Heirloom quilting: T-shirt quilts!

So, I have started 2015 with several new quilting projects and always with new ideas in my head for gifts and new quilts way before I have even finished the first project! I  currently working on 3 t-shirt quilts for 3 lovely girls that were supposed to be Christmas presents but better late than never! Two of the tops have been cut and pieced but I want to add borders to them to outline the character of the shirts and give a little extra length to the quilts. The third one is cut and patiently waiting to be pieced together. I have never done a quilting project that wasn't very straight forward with rows and columns and lining them up ever so neatly, but this project is certainly not straightforward! I wanted the t-shirt quilts to be very eclectic and because there are so many different sized logos on each shirt it just worked out best to do it this way, plus I found a great mathematical template already laid out for me while I was browsing Pinterest. The link to that diagram is below. T-shirt quilt math
Here was the first t-shirt quilt, my tester so to speak before I found the lovely math equation that was done for me.

Then, once i found the math already done for me the second quilt turned out a little more eclectic. I also found that with each quilt a certain color became dominant so i used that guidance for picking a matching border that would really make the quilt pop. For the first quilt pink, hearts, and zebras reigned supreme so i found a border that incorporated those colors and the loves of the future quilt owner.

For the second quilt red became the dominant color so i used a red border with a Morrocan accent which tied the colors together. 

So,  since starting this blog post i finished the third quilt top and it came out very blue and green so i decided on a green border to tie it all in. 

I am still patiently waiting for them to tell me what they want as a backing for each quilt so they are sitting patiently in my quilting room/hubby's office waiting to be turned into a quilt to be loved and cherished (hopefully.) For now they are done, but with always a new project on the horizon I am never bored or without a project or gift to make. My youngest turns 4 in a couple weeks and have just finished quilting a quilt for her twin bed and i am in the process of binding it. Always busy as a bee. Quilting is never dull....