Memory quilt #2

I asked the 3 girls what their favorite color was before starting their memory quilts. As you could tell from the previous post, Caitlyn chose purple. Jillian's favorite is ORANGE. I was so surprised at how much orange fabric I had. I only bought one piece for this quilt, only because it screamed Jillian to me!




I did a lot of stitch in the ditch to secure everything because of the weight of the quilt.




Then I just did whatever came to mind. None of the quilting was planned except the "sailboat".
Besides the t-shirt blocks I made, I also chose a different block for each quilt to showcase their dads shirts and khaki pants.




The light colored fabric on the back is the only fabric I purchased for this quilt.




All wrapped up and ready to give.




I couldn't wait for them to come for their Spring Break so I could give it to them. I think she likes it too!
Memory Quilt #3 is coming up soon!

Memory Quilts Finished And Given

We have 3 great nieces that lost their dad a few years ago when he lost his short battle with cancer. Their mom asked if I would make them each a quilt from their Dad's shirts and pants. I was so honored to be asked to do this, so I started my journey with Caitlyn's Memory quilt. As you can see her favorite color is PURPLE, so that's where I started. Each quilt had their favorite color, a special block, and t-shirts. I used their dads khaki pants for the backgounds in each block. Rohn, their dad loved to sail, so I found a free quilting template of a sail boat and quilted that on some of the t-shirt blocks. I also used sections of the shirts that were "paint stained" to make some of the blocks. After all, it is a memory quilt!




This is the whole quilt.




The yellow block has the quilted sailboat.








Backing and quilt label




Ready to be gifted.




I like she likes it!
One down, 2 more to show. I promise to be back soon!