Congrats on being so close to committing @dcplanner! I agree that it is time to let some of them know that he will not be attending.
What a difference a few hours makes!! DS has let me know that he is very close to a commitment as well. 
:D/ <:-P
@bookmom7 Iāve done the same - I bought the same exact comforter S16 has at home now. I thought it would be nice to have something familiar in his dorm.
Congrats @Cheeringsection . Iām so envious. >:D<
@bookmom7 The comforter I just bought online is very similar to my current one. Iām also particular about how my sheets feel. I guess I want things to be similar but then again I hate shopping soā¦ I also wonāt be coordinating with a roommate- not to be stuck up but I like what I like- simple and blue.
@mommdc do you know where one can have a tshirt quilt made?
I think you can find someone on Etsy to do a t shirt quilt.
@Cheeringsection, Iāve seen some ads on Facebook. I think they send you a template and you cut out the squares? Not sure how much they cost.
I did a google search and there are several places online that make the tshirt quilts, also you could check Etsy.
Yes, they are great memorabilia object that doesnāt seem too sentimental. For some reason, they seem more like something for my S rather than my Dāmaybe her t-shirts arenāt as nice as his! Iād love to hear what sort of price quotes you find on Etsy.
Also paid for AP tests this week, @undercoverm. Ouch. More for S19 than for D16ālike @Ballerina016, D16 isnāt taking manyā¦she will be doing plenty of IB exams though!
Congrats to @dcplanner and @Cheeringsection!
Some of the sites seem to charge $100 for a twin size, not sure if that includes shipping. Havenāt checked Etsy yet.
When D went to Ghana a couple of years ago, the kids were told that they should pack for the 10 days in a hiking backpack-the kind with metal frames. D filled hers to the top and barely got it closed-some of the boys showed up with nothing but a backpack only big enough for a couple of textbooks. So I do think boys and girls MIGHT just pack for a dorm room differently.
D has already been surfing for ideas-but she wants a whole new look in college. I couldnāt replace her quilt even if I wanted to-itās from a yard sale and was probably made many years ago for some elite bed and bath shop. So Iām making her a flannel ārag quiltā i.e. the kind a preschooler could sew without harm.
Weāve already looked at the locations of the stores weāll need to shop once we get to her college destination. Any other kiddos fans of the Container Store?
In terms of T shirt quilts , thereās an ad in Southern Living campusquilt.com
@sseamom ā ?I donāt know if youād ever mentioned before that your D had been to Ghana (or more likely I missed it). S14ās best friend at Emory is a kid from Ghana. Absolutely wonderful kid, whoās even kind enough to laugh at my jokes. S14 is hoping to visit him in his homeland at some point in the next year or two.
High school friend http://www.conniescustomquilts.com/
also has a Facebook page
We are well above 75K and still anticipate receiving very significant aid from the top schools. D attends UChicago and we get fantastic aid at above 100,000.
My D16 has also asked for a t-shirt memory quilt. Having just spent 2 hours and 15 minutes making quinoa-stuffed peppers, and huffily wondering if dinner is worth that investment of timeā¦I think Iāll hire someone to make the quilt. Whatās a decent price for a two-sided large throw, I wonder.
Families under 125k can send kids to Stanford for free.
Making a quilt is time consuming, and a t-shirt quilt would require the extra step of using a fusible interface on each t-shirt square to stabilize/stiffen the fabric. $100 for a twin size sounds like a good deal! Iāve been saving the kidsā t-shirts for years with the intent of making a quilt, but I just havenāt had the time.
@Ballerina016 - Under $125K is free tuition. Under, I think it is, $55K free tuition and housing.
@AsleepAtTheWheel , D went to Ghana following her freshman year with Free the Children. For that one year only, the school district and FTC partnered to send one student from each high school to Ghana and one to Ecuador. D was chosen to represent her HS for Ghana. They stayed at the FTC site in Asemkow, which is near the capitol, helping build a school. The FTC Facebook just posted a photo last week of the completed school-D was so happy to have a part in it! Itās a great organization-the idea is to have the local community take over and manage projects themselves. It usually starts with building sustainable clean water wells, then morphs into school building, etc.
It was a very special experience for her. The most impactful part was visiting Cape Coast Castle, which is not a castle at all, but the site of much of the US/Africa slave trade. Sheās done several presentations about her trip. All we paid for was the passport and shots; we were incredibly lucky for her to have the opportunity.