Sometime in the 70's, the t-shirt started to become the clothing of choice for a generation. Not the stark white t-shirts of the 50's greasers, but with color, decorations, silk screening, and sayings. I've collected hundreds of t-shirts over the course of my life, and some of my kids have already surpassed that total in college. What used to be a sign of disobedience became common, even mainstream. Now, you can get fancy t-shirts that cost more than a dress shirt!
These t-shirts are actually mementos of our lives and throwing them away is a bit disrespectful. We use some as rags, but there are only so many rags that we can use. So Gail came up with the idea of making a quilt out of old t-shirts as a reminder of the places we went and the things we did. A couple of my daughters bought into the project and have made a number of quilts over the years. Unfortunately, they take more time than Gail has, so we have about 4 boxes of t-shirts in the closet ready for quilting, but that's a story for another day.
What does this have to do with backpacking? Well, when one makes a t-shirt quilt, one cuts out the interesting part of the shirt and 75% of it is disposed of. We had a couple of big bags of old t-shirt remnants waiting to find someplace where we could recycle rags in the area. Alas, after a couple of years in the garage, I found a wonderful use for them. Tune in tomorrow.
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