every effort has been made to define and describe the techniques used. With over 400 pictures in full color, this book is perfect for the visual learners. By following these easy steps, you will learn to create and design your own work of art.The concept of choosing your colors will be covered in the first chapter. This will be boiled down to a simplicity that anyone can follow. Preparing the t-shirts is covered in detail along with how to cut them and what sizes to cut. How to incorperate pockets and hoodies are included. Tips on how to sew straight lines, 1/4 inch seams, how to make blocks that are the same size, how to sew colunms together, how to make your quilt square, how to make it lay flat, how to add borders, choose a back, chose the batting, how to add a binding: all this and more are discribbed and shown in full color detailed pictures so that even the beginning quilter can follow and create their own masterpiece.

Marie Anderson is an artist, quilter and teacher from the Pacific Northwest Region of the United States. Growing up in the Pacific NW, she has brought her love of nature and natural color to her art. This orientation influences and inspires much of her work. Her lifelong love of sewing and creating art is evident in the items she creates today. Anderson's first foray into sewing was creating doll clothes by hand. Taught by her mom, she learned to sew, knit, macramé, tat, hook rugs, quilt and watch nature. Being a competing athlete as a teen has given her a desire to be the best in whatever field she is involved with. Her natural instinct about use of color has allowed her to enter the world of quilting one step ahead of the average person. Anderson raised 6 children over the last 30 years. She has 17 grandchildren and one other on the way. She is an accomplished seamstress, artist and quilter. Whether it is making wedding dresses, baby clothes, prom dressed or tents and bags for camping she has used her skills to create art in her life. She has designed her own patterns and followed her own path but also learned from the best teachers in the industry. In 2010 her life took a significant turn when she and her mother started quilting and sewing together again. In 2015 her mother decided they needed a long arm to enhance their quilting hobby. Marie's father, being the practical business man insisted that they have a business to support this activity - thus Marie's Custom Quilting was born. In the short time that Marie has been in business she has won numerous awards including the Reader's Choice Award for 2018 and 2019, International quilt show awards and Viewer's Choice Awards. Her latest endeavor includes quilting leather wall hangings, leather journals and leather clothes. She is a sought after artist for designing one of a kind quilts from t-shirts and or clothes. This latest activity has inspired the following book.