Am I good at updating my blog? No. Am I trying to be better? Yes. I recently read The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, so i’m trying to do my best everyday. Bear with me.

The first completed quilt of 2025 was made out of t-shirts for a friend of mine. He handed my a trash bag full of old band shirts and said “use as much as you can.” Was I excited? Yes. Was I scared? Also yes. Do you understand how much people hold their band shirts near and dear to their hearts? I knew someone who chose to throw out old shirts instead of donating them because they couldn’t stomach the thought of someone else wearing them. That may be extreme, but you get the point.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if you think you’re alive…wait that’s not right, my BMTH days are showing. Basically, t-shirt quilts are hard. They are time consuming and require extra steps. But boy are they rewarding. Finally seeing it done and laid out is such a weight off my shoulders. It’s even more rewarding to send it off to its home, knowing it’s getting a second life and won’t be ending up in a landfill any time soon.

I created this quilt as a trade. Quilt for tattoo. Now, this trade was originally made when I was living in MA. So it would have been a quicker, easier trade. But now I am in Delaware, and ya girl is not big on travel. I’m creature of habit and routine and breaking that is a difficult task. I sent this quilt off to its forever home and though I was offered payment, I said “no way.” I will eventually make it back up to MA to complete the trade, even if it takes me years.