I hope you're able to find the help for that. I don't perform, so any equipment I have here (of Dad's) is just here, not used. Sorry.

Linn, there was a large quilt made of t-shirts for the elementary school principal when she retired. They took spirit shirts from many years and made simple square blocks. I don't remember if there was a border on each, but they were all sewn edges (no ruffles) and I think they probably backed up each t-shirt panel with muslin or something stable.

For my long weekend I'll be working in the yard (no surprise) to knock out the ants and aphids that seem to be on everything this year. I need to clean and reorganize the garage if I'm going to ask a neighbor to teach me to use some of the power tools around here (she has a bunch she uses in a shed at her house, but I'll have to set up areas in the garage for the router and the drill press, and several various sized saws). She came down during the week to get a garden transplant and I realized she is kind of rattling around the house since her husband died in the spring. I've always wanted to ask her to teach me to use the tools (she did a lot of woodworking over the years) but she had her hands full with her ill husband. Now would be a good time, I think.

SRS