U2, Keeping Me Warm at Night
You know you have a problem when you can no longer stack all of your T-shirts in their designated drawer.
That’s what happened to me a few months ago when I was adding yet another one to the pile and my dresser wouldn’t shut completely. Me being somewhat of a neat freak, this bugged me to the point of taking many of them to Goodwill and sorting the rest into piles (travel, concerts, etc.). The pile that was the largest was easily the U2 pile (21 shirts in all).
So, I decided to do what I did a few years ago when I had the same problem: hire someone to craft a quilt of those memories. It’s a practical way to recycle, a space saver (in my drawers, at least), and an easy conversation starter when hosting visitors.
Said quilt arrived in the mail today. Though I didn’t only use concert shirts (or even all the U2 shirts I have), all of the ones shown below have something to do with the band (i.e. in the bottom left corner is my first ONE shirt from volunteering for the campaign). I can’t stop looking at it, remembering all of the good times I had.
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That’s awesome! I love the red edging and the black background.
Thanks Julie - I specified to the makers that I wanted those colors.
And for those who have asked via e-mail for the name of the company that made it. It’s: Ross Common Qulits. They are based in the Boston area.
That is such a cool idea! You can take it to picnics, gigs, etc. Unless you’d rather frame it…
p.s. for other people squeezed for space, those bags where you use a vacuum to suck out the air really do work. Great for sweaters as well as U2 t-shirts.
This is such an awesome idea - thanks for the name of the company! I’m going to try to do it with the tee-shirts from the youth group I’m in. Since I’ll be getting more over the next few years, I’ll probably look into getting/making matching pillow cases =3