A PATCHWORK QUILT 🧵 —for Matt’s 25th birthday
- Tom Lyons
- Jun 14, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 23, 2025
Shirts otherwise useless
relics of the past
with a needle and thread
made useful again
in a patchwork quilt
Seemingly unrelated
each by themselves
when laid side by side
make a beautiful whole
as a patchwork quilt
Your interests many
your jobs diverse
as were family and friends
yet your life was unified
like a patchwork quilt
So the Master Crafter
of lives even all history
will make beauty from chaos
sewing the disparate into one
magnificent patchwork quilt
🧵
crafted by Shirley Fijolek
and Top Shelf Quilts of Mokena, IL
I love quilts, and especially t-shirt quilts that give a glimpse of the history of a person. Matt's quilt will bring comfort to all who see it and lay the fabric on their shoulders to cuddle in the warmth. The quilter did an exceptional piece of art. A precious memory of a precious soul.