Originally Posted by Lyncat
My 98 year old grandfather recently passed away, and I asked my aunt for all of his shirts, thinking it would be nice to make keepsakes for all the relatives. So now I have a bag of shirts sitting in my sewing room, but I don't really have any good ideas about what to make out of them. Does anyone have suggestions, keeping in mind that I teach school and don't have unlimited time. Thanks!
I think it depends on how many people you are going to make something for. When my Grandfather passed away, I made lap quilts, 17 to be exact. I made a dresden plate quilt for my Grandmother from his ties. From the shirts, I made 9 patches with store bought solid colours in between, and 4 of them I did 9 patch and appliqued teddy bears made from his housecoat on it because I was running out of shirt material. It doen't have to be stressful, just have fun with it...they will appreciate and cherish your thoughtfullness.