Kathy's Memory Quilts

A former co-worker and good friend lost her mother in a tragic accident last summer. I offered to make her a memory quilt from her mothers clothing. She thought that would be a wonderful idea and so did two of her sisters.

I started working on them late summer by cutting the clothes apart and then fusing interfacing to the knit shirts. My plan was to have them finished by Christmas and that was fine with her. Until she found out that the sentencing of the young woman that ran over her mother was going to be December 16th. She asked if I could have them done by then. I worked some long hours to get these two queen and one king size quilts ready for her to pick up on the 16th.

Kathy has fond memories of attending the Purdue Christmas show with her mom so she asked for a Christmas themed queen size quilt.

One sister wanted blue and the other had no preference. Their mom love flowers and always had a perfectly manicured yard complete with flowers all around it. So, I chose floral prints for both of these.

 Meander quilting in a cream thread and flannel backing on all three.

My hope is that these quilts provide comfort to them for a long time.

Design Wall Monday and Another Memory Quilt

My design wall is empty and the block that I showed last Monday is now this quilt.....finished, binding and all.



This one was made for Mary's brother, using their father's shirts. The pattern is similar to the one I made for their mother, just a bit different. Permacore Chambray thread, Feather Me Pantograph and Hobbs 80/20 batting.




The back is almost as nice as the front.

Just a peek!

You can see just a peek of Andrew's train quilt for his 3rd birthday. His party is Sunday, so I better get busy and stitch that binding down. I'm making a Thomas train cake also, as he LOVES Thomas! I certainly can't believe that he's 3 already. The time has flown by.

Memory Quilt

Here is a shot of the memory quilt made with a deceased gentlemans shirts. The quilt is for his wife and I used all the leftovers for the back.

Memory Quilt and A Basket

After Marty left, I loaded a memory quilt that Lisa made. She is making 4 of these and has given me 3 of them already to quilt. I wondered how my machine would do with all the different fabrics, but not to worry, it stitched like a dream.

Here's a closeup of some of the different fabrics:


And all finished:



Then I decided to try making one of these cute little fabric baskets from a tutorial on the Pink Penguin blog. I used an assortment of fall colors and a leaf print for the lining and bottom. These could become addictive and it went together so quick and easy. Here is mine with some of the leftover Halloween candy in it on my desk at work.