A quilt of Lexi's clothes

It's been almost nine months and I finally went through Lexi's clothes in her dresser, her closet and the bins of baby clothes that I had been saving in the garage. I wasn't in any rush to go through them but I also haven't been putting it off. Initially, I took the time that I needed so that I could be emotionally ready. But, lately, I really just needed a time that I could set aside and do it and so Saturday was the day. Truthfully, I thought it would only take me an hour or so to do it, so I was surprised when 4 1/2 hours later I was "pretty much" done.

Last summer, my mom offered to make a quilt using Lexi's clothes, which I thought was such a great idea. Some of the clothes were not really items that could be used on the quilt because of the material- like sweaters, or because of the item- like a simple, all-black pair of cotton pants that wouldn't look that great on a quilt. So, I made three piles: quilt, give to friends, or save for possible summer Solace girls.

I had been preparing for this day of going through her clothes for many months so I felt that I was emotionally prepared and ready. Overall, I feel like I did pretty well with the whole process. However, I was caught off guard with how I was affected by her most recently worn clothes. I thought that her baby clothes would be the most difficult for me to go through, but it was actually the clothes that she had worn most often and most recently that were the hardest for me to go through. I was fine if the clothes were going to be a part of the quilt because I knew that I would be seeing them often. But, some of the clothing that was not going to be a part of the quilt was difficult to know what to do with. For example, Lexi had a simple pair of Gap cotton, white pants that she wore for almost three years- nothing special and I probably didn't pay more than $10 for them. At first, they were long pants and then they became capri pants as we just rolled them up. They were super comfy so she wore them all the time- definitely got our money's worth out of those pants. These pants weren't great for the quilt because they are just white cotton, but I just couldn't part with them. There were a few other pieces of clothing like that too. So, I decided that I would just put them in a bin out in the garage and then in a few years I would look at them again to see what I wanted to do with them then.

My mom mentioned that she could possibly make three quilts if there were enough clothes- one quilt for me, one for Chelsea and one for my mom to keep. I'm not sure how long one (or more) quilts will take to make but as soon as the first one is done, I'll post a picture. The quilt should be another great reminder of our sweet Lexi.