Jay was getting rid of some clothes a while back and as he was going through making piles I was also making my own piles. He would throw a t-shirt, polo or dress shirt one way and I would snatch the ones that I just couldn't let go. If you are like me then you really get attached to certain things. Some of the clothes that he was getting rid of I have certain memories of; a shirt he wore to an after prom (yes, he has some old clothes still around), the shirt we got engaged in, a shirt that I remember him preaching in and so on. Even though he was complaining that I was a pack rat and that I should be on the show hoarders, I stilled scored some shirts that I wanted to keep around for a little longer. He made me state the purpose of each item I was hoarding and I knew as soon as I saw these three shirts they would make cute summer pillows. So, here are the shirts and pillows.
After a bit of cutting, sewing, pleating and fluffing this is what I came up with. I had one of the pillows and bought the other two from Walmart for six dollars a piece. Twelve dollars for three pillows is not bad in my opinion!
This is my personal favorite. Jay wore this shirt a whole bunch. I never really liked it as a shirt, but I think it makes a really cute pillow!
As for the other shirts that I put back I have plans for them to become one fabulous quilt. I have still never made a quilt for myself, so I am taking a bunch of Jay's old dress shirts and making them into a chevron quilt for myself. It is going to be one of my major summer projects and my next quilt along!
-melissa