Do yall have a bunch of t-shirts that have special meaning but you never wear anymore? Tons of wasted space in your closet or drawers? Well, I did!!! All the swag I got from working on costumes with music celebrities...I had so many I never would wear nowadays. I also had messed up t-shirts, shirts, concert shirts I'd been to, along with plays, tourist t-shirts etc. that had darling pics on them that I never wear anymore. Well if you haven't already heard of this, a great way to save those precious memories without throwing them away is to cut out the pics on the shirts, etc...and hand sew them on a quilt. My quilt goes underneath a blanket so you can't see it, but you have a special keepsake! Fortunately a friend gave me an uglyish quilt that I could use and I have been filling it up on the front and back of the quilt for a few years now. That way you have your memories and the piece is a useful and cozy quilt!
I saw my mom doing this i also think this is a good practise.
ReplyDeleteWhat a practical and earth friendly project.
ReplyDeleteHi... thanks for visiting us. Our human is a bit tired today, but she plans to re-visit and stop in an Etsy; great art (and you know we LOVE art, specially of kitties...)
ReplyDeleteThis is a really good idea! I know people make T-shirt quilts by cutting squares and fusing the fabric to interfacing - then constructing it like a patchwork quilt, but this is a great way to do it.
ReplyDeleteP.S. some of those T-shirts are very cool!