what to do with tshirts

[kappa2]

So...at the end of college I had a million shirts from high school/college/sorority/whatever that I knew I shouldn't be wearing as a "grown up", but they had such sentimental value, I couldn't give them up. Many of them were cut into a 12x12 square and put in a scrapbook, but I thought this was a really cute idea for those of you still in college...

http://www.shirtquilts.com/shirtquilts/

[alum]

http://greekchat.com/gcforums/showth...=tshirt+quilts

[AnchorAlumna]

What? You mean there's a rule against grown-ups wearing their Greek shirts when they graduate to Grown-Up Land? Somebody forgot to tell me!!

[SWTXBelle]

There is a point in time, I think, when wearing your bid-day shirt which is 20 years old is a bit much. But letters - heck, I'll be wearing my letters when I'm 95!

[kappa2]

Thank you, Alum, for the wonderful link to the pre-existing thread about this. I couldn't find it before--you are amazing!!

And yes-letters are letters 'til the day we die, but things like "The Mud Pit Games", "Hot-Tub-a-Thon", and "Prom Night!!" have got to go when you could run into an important client at the gym.

ha ha!

[alum]

Not to mention the Sloppy Seconds Mixer shirt that one Mizzou grad wanted in a quilt that she commissioned. Ick!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by alum

Not to mention the Sloppy Seconds Mixer shirt that one Mizzou grad wanted in a quilt that she commissioned. Ick!

I know I'm going to regret asking this....what is a Sloppy Seconds Mixer?

[alum]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I know I'm going to regret asking this....what is a Sloppy Seconds Mixer?

I have no idea! I had to ask my teenager what sloppy seconds was and I was somewhat upset that she knew the answer. The shirt was white with olive green letters in a drippy looking font. Gross, gross, gross.... The quilt turned out quite nicely but I always wondered if the mom (who paid for the quilt) knew what that term meant.


Back on the subject of nice tshirt quilts, they can be very attractive. I made a wallhanging of MIT and SAE shirts for my brother with the coordinating fabric of a dark purple batik. I also made 2 for the D. The one on her college bed used a medium orange batik and incorporated all her activity shirts from hs. The wallhanging one was a running theme and used all her road race and xc/track invitational shirts. The coordinating fabric is of women running. I am in the design stage of one now that will have the student's crew and swim team activities. She probably will go with a purple batik (school colors) or a wavy fabric that reflects her interest in water sports.

[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

There is a point in time, I think, when wearing your bid-day shirt which is 20 years old is a bit much. But letters - heck, I'll be wearing my letters when I'm 95!

Ditto! x 1,000,000

[CrimsonLadybug]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

What? You mean there's a rule against grown-ups wearing their Greek shirts when they graduate to Grown-Up Land? Somebody forgot to tell me!!

They forgot to tell me too. In fact, my chapter was big on making our own....er..."me-nique" shirts and I have continued to do that at my job (I work in a custom shirt printing shop so I make a new shirt for myself every couple of months).

[CrimsonLadybug]

I gave all of my T's away when I graduated and kind of wish that I hadn't. I would love to make a quilt. I made my bid day shirt into a throw pillow. It was blue with dancing Raggedy Anns so I used blue gingham on the back side of the pillow. It turned out really cute.

[thugnation213]

oh hey thats a good idea! sometimes i still wear my shirts when i sleep

[Senusret I]

I have been thinking about turning many of my Alpha shirts into a quilt.... pretty seriously, actually..... but then I realized that 20 t-shirts will be easier for me to store than a quilt will be.

(I'm working with limited storage space -- as it is, I already keep all my poetry books in an unused sink, LOL)

[alum]

Tshirt quilts don't need to be stored, they can be used as they are quite utilitarian and sturdy. Depending on the width of the sashing, a 20-shirt (4 x 5) quilt is more of a large lapsize as opposed to a bedsize. As well as using it on a bed, you can add a sleeve and hang it on the wall, casually drape it on a couch or chair, etc.