There is a glitch in the order form with a required field. Because it’s required you have to make a choice from the menu even if you’ve found something else and want to post a url. This is on cue to be fixed. Will post back here when it’s done. Thanks Rhonda for pointing it out. <update (3/20/14) – this was corrected awhile back and is working as it should!>
All portfolio pictures have been resized for better viewing. There is less load time now which lets you scroll and move through the pictures more quickly.
I very much want to thank those of you that have shown confidence and selected Just T-Shirt Quilts to craft your special t-shirt quilts. The holidays were gloriously busy; and, going into 2014, I am honored to now be the beneficiary of orders received from referrals and repeat orders from satisfied customers. Several of these you can read about in the Portfolio.
As my business is slowly, but steadily growing I hunkered down this weekend and made a simple but needed change in order to accelerate the layout approval process. Today I finished installing a design wall. This can accommodate a king-sized quilt and is instrumental in doing accurate real time Blocky layouts after the mock up is approved.
Up on the wall now is Brooke’s graduation tennis t-shirt quilt in the making. A “real” bed as pictured below serves to finalize the layouts for Freestyle quilts. Carole’s sports quilt at the bottom is also coming along just fine to be done in time for graduation.
At least one more wall will be going up. This will make it easier to craft layouts for more than one quilt simultaneously, await feedback, and prepare them for your approval following your specifications. Onward….can’t forget the “ho” as customer Kathy reminded me it’s “onward ho”. Peace!
I decided to not do any winter shows this year. It’s an extremely busy time of year during which we’ll be working hard to complete t-shirt quilts in time for the holidays. I will post here for any shows entered in 2014.
Hope you had a great summer. Here in Georgia, fall is upon us. The leaves are dropping. It just dawned on me how different everything looks once they all fall and the trees are leaf-less. The ground is slowly becoming orange with leaves. When you look up you can now see more sky. It’s pretty noticeable here, I guess because there ARE so many trees everywhere!
If you’re in Atlanta – the last Alive After 5 for the year will be Thursday, Oct. 19. Come out if you can! This has been a fun endeavor and great meeting new people and friends. They have some food trucks, too, pretty handy when you want to eat and stroll or if you’re like me and don’t have a lot of time to actually sit down and dine . Enjoyed trying the cuisine and libations: awesome Sangria and margaritas, now what did I eat? Can’t remember. LOL. More on previous post below.
Thanks for the Holiday orders. They are much appreciated and will be completed on time for you. Can possibly squeeze in 1-2 more so don’t hesitate to ask, just make it SOON!
This year there is a cut off for getting holiday orders. If you are considering having a t-shirt quilt made to give as a gift, please get your t-shirts to us by us September 20, 2013. This allows sufficient time to complete a blocky quilt for you to have by the holidays. Other styles may take longer. Please inquire. As of today there are 114 days left until Christmas. http://www.xmasclock.com/
The little town of Roswell, GA, comes alive the 3rd Thursday of the month with what’s like an extended Happy Hour called “Alive After 5”. People congregate in the downtown Historic District after work from 5 – 9. The shops stay open, music and vendors are there. It’s really helped to revitalize this little town and seems to have spurred on development. We’ll be there every third Thursday through October.
If you left your t-shirt remnants with me for recycling after your t-shirt quilt was done, I wanted to let you know that they will be heading to Habitat for Humanity. The remnants are those parts left over that didn’t make it into the quilt. In waiting to identify a charity source, I have amassed quite a collection of t-shirt parts that can be used as rags! Thanks new customer Chris H. for your work with Habitat and for helping those in need. The remnants are heading your way. Oh yes, here’s another picture with more of the bags mentioned in the post below.
A t-shirt quilt ! If you need a big bag like this for whatever, you can get them at Marshalls and TJ Maxx retail stores. The bag hanging on the door knob with the colorful squares — my favorite — even looks like it was made with a quilt-type pattern on it. I had to abandon the idea of my own custom quilt bags, once I realized that I didn’t need quite the volume at the price that was affordable to me. Sigh! Don’t quite need 10,000 yet thank you very much. These work just fine!
Should you need to carry a t-shirt quilt from Point A to Point B, they come in a variety of prints and are big enough to hold a king-sized quilt. They’re reuseable. They’re waterproof. If it’s raining, you can just fold the top down. Ok they have the store name on them; but, is the price is right — they’re around $1-$2. One is included if you are picking up your t-shirt quilt from JTSQ in person. It makes it just a little easier to get to your car particularly if you’re already toting a purse or a child.
Zip Lock now also has some really big XL heavy duty plastic bags that can fit a small quilt, and a really large one called a reuseable tote that can fit a larger quilt. Target had some but the XXL3-4 size I had to order online. They’re great for storage. If I am mailing your t-shirt quilt. It will be mailed in one of these. BTW this is not a paid commercial (wouldn’t that be nice!) Just sharing my affection for all of these bags! LOL
Happy New Year! I hope you are having a good one so far. A few site changes: in case you came looking for it, that the “Store” has been retired. This was necessary as all of the fleecewear that was there was sold out over the holidays and there are no plans to replenish it at this point. Another change is that visitors can no longer post comments to the Blog. This was because that even with a filter on, a lot of comments being posted ended up being spam disguised as legitimate feedback and it became way too time consuming to manage this. Comments are always appreciated and can also be submitted via the contact form. These come via email which is checked regularly so you can expect a quick response. Feel free to visit Facebook for real customer reviews, feedback and friend interaction as well as some galleries that are different than the ones here.
Personally, I’m back to playing tennis after 1 year off from knee surgery because of it. After a lot of conditioning and rehabilitation, It’s great to compete and play again and I won my first match – yea!
Thanks for stopping by. Many thanks to current customers for your business and much appreciated referrals. Looking forward to a great 2013 and wishing the same for you ! Best – Kyle
Start your holiday shopping early. After all, there are now only 42 days left until X-Mas. Sprayberry High School in Marietta is having a Craft Show this Saturday and Sunday and we’ll be there. How about a gift certificate for that someone special! Bring your t-shirts and questions. Let’s get started! Hours and more info here http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/20828323/article-Crafters-gear-up-for-show–Weekend-event-to-feature-175-vendors-at-Sprayberry-?instance=secondary_story_left_column
