T Shirt Quilt Beginnings

4 years of high school--very involved.
+5 years of college--in a sorority.
+Camper-->assistant counselor-->counselor.
=Hundreds of t-shirts. 


What to do with all of them?  I certainly won't wear them all (I rarely wear t-shirts). And I want to keep the memories...t-shirt quilt, here I come.  


I cut out all my squares (making one for hs and one for college/camp--Otherwise this quilt would be h-u-g-e).

(And yes, the top shirt does say "Four Square Legend")

And, since I'm silly about keeping any little scrap I could find useful, I washed the leftovers and folded them into piles.

This is what it looks like when you dump out remnants from 100 t-shirts. (Yes, there actually are 100).

This is what it looks like all sorted/folded.

Can't wait to get started! 

Any tips on sewing lots and lots of tshirt material? 

Thrifty Thursday: My New-found Love

I have recently fallen in love with teacups & saucers.  Which is great, seeing as boyfriend and my travel blog is titled "A Spot of Tea with J and B."  By travel blog I mean, we made a blog when we studied abroad in England and are planning on using it in the future.


Anyway...at the same time I got this lovely jacket, I got some other wonderful things as well. 


Like fabric, $1 for a zip-loc bag.  Some of the smaller pieces had two different ones in it, so I got these three for $2.  I've been into vintage grandma-type prints lately...not really sure why. 

And my new love, teacups. 

I wasn't too keen on the saucer for this one, so I just got the cup. ($1)

($2 for cup and saucer)

($3.50, but 50% off)

And now I want to scour every thrift store near me for some more teacups.  I may just be addicted.  


Have you found any good thrifts lately?