A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about a beautiful t-shirt quilt I had been commissioned to make for a friend we’ve known since 2002.  It’s been full circle but we are both living where we believe we’ll stay for the rest of our lives – us in Texas and them in New Mexico.  But friendships know no bounds, as long as both parties are nurturing that friendship.

Anyway, they asked me to make this t-shirt quilt and it’s finished at my longarmer’s, waiting to be shipped home to me.  I’m excited to see it!

While I am waiting for it, I decided to use some of the t-shirts that didn’t make the cut on the quilt top by adding pillowcases and a pillow.  I’ll ‘let’ my friend stuff the small pillow but my part is at least done.

Pillowcases.  If you notice, I made sure the opening for the pillows were opposite each other so when they are stuffed with fluffy pillows, the t-shirt emblems are coordinated in order for them to be used side-by-side on a bed.

This is the reason for the title of this post. These were extra emblems that I had cut out and fused to the stabilizer.  I really wanted them in the quilt but it didn’t work out that way…so I found another use for them.  The center emblem is screen printed on pocket.  The newlyweds can use the pocket to share love notes with each other. I just couldn’t help myself – they were calling me to make them into something and this is what I came up with.