I need ideas for something to do with sentimental t-shirts.?

Question

My son played T-ball and Little League baseball from the time he was 6; he is now in high school. I would like some project ideas for what I could do with his old team shirts, they have the team names on the front, and his last name and player number on the back. Maybe a quilt or pillows? I would love your suggestions and any links. Thanks!

Anthony, I totally agree. I would never touch his memorabilia without his permission. He will have final say on anything. We both agree we want to keep them forever. Baseball is his life.

Answer 1

I would either do a quilt, or frame them under glass. By framing them, you would not have to cut the shirts, and who knows, he may want to pull them out someday for his little boy!

Answer 2

Best way I can see is to get a series of large shadow box frames, or make them yourself, use cork as a backing that way you can mount the shirts easily and also add other memorabilia that he may have such as baseballs from his games, awards and trophies all together, if you are worried about only displaying one side of each shirt you could alternate them front and back or have a copy made so you can mount the front and back together for each shirt. There is so much you can do with a shadow box frame, but first get a sketch pad for designing the layouts etc, it'll be a lot of fun and very meaningful if your son helps you in every step of the process.

Answer 3

Why not buy a large teddybear and put the one of his old team shirts on it?

OR

You could make a T-quilt from the shirts. Making a T-shirt quilt is an imaginative lasting heirloom

I wouldn't do anything that would require cutting of the shirt as once it's cut, it's gone.

Answer 4

When my daughter died, she had 16 t-shirts that my mom made into a quilt. One t-shirt had print on the back so that part was made into a pillow. The quilt turned out beautifully, so that's my suggestion.

Answer 5

A patchwork quilt would be a good option. Cut out the meaningful parts of the shirts in different sizes and shapes, then fill in the gaps with different colors of fabric.

Answer 6

If you decide to make a quilt, pillows, etc from them, put an iron-on fabric backing on them first. Cotton jersey is notoriously hard to sew, because it stretches unpredictably. Just cut them out, put them on the backing however you want them (more loosely, more stretched, however) and iron. That will stabilize them and you won't have to worry about weird bagging or puckering later.

Answer 7

If you do not want to cut them up, you can make pillows by sewing up sleeve, neck and waist. Then they can be enjoyed as is. Later if you desire to have them back as shirts for showcases, or wearing, you can remove the stitches and have laundered.

Remember to use longer stitch so as to not damage future use of shirt.

Answer 8

you can make a great comforter from them by cutting the same size squares out of each shirt, and sewing the squares together. there is a company which will do this for you-see the link-I can not vouch for them as I just found them doing a web search, but there is a great pic there to check out.

Answer 9

I personally would go nuts if , my mom touched my old memoriblila and made a pillow outa it. But thats just me. He might like the idea!

Answer 10

in order for them to last forever, u will have to put them in a glass inclosed frame or shadow box.
making a pillow or some such will eventually wear them out completely
good luck