My First T-Shirt Blanket

Often times family members, friends, and customers ask me how I ever thought to make t-shirt blankets and how Bre's Blankets began.  Here is my story on my first t-shirt blanket.

In high school I was enrolled in the advanced sewing course because after taking sewing classes in middle school and one in high school, I had a passion to sew and create homemade projects for myself and for others.  I created pajama pants, dresses, skirts, tops, purses, and bags.  I took pride in each of the items I created and would proudly wear it around school.  I began making dresses for my friends.  I even made my little sister, Chloe, an Easter dress.  I loved making things for people and felt so much joy seeing their excitement in something that I created.  In the advanced sewing course, after we completed all of the assigned projects, we were able to choose our own unique project that we wanted to create.   With the help of my sewing teacher, I decided I wanted to make my very own t-shirt blanket, filled with all of my t-shirts from school.  I loved being able to pick out the shirts that symbolized something to me.  I included shirts from past mission trips, softball and basketball shirts, a CMU shirt (the college I would soon be attending), and even shirts as simple as camouflage to represent that I was a deer hunter.  Each shirt was carefully picked out because of its special meaning to me.  I constructed the blanket in and outside of class time and worked very hard because it was so important to me.  Once it was completed, I was thoroughly excited!  While all of my past projects were special, this one didn’t compare because it was more than just something I had made with fabric bought from a store, it was something I made out of important pieces that represented me.  My t-shirt blanket helped tell my story.  It not only represented my hobby of sewing, but the blanket encompassed so much more, with each shirt symbolizing a different aspect of my life.  While some may find that cheesy, it is more than true.  Looking at my blanket even now, it brings back so many memories.  Ask me about any of the shirts in the blanket and I can tell you a story behind it!  Here is my first t-shirt blanket that I made!

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