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| I wrote earlier about a quilt I made for a friend whose mother had passed recently. She mentioned that her and her siblings would share the quilt I had made. There is plenty of clothing to make more quilts so I am making some smaller ones. This one is exactly like hers. I have five more to make. |
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| Sometimes giving is the best thing you can do. |
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| A daughter contacted me that she wanted to turn her father's clothing into a quilt for her mother using all his work shirts. |
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| It contains all the logo parts of the shirts at her request. |
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| She chose this green fabric. I use this same fabric in blue quite often. It turned out really nice. |
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| A daughter contacted me and she wanted to turn her dad's clothing into two quilts for her mother. Her mom didn't do much with the internet so she made all the arrangements. |
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| When her mom sent the clothing there had been a misunderstanding she sent Tshirts and dress type shirts but had wanted what I classify as a memory quilt with small blocks from things like sleeves, pockets, pant legs. So the daughter had to have another box of clothing sent. |
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| It worked out okay since I had my sewing machine issues this summer. I then also got another order with all those Tshirts that were sent. |
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| The mother loved both quilts so much she took them to work to show them off. |
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| There is such beauty in this fabric too just really adds to all the clothing that was selected for both quilts. |
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| A customer contacted me and wanted to take her father's clothing and create a memory quilt for her mother. When I contacted her to mail the quilt she let me know her mother had passed. |
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| By that time the quilt had arrived and she decided her sister would treasure the quilt and would give it to her. |
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| I had enough clothing left that I immediately knew what to do. I made a duplicate quilt for her to be able to keep. |
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| She wrote today and stated, "Your sewing is one of the finest that I have ever seen. (not kidding)" Very sweet. I don't always make quilts for free, but once in a while a story touches my heart. |
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| I have a friend that I have never actually met. We became friends online. She was so supportive when my mother passed a few years ago. Recently she lost hers and I offered to make a free quilt. I admire the family so much. She sent a box of clothing, told me the color her mother loved and I did the rest. |
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| I had bought this flannel backing to make a quilt for my own mother before she passed. I was never given that opportunity. So it has sat. Its a beautiful Debbie Mumm print. It was the perfect fit for her quilt. Very garden like. I hope and pray it provides comfort in the coming months and years. There is nothing quite like a mama. |
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| Memory Quilts are so meaningful. Loss is difficult. It takes time to let go, move on with life without the person you love. This daughter had some of her mother's clothing items so we took those and made this precious quilt. |
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| This particular block was a sweatshirt with a zipper. I took the zipper out and stitched up the piece of fabric in order to keep all the cardinals intact. You could hardly tell. |
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| We needed an extra block when she thought she only had 15 pieces of clothing, so I had this embroidery block made for her quilt. Its perfect. |
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| When she gathered all the clothing, she had two extra items so I combined them into blocks so that all pieces were represented in the quilt. |
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| I also made three shams to match the quilt, two for her own daughters for free. She was another customer that was so supportive during this summer. She would write and check in on my husband, pray for us. Its awesome when customers become friends. She left wonderful feedback on my ETSY shop despite the delay in receiving her quilt. |
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| I made this customer 7 quilts earlier in the Christmas season and she requested 4 more because she loved them so much |
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| These have brown flannel on three of the 4 quilts because I couldn't order the exact cream from the other 7 |
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| I have some clothing left to make a larger quilt. All of the quilts contained 60 shirts, 40 in the first batch, a few leftover pieces from the first batch then 20 additional shirts in the last 4. |
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| She wrote after Christmas to tell me how much everyone loved the quilts |
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| I can't wait to see what the very last order will look like. |
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| These quilts were for a wife and then the son who passed away's mother |
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| We had little labels made for the quilt and she wanted them on the front bottom corner |
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| The wife had dragon fly type themes for the bedroom so this fabric was perfect |
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| This is a son's graduation quilt. He graduates from High School with top honors this month and will attend a local state school. I am hoping he loves his twin size bed quilt. |
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| I used a blue cotton fabric for the border and the same fabric for the binding. The backing is a cotton black scroll print that matches the same print on the front. I love how this quilt turned out. It is nice and comfy yet lightweight. |
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| A friend of mine lost her father and I took some of his clothing to make a quilt. |
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| I tried to find items that had embroidery to show where he worked |
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| I used a soft cuddly flannel for those times where she might want some extra comfort for her memories |
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| The corners are from four pairs of pants, the rest are shirts that she had. |
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| I tried to use as many pockets as I could. She loved the quilt. |
