Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Weekend Craftiness

Daniel and I are T-shirt people. We always have been. This means we have acquired some very good T-shirts over the course of our lives, and we (and by "we", I really mean "mostly Daniel") have a hard time getting rid of some of the classics and favorites.

So somewhere I got the idea of turning old, well-loved T-shirts into a quilt. But sewing isn't really one of my talents. So I dragged all of our old T-shirts to Idaho for the Fourth of July weekend, and Mom helped me plan and execute the T-shirt blanket project. I cut and pinned. She sewed. And I am very pleased with the results. Thanks, Mom!

Here's the current state. There was a shirt or two that didn't make it to Idaho, so we're planning on an additional row.
I told Daniel to "cuddle up with it and pretend like you like it." Here's what I got:

5 comments:

aubrie said...

So cute! I love it! And I'm ridiculously impressed with your craftiness. It makes me happy to see some of those old shirts that I remember Dan wearing...pretty much forever...
P.S. Lisa, you went to Girls State? Awesome! Me too. Let's be friends.

Amy said...

What a great idea! I love it.

Kelsey said...

Great pictures!
And way to be all crafty!

Annette said...

Hey! I recognize some of those shirts! Good for you for recycling them (and retiring them:)

Kolbein said...

I can understand that last expression Dan, somebody taking scissors to your favorite shirts... jk it looks great!