alumna, when did the time come....

skerbow · #1 01-06-2005, 01:43 PM

I am beginning the nesting phase of my pregnancy and while doing tons of laundry, it hit me head on. I'm going to be mom and I don't need my collegiate ADPi t-shirts any longer. I've decided it is time to make them into a quilt, and start my alumna collection of t-shirts.

So I'm curious, at what point did the time come that you decided you no longer were going to wear your collegiate t-shirts? And what did you do with them??

#2 01-06-2005, 02:19 PM

Well, I haven't hit the point of being a mom yet, but I've been 3 years out of college. I have given most of my ADPi t-shirts to my mom for her to make me a quilt. I have kept a few in my closet and wear them around the house. Rarely do I wear them out and about - mostly b/c they are DATED....wearing a t-shirt dated 2001 or prior seems really weird since it is now 2005. Maybe weird isn't the word, but I'm sure you get my point.

skerbow · #3 01-06-2005, 02:21 PM

I totally understand...mine say 1998. AHHH!!!!

ADPiShannan · #4 01-06-2005, 02:57 PM

Although I dont normally wear old shirts out, I did wear one out the other day that said 1999 and these teenagers looked at me like I was old.

I dont wear mine much unless I get in the mood to wear one, but rarely do I wear them anymore. I still wear them around the house here and there, but I have so many shirts it just depends what I pull out of my dresser.

I too have a quilt made from all my shirts that my grandma made for me and I keep my 2 diamond plaques, my diamonds made me up in the guest room.

I think it really happened for me the middle of last year. I just wore them less and less cause I have been out almost 2 years now. I dontr love ADPi any less, I just dont dress in the gear much. If I went to college I could see wearing it more to still show my pride, but I have to dress up for work. I do have a cute ADPi wooden letters I always take to my job so its sitting at my desk to still sport my sorority.

scho5148 · #5 01-06-2005, 03:46 PM

Even though my tee shirts are from 1997-2001 I still wear them out during the summer. I've worn them on vacation, in the mall, at events, etc. B/c of that, I've run into many sisters that I would've otherwise passed along. They see my shirt and start talking to me. I would love to make them into a quilt, but I can't quite cut them up yet. I do feel a little old sometimes because of the date, so I need to buy some that just have ADPi and nothing else. We've thought about doing tee shirts for our Alum Assoc, but that hasn't happened yet.

#6 01-06-2005, 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by skerbow
I totally understand...mine say 1998. AHHH!!!!

Yeah mine date back that far. I pledged Fall '98. All of those shirts have DEFINITELY been given to my mom. haha

HBADPi · #7 01-06-2005, 04:48 PM

Since 90% of my tshirts are adpi ones, two years out and I still wear my tshirts. I wear my tshirts to bed and around the house mostly. I am also planning on making them into a quilt and when I see that a shirt is starting to fall apart I set it aside. In fact I even wore my letters to one of my grad school classes last night!

polarpi · #8 01-06-2005, 04:58 PM

Since I'm spending a lot of time with the chapter I'm advising, I still wear my shirts often (and have ordered "new" ones from ebay since all of mine from college were huge - at least those that I kept!) Even when I don't need to be down at the chapter house, I still wear my shirts (either alone or under a sweatshirt) as a way to promote Greek life in general, and ADPi in particular. Wearing my shirts have started many conversations with my non-Greek friends (who, of course, have the typical "negative" stereotypes as their idea of what I am a part of!) and to me, they remind me of who I have become because of my association with ADPi.

WLFEO · #9 01-06-2005, 05:44 PM

My college ADPi t-shirts are in a quilt, but I still wear ADPi t-shirts all the time- either current ones I get from chapters or ones from Gift Mart that don't have a date. Either that or I'll wear t-shirts from my alma mater. But I really am aware of when I'm wearing my letters still and if I look kind of gross and need to go to the store or something, I'll put something else on instead.

#10 01-06-2005, 05:53 PM

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Originally posted by WLFEO
But I really am aware of when I'm wearing my letters still and if I look kind of gross and need to go to the store or something, I'll put something else on instead.

CO-SIGN!!!!!!!!! This was a HUGE pet peeve of mine when I was a collegiate and still think it applies to anyone who desires to wear their letters!

ADPi Conniebama · #11 01-06-2005, 08:51 PM

I put my ADPi t-shirts in my ceder chest when I moved for my first "career" job. I pull them out every once in a while (to remember "the good old days") but I don't wear them because I don't want to ruin them for the day that I make a quilt out of them.

I love to wear adpi t-shirts more now though because I have become more active as an advisor to my old chapter ZH so I bought a couple of the extras from the chapter and that "cutie pi" one from gift mart. However, I don't see myself "wearing my letters" again. I mean making a shirt with A D Pi on it like I did in college.

I have seen a few ADPi quilts and they are wonderful to look at and hear the stories.

I guess I got off on a tangent. I say go for the quilt and buy new "undated" t-shirts from giftmart or dated shirts from your chapter or ebay is always fun to wear out.

honeychile · #12 01-06-2005, 09:22 PM

Pretty neat ideas! I'd love to see some of these quilts!

We didn't have a lot of t-shirts made when I was in school, so this wasn't a major problem for me. I still wear my t-shirts to sleep in, but I do have a couple that I wear when I'm at the chapter or such.

But I think I reached that stage about 2 years out of school.

ASUADPi · #13 01-07-2005, 12:19 AM

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Originally posted by peanutttu
Yeah mine date back that far. I pledged Fall '98. All of those shirts have DEFINITELY been given to my mom. haha

Spring 98 here!!!

I still have my shirts and I have bought some from Ebay so that I can make a quilt (I don't have a lot from college, long story).

I wear my rush shirts to bed and around the house. But they are pretty crummy looking. Old, holes but oh so comfortable. LOL.

I do wear out shirts but only the ones I get from giftmart that are a bit nicer looking and they don't have dates on it (unless you count 1851

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adpi*violet · #14 01-07-2005, 04:20 AM

I gave away all my dated event shirts during senior wills. I kept just a few very conservative shirts after graduation- my crest sweatshirt from giftmart, a blue 2 inch lettered shirt from giftmart and one with alpha delta pi written out on the front in cursive. I wear them all only occasionally. In fact my crest sweatshirt is in storage and I haven't seen it for 2 years! I was actually missing wearing ADPi stuff recently, so I ordered myself 2 more conservative things from giftmart. One sweatshirt and one t-shirt. They are still in the mail to me! But when they get here, the sweatshirt will become my new favorite thing to wear around the house!

HBADPi · #15 01-08-2005, 07:25 PM

Ironic that we've been discussing this because I just had to retire my all time FAVORITE adpi shirt. I put it on this morning and noticed there was a hole in the back, it's pretty close to the silk screening so it was apparent that if I want to use it in my quilt, me and the shirt would have to part ways. It's a very sad day indeed, that shirt was like my security blanket every time I'd miss my chapter or feel a little homesick I'd wear it...sigh...

On the bright side, it means I'm one more shirt closer to working on my quilt :-P