I've spent the last few weeks since Thanksgiving completing a custom order for 2 t-shirt quilts. My client was having two t-shirts made for family. His older brother had past away this fall and he sent me his items to have made into a quilt. I must admit I was honored to have been trusted with this task. I was not however prepared for how difficult it was going to be for me to cut up the clothing. It was a daunting task to look at these items that meant so much to his man. I believe I just looked at the shirts for days, worried about how to start. I had a pattern, that was not the problem. The problem as I saw it was that, These used to belong to someone. These were special to the family of this man. Now, I was responsible for preserving the memory of him in fabric. HEAVY STUFF
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12.11.2010
Quilting "In the Memory"
I've spent the last few weeks since Thanksgiving completing a custom order for 2 t-shirt quilts. My client was having two t-shirts made for family. His older brother had past away this fall and he sent me his items to have made into a quilt. I must admit I was honored to have been trusted with this task. I was not however prepared for how difficult it was going to be for me to cut up the clothing. It was a daunting task to look at these items that meant so much to his man. I believe I just looked at the shirts for days, worried about how to start. I had a pattern, that was not the problem. The problem as I saw it was that, These used to belong to someone. These were special to the family of this man. Now, I was responsible for preserving the memory of him in fabric. HEAVY STUFF
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