First Project for Needles to Say: Team in Training Quilts

Team in Training Fundraising page

I am so completely overwhelmed by everyone's generosity. it really rocks my world. namaste.

I'm going to do a triathlon, to help find a cure for blood cancer, and also, to mark it off my list of things to do before I turn 35. Last year I signed up for the Nation's Triathlon in DC only to have to swim portion canceled. I saw firsthand the wonderful support and openness of the Team in Training team (especially the Greater LA family! whoot!). This year I completed two centuries and noticed the purple jerseys riding around everywhere and am still so tickled that everywhere they go there are cheers and encouragement from complete strangers. The TNT jersey means a lot and I want to earn one!

My fundraising goal is $6500, which is pretty daunting, BUT I have a skill which I think would be put to great use for this cause: quilting. Since 2009 I have been making memory quilts. They are simple, machine sewn, vary in size, are very warm and absolutely perfect for holiday and birthday gifts!

Over the past three years I have collected a trunk full of event shirts, maybe you have a friend/spouse/sibling/parent who has a drawer full of old concert t-shirts which they never wear; maybe they can be more efficiently used as a blanket! Clean out your shirt drawers to make room for holiday gifts! You don't have to give away your memory shirts to GoodWill (I'm probably going to have to pay back some dharma for that statement) you can repurpose them and keep them close! Make them into a quilt that can be given to your children's children etc. Like this!

The specifics (like colors for border and back and weight of the batting) can be worked out individually. I just need you to send me the t-shirts! If they are gifts, I need to know the birthday or which holiday they are to be gifted.

Prices:

9 shirts for a child's blanket = $ 250


16 shirts is roughly a twin bed blanket = $350 (like the one I made for Jason in the link above)

25 shirts is roughly a queen bed blanket = $500
36 shirts (because I know some avid concert-goers who have more than this) is roughly a king bed blanket = $650

Please say you'll join me in this fight against blood cancer and donate money in exchange for a memory quilt!