Memory Quilt

Early in my marriage I discovered that Lavoy had an unusually large collection of t-shirts. He is the hoarder in our family. I took about 30 of the shirts and made a t-shirt quilt for him. That quilt was our favorite blanket to take to the beach, spread out for a picnic or snuggle under when there was a chill in the air. Once we had children, they enjoyed the coziness of the t-shirt quilt. It has seen better days and needs some serious repairs. A dear friend of the family graduated from high school about five years ago. I made him a t-shirt quilt out of his many track, cross country and youth group shirts. A friend of his saw the quilt and contacted me to make one for her daughter and another asked for me to make one for her son. I went on to make one for my boss when she retired and one for my dearest friend when she went overseas as a missionary. Time came for my oldest son to graduate from high school. I had saved his many shirts and set out making his quilt. Cutting and sewing each shirt brought back all of the memories from kindergarten to high school. I continued to make quilts for special occasions. Our school was having an auction and I made a quilt of as many of the shirts I could gather. This past May, my daughter graduated from high school and I made her quilt filled with as many memories as my son's. I am keeping all of the t-shirts for my youngest child. I still have five years before I will make that one.
Making the quilt is not hard if you can use a ruler to measure, scissors to cut and a sewing machine to sew a basic straight stitch.
Start saving those shirts so you can create a memory quilt for someone you love.