About our new cover photo: it’s a picture of Candy in Illinois relaxing. We completed this quilt as a graduation present for her daughter last May. She got it to us right around the first of the year 2014 allowing plenty of time to complete it. Living in a rural area, there was a little anxiety over the delivery. It was pouring down rain the day it was delivered. But it arrived in perfect condition and on time. Quilts to be shipped are wrapped for the elements. No worries! Starting early gives us plenty of time to complete your t-shirt quilt and get it to you in time for that special occasion.
Best wishes to you and your family for a wonderful Christmas and happy holiday season.
To our dear customers: on the shoulders of your faith we have grown from one person—me—to a talented team of specialists that truly love and take pride in their work. With your continued trust we look forward to creating many more special memories for you and your loved ones in the upcoming year. Peace and may all of your wishes for 2015 come true! Kyle, Patricia, Katrina, Deborah, Ralf, Andi
EVENT DATES: 10/25/2014 – 10/25/2014 – Town Center Mall, Kennesaw, GA
Happy Halloween! We’ll be there with lots of candy for trick or treaters young and old!
SAVE THE DATE! Halloween is here and Town Center at Cobb is inviting all little ghouls, goblins and bootiful princesses to come have a spooktacular time at the Kidgits Boo Bash on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 from 6-8pm in Center Court. You won’t want to miss all the fun! Boo Bash activities will include giveaways, a bounce house, crafts, games and more. Kidgits members can enjoy all the activities and giveaways at no cost (non-members can join for only $5)! If you aren’t a member, you can sign up beforehand at Guest Services, or at the event.
Kidgits is also teaming up with Captain McFinn to recognize October as Bully Prevention Month. A free app called The Bully Free zone will be available for download and you could win a free iPadAir. You won’t want to miss all of the fun activities and giveaway!
We will also be hosting mall-wide trick-or-treating this night from 6-8 p.m. Look for signs in participating store windows. Halloween photos will also be available for purchase in Center Court.
Please note, the mall is not hosting trick-or-treating on Friday, October 31. Our Trick-or-treat date is Saturday, October 25 from 6-8pm (same as Boo Bash).
Stay tuned for more information. It’s sure to be a howlin’ good time! We hope to see you there.
We’ll be at the 44th Annual Atlanta Pride Festival Marketplace Oct. 11 – 12. The event is jam packed with entertainment and lots of activities. We’ll have finished an awesome motorcycle quilt. Here’ s the design on the back. Come on down to say hi and see the front! More info at atlantapride.org
It’s perfectly fine to bring your stash of t-shirts and get started on your order live and in person; $100 goes toward your quilt. Hope to see you there!
Ladies look for your special offer from Just T-shirt Quilts in the goody bags to be given away to the first 300 participants at this event coming up at Town Center Mall in Kennesaw, GA.
Join WellStar Health System for their 3rd annual Spirit Girls’ Night Out on Thursday, October 2, from 5:30-8:30pm in Center Court, as part of our Paint the Mall Pink weekend. Good health looks good on everyone – just like the classic Little Black Dress, vibrant health is always in style. You are cordially invited to this remarkable affair filled with free health screenings, ‘Ask the Expert’ health info booths, a fabulous fashion show and so much more! This year’s theme, ‘The little Black Dress’ will focus on two daily essentials in any woman’s life – fashion and good health. Gather your girlfriends, sisters, daughters, moms and aunts and grandmothers; put on your facorite black dress or attire; and join WellStar and Town Center at Cobb as we show you how health is your best accessory.
The first 300 women to register will receive a special gift bag. WellStar will also be holding a door prize drawing for prizes donated by the mall and WellStar.
5:30 p.m. Check-in begins; welcoming remarks from WellStar 5:30-8:30 p.m. FREE health screenings and “Ask the Expert” health & beauty information booths open 5:45-6 p.m. Beauty & Styling Demonstration 6:15-6:30 p.m. Beauty & Styling Demonstration 6:45-7:30 p.m. “The Evolution of the Little Black Dress Fashion Show” 7:45-8 p.m. Beauty & Styling Demonstration 8 p.m. Closing remarks from Town Center
Thank you to our fashion show sponsors – Belk,Macy’s, Sephora, Aveda, and Regis Salon.
Run this Sunday! Sept. 21st is the 2nd annual Just Horsin’ Around 5K in support of Save the Horses.org. Come to Newtown Park in Johns Creek, GA. Start is 8:00 a.m. rain or shine, 7:00 a.m. packet pickup. 5K loop, water, food and you earn a t-shirt and a goody bag full of special offers including from Just T-Shirt Quilts. Count your t-shirts. One more may be all you need to get started on your quilt! The quilt pictured below shows a mockup of a horse stitch pattern. More race info at justhorsinaround5k.com
As a KSU graduate (BSN Nursing ’05) I’m happy to be contributing to the special offer for KSU students that attend this event. It’s in the bag!
Town Center Mall – Join us for our 6th Annual KSU Hoot-a-Palooza event on Thursday, September 18 from 5-7pm in Center Court. We’ll have goody bags for the first 300 KSU students/faculty/alumni that show their KSU IDs. We will also have vendor and tenant tabling, as well as tables from KSU organizations and schools.
There will also be entertainment and a KSU Pep Rally featuring dance and cheer squads, as well as Scrappy the Owl.
Believe it or not, our first order for a Christmas 2014 t-shirt quilt came in this past April. The gentleman, wanting a present for his wife, was certainly thinking ahead !
Isn’t is sooo convenient to walk in to a store last minute to shop and buy something, anything, when it’s down to the wire and you’re running out of time. T-shirt quilts, however, don’t forget, they’re all custom and take precious time and talent to make!
Last December 3, 2013, I received a call from a lady asking if we could do a t-shirt quilt for her daughter for Christmas – December 25. Even though it was a small one, unfortunately, by that time, it was too late. There was simply not enough time. By that point, there were also many orders already ahead of hers.
Ring Ring. Same lady calls in January. Her daughter’s birthday is in May. Can we…? Yes. Nowthere’s enough time. While we’ve reduced our turn around time in completing t-shirt quilts, the holidays do get busy. It takes time to make your special present, and we’d like to make sure we get it to you when you expect it. So for holiday t-shirt quilts for this year, we’re asking that you please get your t-shirts to us by September 1 for Freestyle and September 30 for Blocky Styles. We graciously welcome your trust, confidence, and holiday business.
Yes, we did. This customer wasn’t satisfied with how her t-shirt quilt, from another provider, turned out. So..she brought it to us for an assessment. We agreed and proceeded to take on the “big re-do”. Yes, we actually took the finished quilt apart, stitch by stitch, seam by seam, and started all over.
First, we cut out all the t-shirts (pictured). Then, with a seam ripper, one by one we carefully ripped out ALL of the stitches, including quilting, all over the t-shirts. Yes, that took just a little while! Next we worked together to come up with a design that was more pleasing. Then, we re-prepared the t-shirts and fabric for the new design — and began putting everything together.
“I should have come to your first”, she apologized repeatedly. It’s ok. We’re human. We all make mistakes and for many reasons don’t always realize it at the time.
Start off right by bringing your t-shirts here first. We work hard to satisfy you with quality checks and keeping you informed every step of the way. That way there ARE no surprises and you end up with just what YOU expect.
So bring us your mistake. We’re not here to judge. We want to get it right for you.
Back in the day quilting was all done by hand. Can you imagine how long it would take to stitch all of the layers together by hand with a needle and thread to make a bed-size quilt–forever! Today, in the 21st century, automation makes it possible to stitch those same layers together, in the pattern of your choice, from thousands of computerized patterns to choose from, with a higher level of precision, accuracy and speed.
As a nurse, it’s a familiar evolution. Computers, once few and far between, are everywhere in healthcare, from med administration to the lab to bedside charting. Pushback? Yes, at first, big time, especially from seasoned, before-computer era nurses. Some quit. The advantages though now benefit all of us: for patients, faster diagnoses and treatment; for nurses, easier access to essential health information to provide the best care possible.
Back to quilting, to take advantage of new technology in our industry, we took a leap forward into the 21st and have just purchased a new Innova Navigator computerized robotics quilting system. http://www.innovalongarm.com .
Shown is the Innova in action on Lena’s graduation quilt. Learning curve, yes. But, we’re excited and after a week of training and use we’ve got this. Lena’s quilt turned out perfectly. Take a look at the closeups. The blue shown is the back of the quilt, a super soft, plush fabric–minky. The top (or front) is quilted using a variegated (multicolor) thread. The results are exquisite!
This purchase also means, we’ve also shaved at least 3 weeks off of getting your quilt done.
So, what’s your vision? Bring it. We can and would love to do it for you! The hardest part in making these quilts is giving them back; but, promise, we will give it back (smiles).
