Our Story:
In 2008, my oldest daughter graduated high school. Throughout her time in high school, she had collected so many memorable t-shirts. Shirts from cross country, swim team, school musicals, summer camps, vacations, homecomings, and church. However, she didn’t want to part with them because of the wonderful memories attached to each shirt. So, there they sat under her bed in plastic bins
. Then, I remembered that a few years before, our babysitter had a really neat t-shirt blanket. What a great way to preserve the t-shirts that my daughter loved! So began my search for someone to make a blanket for my daughter. In my search I only found one company that specialized in t-shirt blankets, and their standard charge was $500.00! I simply couldn’t imagine paying $500.00 for a blanket. After searching the internet for countless hours, I finally realized that my answer was only one phone call away. My mother-in-law, Gloria, had been sewing and making quilts for over 30 years. I gave her a call, and soon after, our first blanket was created. A personal interest in making t-shirt blankets quickly turned into a business when my friend, Angie, surprised her husband with a blanket of his marathon race shirts. Angie posted a picture of her children all covered up with her husband’s “race blanket” here on Facebook, and her page blew up with comments. The comments weren’t about her adorable children, though... They were raving about her husband’s blanket! Angie and I realized that together, we could fill the need for t-shirt blankets in the West TN area (and beyond!) A few days later, Angie and I became partners and founded T-Shirts to Treasures™.
