VT T-Shirt Quilt

Before the baby boomers came along, t-shirts were white and you wore them underneath other shirts.  By the time we were kids in the 70's, t-shirts became much more:  art, personal expression, souvenir.  It seemed a shame to turn them into rags as they wore out or got too small. 

Not certain who's idea it was, but quite some time ago, Gail started making t-shirts into quilts.  Nothing fancy, just cut out the interesting bits of the shirt, sew them together, and use them as a casual throw.   So we started saving shirts instead of turning them into rags. 

Last summer, Gail started going into the 5 boxes of t-shirts, pruning them out, and making them into memories.  There were enough of them, she started making them into different themes.  This quilt documents some of our experiences at Tech, from band trips to Memphis in 1979, the Peach Bowl in 1981, Marching Virginians' Anniversaries, and other fond memories from when we were young.