Hard to believe it was just six years ago I begged for no more T-shirts. Now that I've been wearing T-shirts nearly every day for the better part of three years, many from my collection have seen their better days.
![a favorite long-sleeved T](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-6cZt2Hm/0/de00b278/M/i-6cZt2Hm-M.jpg)
Others have become SO boring.
![an old favorite](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-RcrV4b4/0/8704881c/M/i-RcrV4b4-M.jpg)
Some just don't fit anymore.
![wish we could do this again](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-L9LCj65/0/e75577ce/M/i-L9LCj65-M.jpg)
And some of the remaining most beloved have been put away to prevent them from fraying, staining, stretching, fading, cracking...
![30th anniversary T](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-xST3s2n/0/e8a72d39/M/i-xST3s2n-M.jpg)
I think a long-deserved T-shirt quilt is coming in my near future.
![future T-shirt quilt](https://photos.smugmug.com/Quilts-Plus/In-stitches-quilting-too/i-sjV7BDw/0/4ca2e4e6/M/IMG_1473-M.jpg)
I raided my basement T-shirt stash, which was supposed to be set aside for future quilt projects, early last year because I needed newer-looking T-shirts I can wear while working from home and subject to unscheduled Zoom conference calls. I don't want them to wear out, too!!! I began looking for new T-shirts every time I go anywhere, which still isn't often, but so out of character for me. I bought a T-shirt at a gas station while on the way to stay with my mother-in-law in May.
![gas station T-shirt](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-wHDWhBj/1/5fafebc8/M/i-wHDWhBj-M.jpg)
I looked for T-shirts in South Dakota when I visited a handful of my grands last summer. I found several I loved, and a few would even be conference call appropriate. But I couldn't afford them!!! I told Lizard I would make a T-shirt of my own when I got home. I fully intended to craft one of the two way-oversized pocketed Carhartt T-shirts I picked up during a garden shopping trip into my own version of Bear Country's winter bear T-shirt. The bear was embellished with snowflakes. Right up my alley, right?
![my name in bears](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Beary-Fun/i-JVXKH6G/1/1155612b/M/deborah-M.jpg)
Before I could whip up enough snowflakes to applique onto the shirt in the shape of a bear silhouette, Zazzle put its T-shirts on sale. So I created a few new designs, and oh, do I love my newest T-shirts!!!
![I can bearly wait!](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/ISell/BeZazzled/i-4sS3nSB/0/3059a34a/M/IMG_7006-M.jpg)
Now I'm thinking it might be nice to have a couple more new (long-sleeved) T-shirts, or maybe even a hoodie. So I played in AI until I got just the right bear silhouette, and I created a new design featuring a few months of my digital 2021 temperature quilt! Now I want to do some other animal silhouettes, too!
![walk away](https://photos.smugmug.com/Fun-Stuff/Digital-Quilts/Quilted-Flakes/i-L66vp6s/0/f2fe4626/M/winter2021verticalsmallbears-M.jpg)
T-shirt and hoody, there's nothing better to wear. :-) I'm just wearing a hoody from Herndon (VA) Middleschool. Love it!
ReplyDeleteI'll bet that's a great hoody, Regula!
DeleteOh, fun! The bear shape turned out great.
ReplyDeleteI still have all my Bike MS tees. The first year (2013) is my favorite - the fabric was softer and drapier that year. On a couple of them I cut a scoop neck and added coordinating binding (orange on one, turquoise on the other), and hemmed them up a bit. I love wearing them in summer.
I have a few T-shirts I absolutely adore, Sue. They are wearing out! I need to stop wearing them and just cut out the parts I love the best and make them into a quilt. But will the quilt last longer than the T-shirt??? :O
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