Memorial Quilt for a Very Dear Friend

I am starting another memorial quilt.  This one is for a very dear friend that lost her daughter several years ago.  I received several dresses, shirts and pants of hers.  They are all solids so I will be adding some prints to compliment them and add some excitement.  I'll be using Ticklish fat quarters that I got from Fatquartershop.com.

Photo Memorial Quilt

Here is another memorial quilt I was asked to make for a very sweet family.  It is from the grandchildren to a grandma that just lost their grandpa.  I know this will bring her lots of comfort.

Third of Three

I have completed all three Memorial quilts for a very sweet family. 

 There is nothing that can be said that will ease the pain of losing someone you love.  Sometimes it's hard to know what to do, it's a personal matter to each individual.  Choosing to have memorial quilts like these made are sure to bring years of comfort and healing.  

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal.

Memorial Boxer Shorts Quilt

The second of three memorial quilts, the Boxer Shorts Quilt.  This was made from 25 pairs of boxer shorts.  I'm really pleased with the results!

Very Special Memorial Quilts

I have started a new memorial quilt project.  This time I have been asked to make three quilts for a family that has lost their husband and daddy.  This project has really grabbed my heart as these quilts are primarily for a little girl that lost her father at the age of 2 to brain cancer.  This is a special little girl, now 7 years old,  that is trying to help make a difference by selling her artwork to raise money for the American Cancer Society.  Here is a link to her story on TV.  She also has a website Mauri's World  where you can learn more about her and her artwork.  I received 24 t-shirts, 25 pairs of fun boxer shorts and numerous button down shirts, polo shirts and a couple of pairs of shorts.  The first quilt is this t-shirt quilt, now on to the boxer shorts quilt and finally a queen size "big girl" quilt to be made with the rest of the clothes.  I just love this type of project, it really fills my heart up.

The label

The stack of 25 pairs of boxer shorts.

Kitty T-Shirt Quilt

I had a very sweet customer come to me with just a handful of t-shirts that her father had given to her.    She wanted to preserve them and to cherish the memory of her father in a quilt.  I stayed with the kitty theme and pieced a few cats with fat quarters from a new Moda fat quarter bundle called Ticklish that I got from the  Fat Quarter Shop.

We have enjoyed a fantastic spring this year.  We picked about 2 pounds of carrots and a few of the beets yesterday.

Lots of hammock and book days, so that is where I am when I have time in between quilt projects. 

Dog Silhouette Wall hanging Project

I was cruising Pinterest the other day and I saw some cool framed silhouette art that some folks had made by cutting out pictures of their dogs.  I decided to try the same technique with fabric.  The hardest part was finding the right photo.  I chose and printed out this one.  

I decided to make the print out a little bit bigger...  then I cut Ruby out of the picture

I pinned the cut out to some black Kona cotton and carefully cut out my pattern.  I played with sewing her to a few different backgrounds and finally decided on white.  In retrospect, I kinda wish I had put her on the red African fabric or the orange and purple polka dots for a much more exciting finished piece... maybe next time.

I accidentally flipped the cut out which didn't matter and did a blanket stitch all the way around.

She looked "naked" so I gave her a collar and a tag.

I blanket stitched around that and put and "R" for Ruby on the tag.

I drew some lines coming out from the center with disappearing fabric marker.

I stitched these lines with different colors of thread.  My idea was to give it a 70's psychedelic 3d look. It probably would have been a good idea to quilt it before I appliqued the dog on but  the quilting style was a last minute idea.  I had first planned to echo the dog and then decided not to.

Here is the finished product!  A little bland but all in all not too bad.