tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post6754975572962599891..comments2024-03-28T08:55:00.522-04:00Comments on The Misadventures of Widowhood: T-Shirts and Old GirlfriendsMisadventures of Widowhoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-40136068142742718092016-08-12T21:45:03.136-04:002016-08-12T21:45:03.136-04:00I would do that in a heartbeat! I have a few femin...I would do that in a heartbeat! I have a few feminist t-shirts as well but but all I could make is a couple of two-side pillows. If you make a quiit yourself, be sure to look at some directions. The t-shirt fabric has to have a backer on them to keep them from stretching before the blocks can be sewn together.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-29121390555155976752016-08-12T21:34:56.882-04:002016-08-12T21:34:56.882-04:00A t-shirt quilt is a great idea! I have a collecti...A t-shirt quilt is a great idea! I have a collection of feminist t-shirts from the 1970s that I never wear anymore, but could never bear to part with. Maybe I should consider turning them into a quilt. -JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-66787660174979660002016-08-08T22:43:27.482-04:002016-08-08T22:43:27.482-04:00I'm impressed. I haven't run or biked anyw...I'm impressed. I haven't run or biked anywhere since I was a teenager let alone in completion. The lady who made my quilt makes a lot of sports themed quilts. You should check out her website for ideas and photos: https://www.toocooltshirtquilts.com/<br /><br />I wish I had kept more t-shirts to sleep in. I'm wearing one of my husband's right now but it needs to go in a rag bag Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-52532422235436946432016-08-08T22:01:01.226-04:002016-08-08T22:01:01.226-04:00I'm late too!
I have a superman t-shirt too bu...I'm late too!<br />I have a superman t-shirt too but I only use it as a pajama top...I wouldn't wear it out of doors! I bought it because I had a memory of seeing a picture of me in a superman t-shirt when I was 3-4 years old but I haven't seen that picture in a long time.<br />I have a bag of t-shirts waiting to be put into a quilt...they are my t-shirts from my running and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-39738167729791508862016-08-08T19:44:24.061-04:002016-08-08T19:44:24.061-04:00You and Don would have liked each other, I'm s...You and Don would have liked each other, I'm sure.<br /><br />I think parents do know when their kids make a good match and they know it before the kids often do. My mom adored Don, too. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-82496583240161626262016-08-08T09:57:43.330-04:002016-08-08T09:57:43.330-04:00Hi Jean. This is Paul from Cruisin Paul. I'm s...Hi Jean. This is Paul from Cruisin Paul. I'm sorry I'm late. I keep watching for your blog and I finally noticed you wrote. What a wonderful post my friend. Your Don sounded like a fantastic guy. I would have liked the guy. " the perfect girl ", sounds like you. His father new. You know that's exactly what happened with my wife. When I introduced my wife to my dad, the two Cruisin Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137904435537645207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-2528697447588702262016-08-07T14:13:50.824-04:002016-08-07T14:13:50.824-04:00I love that 'wear a t-shirt message day'! ...I love that 'wear a t-shirt message day'! I can think of a lot of places where that would be fun to do. And your box of t-shirts? If you figure out how to be 20 again, please call me.<br /><br />Your Obama yoga pants reminds me of something. If you were to come for coffee you'd have trouble figuring out what cup you'd want for yourself. I have political cups going back to when Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-56704445016270689082016-08-07T13:32:02.780-04:002016-08-07T13:32:02.780-04:00I love this post! Great quilt! You're so cre...I love this post! Great quilt! You're so creative. (Jealous.) My t-shirts were of the rock band variety. Have a bunch in a box that I think I'll wear again someday when I am skinny and in my 20's again. LOL Now I have some that actually fit that I wear to Yoga class -- with images of Ganesha and Om symbols (and I have a pair of Obama yoga pants from the 2012 election.) donnajurenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799559087972759233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-69798021004440725402016-08-07T07:08:56.775-04:002016-08-07T07:08:56.775-04:00The shop that made the quilt outlines some of the ...The shop that made the quilt outlines some of the shapes---the bucking horse, the oil well and soap on a rope---so the back is interesting, too. <br /><br />History is so interesting, especially when we've lived through evolution and can look back and "Oh, yeah, that how it effected my life."Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-31528209232706742742016-08-07T03:51:00.326-04:002016-08-07T03:51:00.326-04:00That quilt is pretty awesome. I bet it was comfy, ...That quilt is pretty awesome. I bet it was comfy, too. Great idea.<br /><br />We still have "discussions" about me tossing out his "VOTE" shirt from the seventies. Ha! It was raggedy, but that didn't seem to matter. <br />I didn't know that long-johns were the forerunners of t-shirts. Interesting.Bella Rumhttp://bellarum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-11522430213767410992016-08-06T23:32:11.242-04:002016-08-06T23:32:11.242-04:00In my defense I didn't know I was going to mee...In my defense I didn't know I was going to meet them that day. It was a spur of the moment drop in...or so I thought at the time. Not that it probably would have matter in my entire. LOL That t-shirt is long gone but I remember it fondly because it was my very first silk-screened tee. <br /><br />I don't know about Don's WAC girlfriend but his first one was/is a fun person to be Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-19013806749468503122016-08-06T22:18:23.582-04:002016-08-06T22:18:23.582-04:00You wore WHAT the first time you met Don's fam...You wore WHAT the first time you met Don's family??? Hah! Dead giveaway you'd be the perfect match for the zany baby brother. You must have been like oxygen for Don, after those 'perfectly nice' girls. <br /><br />BTW... Do you still have your 1970 foot fetish navy tee shirt? GowitheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842273685414939160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-3113334540979456262016-08-06T20:24:04.106-04:002016-08-06T20:24:04.106-04:00Thanks!
Thanks!<br />Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-41603794335384827642016-08-06T19:32:40.690-04:002016-08-06T19:32:40.690-04:00+1 to above comments - a very thoughtful gift for ...+1 to above comments - a very thoughtful gift for your husband, particularly in his situation where both touch and sight would have triggered good memories. ~ Libby<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-51388927036753869532016-08-06T19:11:06.417-04:002016-08-06T19:11:06.417-04:00I kept the shirts thinking I would make a quilt my...I kept the shirts thinking I would make a quilt myself and then one day I decided if I didn't do it soon, he would be gone. So the decision have the quilt done professionally was very easy.<br /><br />What a shame your ornaments are gone. I'll bet Kate's are really something to see, knowing all the cool places you've traveled. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-10916607315291122532016-08-06T18:59:13.321-04:002016-08-06T18:59:13.321-04:00She supports good causes, I'm sure, with her p...She supports good causes, I'm sure, with her purchases.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-52035811750401059862016-08-06T18:45:25.510-04:002016-08-06T18:45:25.510-04:00I've never personally worn those kind of t-shi...I've never personally worn those kind of t-shirts but my daughter wears them. She's a nurse in a children's hospital and they're constantly producing t-shirts for special events. She buys one every time they come out with a new one.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-28862094416537710062016-08-06T18:25:50.664-04:002016-08-06T18:25:50.664-04:00I'm glad you got it made BEFORE he left! I be...I'm glad you got it made BEFORE he left! I bet he LOVED being snuggled under that. Great memories. I collect Christmas ornaments when I travel. Of course, Mr. Ralph gave away the box of things I wanted to keep ... so now I have just memories. We each gave Kate one for Christmas and now they give their boys an ornament each year. The best part is shopping for them all year long! The Awkward Widowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03729456066739275695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-28686274536303448602016-08-06T17:01:42.256-04:002016-08-06T17:01:42.256-04:00Everyone had a favorite collectible when they trav...Everyone had a favorite collectible when they travel. One of my nieces collects glasses with state names on them and I've collected rocks from places I've been. It's the memories we attach that's important. I do like message oriented t-shirts though. If you keep them long enough they're like mini history lessons.Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-10671464193842067172016-08-06T16:34:13.869-04:002016-08-06T16:34:13.869-04:00Jean :
you are so resourceful & artistic. Tha...Jean :<br /><br />you are so resourceful & artistic. That t-shirt quilt is such a thoughtful & beautiful idea, I m feeling bad first time for being more left dominated brain. I feel like we should have collected more message oriented t-shirts in our travel than just state name t-shirts.<br /><br />Asha<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-41611356683061753692016-08-06T11:10:28.452-04:002016-08-06T11:10:28.452-04:00T-shirt quilts are still a popular gift for grandm...T-shirt quilts are still a popular gift for grandmothers to give their graduating seniors, but families have to think ahead to save the shirts. Smaller pillow projects out of t-shirts are fun too. After Don died, I had one made for a fund raiser auction to benefit wheelchair hunters group. They got him out into the woods for several years so I took his tees from those events to the quilter. Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-83457459709108512832016-08-06T11:01:27.505-04:002016-08-06T11:01:27.505-04:00I'm so glad I had it made for him before he di...I'm so glad I had it made for him before he died rather than after. Although I'd still encourage widows to make those memory quilts. It makes it so much easier to donate other clothing which is often so difficult. <br /><br />I tried to google 'friendship league' and all I came up with was basketball related stuff. Big disappointment. LOLMisadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-37613565725933098932016-08-06T10:52:23.778-04:002016-08-06T10:52:23.778-04:00I love the story behind this quilt. I love the one...I love the story behind this quilt. I love the one you made for Don. I never did make a T-shirt quilt when they were popular. I did make a sweatshirt one though. Very cozy. It's funny, the things we forget and the memories that come flooding back just seeing a picture or small piece of memorabilia. I hope I never lose those memories. I'm not too concerned about forgetting if I ate or Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5990351249805345004.post-87348898778172252012016-08-06T10:26:48.829-04:002016-08-06T10:26:48.829-04:00I have heard of quilts made for the widow out of h...I have heard of quilts made for the widow out of her hubs shirts, but I think it is so WONDERFUL you had one made for Don out of his T-shirts!!! that now is your widow memory quilt--much more significance. You should have asked her what the t-shirt meant. I talk to total strangers all the time--it can be fun.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.com