Texture of Life Quilts in the beginning

I design and create one of kind quilts out of clothing.  My goal is to give a piece of ancestrial history to follow the generations into the future.  My purpose is to mend the heart that knew the soul, one stitch at a time.    My sister Barbara showed me the joy of  quilting in 1998.  But my Texture of Life quilts unfolded to me in 2005, when a young girl of 16, who worked for us,was killed while riding an atv four wheeler.  She left behind a one year old little boy, who will never feel the texture of her.  I had never made a t shirt quilt before and all the quilts I had made up  to this point where from patterns.  But I felt a need to give this little boy something to sleep with at night.  So I asked this young girls parents if I could have her t shirts.  They said yes and sent me two bags of clothing.  In the bag where jeans with her handwriting on them, t shirts, socks, hats, pajamas, and sweat shirts.  I was feeling a little overwhelmed knowing that I had to use everything.  I began by sitting down with the clothing and separating them.  When I was done I had made 3 quilts for this little boy.  One was made from her flannel pj's and fleece, with a hat on the back so that he could run around with a cap.  The 2nd was made of her t shirts that had great sayings.  Like,  Born an original, Don't Die a copy, Unconditional Love, Smile it confuses people, You are Special, and many more.  The 3rd quilt was made up of all her martial art clothing.  She became a martial art instructor after her child was born.