How could she tell which shirts to use?
If someone did that to me - I’d end up with a quilt that I didn’t really want because the T-shirts weren’t of sentimental value…I just hadn’t donated them yet.
Plus, still my stuff. I don’t like people going through my stuff.
It wouldn’t bother me. I have tons of old t-shirts that are getting no use right now. A quilt would be kind of fun. However, I can see how someone would get miffed, so I’d never order one for someone else without getting their permission.
BTW: I love handmade gifts. They’re much more special than store bought gifts. I can buy stuff for myself. Handmade items are treasures!
Death would be a kind release if someone did this Without my permission.
If you want my stuff ask.
Mother threw away a pair of jeans that I loved back in 1973, she is still not forgiven or forgot.
I don’t have any t-shirts that have sentimental value, but I think quilts made of t-shirts are just tacky. I think when you make something personal for someone, you need to know them well enough to know their tastes, especially if it’s something that is supposed to be displayed in the home, and they’re going to have to drag it out every time you come over lest they offend you. I’m an artist, but don’t give paintings as gifts unless someone asks for one, because not everyone has the same tastes as me (and those don’t even require destruction of someone else’s personal momentos).
Amen to that! And especially when your aunt thinks it’s not only as good as the real thing, but an “heirloom”. When my aunt says stuff like that I give things back to her. “That’s too much responsibility- I might rep it before I have any grandchildren. You keep it for them.”
I’d be pissed. I’ve only pitched one of Mr. K’s t-shirts, and that’s because it was so threadbare that I could read stuff through it and the neck hole trim was half detached. People attach tons of sentimental value to t-shirts and they should only be destroyed with the owner’s permission.
During the 25 years I spent in the travel business, I collected t-shirts and baseball caps from different places around the world.
Boy, pissed is the least I’d be if someone cut them up. They’d find a mostly-burnt quilt on their lawn.
Maybe I’m a giant weirdo, but somehow I become tangled up in the top sheet while the duvet covers me properly. Sometimes I get so tangled I can’t untangle myself without help. It’s bad.
Honestly, as long as they didn’t take the ones that I wear (including the Cure shirt that Alias gave me lo these many years ago), I would be pretty psyched. Yes, I loved those shirts. Yes, I sweated and laughed and lived and cried in them. They got me through bad days and sick days and hideous menstrual cramps. As a quilt, I can have them all with me at once, and cuddle up and sleep with them. I like that idea.
One caveat: It would have to be a very thick and warm quilt. I require warm bedding at all times, even in summer.
What, he wants them stinking up the house?
You could always do it by hand. Unless of course you value your sanity (thankfully mine was already gone before I started cosplaying).
To the OP, I’d also be rather angry. For one, that’s MY stuff. You don’t take it without getting my okay first. For another, I would hate a quilt like that. I’m not big on that kind of shirts, and while I do have a few around for sentimental reasons I don’t care for them enough that I would want them turned into some sort of display piece. I also have this thing against tearing things apart or throwing them away (naturally, I’m a tremendous packrat). I had a hard time bringing myself to tear up a shirt I’d bought at Salvation Army for the specific purpose of cutting up for material. To find out that something of mine had been torn up like that without my permission would piss me off to no end.