I have begun to slowly clear the attic (slowly is the operative word there!). One project I'd always wanted to do but never had the means nor the chance to was to convert my son's old soccer jerseys into a quilt. When I found the box this time I was excited because for the present moment Jeff is busy with work. So I found a local quilter who could do that and dropped off the t-shirts to her. We planned out how the lay-out would look (on the left) and talked about how to frame them and the color for the back, whether or not it be hung on the wall and size. I could partially picture what she was going to do- but seeing it today when I picked it up, was so exciting. It looked even better than I imagined it would! I can't wait to see Christopher's face when he and Betsy open it. There are not only significant jerseys from his teams, there are some from our soccer travels (the World Cup in 94 and the Olympics in 96) and one I wore at one of his tournaments that matches the t-shirt he wore. There is even a shirt from the premiere year of the National Soccer League- the Metrostars (which is cut off in the right hand picture). So many fun "soccer mom" memories! And now they are preserved in a very special way!
I have a friend who did this for each of her 3 daughters! What a fantastic way to use these t-shirts, as they all have memories attached to them. Wonderful thing to do and a super image of 'before and after'.
Thank you all! We will see them on Sunday- it's going to be hard to wait until Christmas for them to open it!
@netkonnexion I did not make the quilt- I just saved the T-shirts! The quilter had some excellent suggestions on how to place the Tees and with very few exceptions I followed every one of them!
@joansmor Because the design and layout was so straight forward and the back was "plain" it was really affordable. If I done more on the back, then it would have gotten more expensive. But I was able to save up for the whole thing while she made it.
Thank you all! We will see them on Sunday- it's going to be hard to wait until Christmas for them to open it!
@netkonnexion I did not make the quilt- I just saved the T-shirts! The quilter had some excellent suggestions on how to place the Tees and with very few exceptions I followed every one of them!
@joansmor Because the design and layout was so straight forward and the back was "plain" it was really affordable. If I done more on the back, then it would have gotten more expensive. But I was able to save up for the whole thing while she made it.
Thank you Monique, Nina and Ferry! I'm looking forward to seeing their faces when they open the package.