You may recall that I was asked to make a pillow from a high school varsity jacket. The jacket belonged to a young father and husband who succumbed to cancer.
This is the original pillow I created: (You can read the post here.)
His wife loved the pillow so much that she wanted it for herself. She came back to see if I could use the sleeves to create pillows for her two teen sons.
There was enough fabric to create a square. There was also two versions of ’81, a football and the remnants of his name patch.
I purchased some wool felt and used it to recreate the name patch. I tried to salvage the “D” and the “A” but the “D” broke, so I made new letters and kept the original “A”.
I again used polar fleece for the edging and back.
I had enough of the jacket ribbing to use it on one side of the pillows.
I guess you can say that I am on a deconstrucing/reconstructing roll. I enjoyed the challenge of using the varsity jacket to preserve a memory – again, in a tangible way.
My custom pillow is listed here and all my custom creations are here. It all begins with a question and I am happy to work with you to preserve your memories.
This is a really clever way to preserve the memories from a garment that is aging a bit too quickly. Love the way you reassembled all of the most meaningful parts into something nostalgic, but new.
What a clever idea! You are so creative.
My heart goes out to the wife…when I read this post, it did one of those flipi-flops. You did an awesome job and now they will see a bit and remember him every day….my father died of cancer when i was 12 so maybe i can relate to what they are going through….sending prayers their way! So nice that people like you can preserve memories in special, unique ways. I read your comment about the consolidation of your 75 year old school…that was a shame. From what you said, it didn’t really need to happen either. I hope your son is happy at his new school.
You did a great job! What a treasure!
Very nice and what a sweet way to remember their dad.
I found 2 of my dad’s letterman jackets and would love to know what you’d charge to create a pillow or two out of them. I also have a wool track blanket with his name in cursive♥️ I also have some of his track medals 🎖 that could be incorporated!