As most of my regular followers know, my ex-mother-in-law passed away last November.I was allowed to remove her cotton shirts from the closet. Such a sad task. I hope she was watching to know I did it with respect.
This stack has 23 shirts. I washed them all today. I am not up to disassembling them yet.
You know some of these are really old as they have sewn in shoulder pads! In a little cotton shirt! And a couple are a cotton/poly blend but I will still use them. I need to pick one of Bonnie Hunter's designs (http://www.quiltville.com) for these beauties.
One of my best internet friends http://www.elaineadairpieces.blogspot.comblogged about tea dyeing fabric so I gave it a try. I loved the print on these two fabrics but the white background made them not play nice with my other Dear Jane fabrics. The difference is subtle but worth the effort. They now reside in my Dear Jane block collection. I have 60 blocks made and so far I show no sign of being tired of making them. So yes, they must be addicting.
I tried coffee and tea for staining the fabrics. Tea worked best I think.
