T-shirt Blanket

So - I have taken a couple weeks off for the holidays!  But now I am 

back with all my handmade gift from this season :)  I wanted to share a great, comfy, 

one-of-a-kind present I made for my brother in law. I made one of these 

for my husband a couple years ago,

 and I will tell you, it is our favorite couch blanket!  I don't have my 

process documented - but it is pretty simple: Start by taking any old 

shirts that have valuable memories or shirts you just couldn't bare to get rid 

of and cut them into 12x12 inch squares. 

 My husband and his brothers were and are wrestlers, so they have 

goo-gobs of t-shirts from tournaments, championships, and camps they 

attended. It made this blanket very cohesive. After cutting all the squares, 

I planned the layout, and began to sew each t-shirt square from left to right

 until I had 6 rows (using 1/4 to 1/2 inch seam allowance.)

 I continued this process by sewing each row together. To attach the

 back (I just used a thick fleece) I sewed the blanket like a big pillow. 

I put the two fabrics facing towards each other sewing along the outside 

edges, leaving enough 

space to flip the blanket inside-out and ta-da! 

The best part about this blanket is that you can change the number of rows 

and columns according to the amount of t-shirts you have, or the size of 

bed you may want to use it on.

This gift is not only warm and cozy, but always brings up memories every 

time you use it.

This is something that not only we get to enjoy, but hopefully one day we can use to 

tell stories to our kids.