Hi, my name is Jeryl Weiler. Several years ago, I heard about T-shirt quilts and I was very intrigued. Just think, a way to use T-shirts that were just piling up in our closets and drawers and turn them into something you can use. I like to sew and thought this would be right up my alley. My family had t-shirts piling up that we didn’t just want to get rid of because they held lots of memories in them but we didn't want to use as shirts anymore. Memories are precious but these T-shirts were taking up way too much space in my closets! Turning these T-shirts into quilts seemed like a great solution. However, being a busy, working mom of 3 active scholar/athletes, nothing happened for quite awhile - years, in fact.
When the Athletic Booster Club at one of my kids’ schools was preparing for our annual dinner dance and auction inspiration struck! I knew just what I wanted to contribute to the auction. I wanted to make a T-shirt quilt incorporating some of the school's past T-shirts. With T-shirts that I already had and T-shirt donations from several members of the Booster Club, I ended up with 12 T-shirts that I could use for a quilt. I quickly went to work and the quilt began to take shape. With each step I became more and more excited with how it looked.
I brought it to the auction and it went for a great price. (In fact, a woman was “guarding” it towards the end of the auction saying that SHE was going to be taking it home. That made my day!)
Before the night was over, I had several different people approach me about making one for them.
I was so proud of the quilt that I posted a picture of it on Facebook just to show off my work. I was surprised and delighted when I had a few friends ask if I could make one for them. And so began my journey making T-shirt quilts. I would love to help you turn your old memory filled T-shirts into a beautiful quilt.
For more information on how we can turn your T-shirts into a beautiful personal quilt go to www.mypersonalquilt.com
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