Judith1005

I got a photo album that has some space to the side of the picture that you can write a bit about the quilt. some of them have fabric swatches, some of them don't. I do have a photo of all the ones I've made. And I journal about the patterns or designers (If it wasn't my own or a traditional block.) Just in case I ever want to share the info. Or who I gave it to. You could have a lot of fun putting together your book. It doesn't have to be really in depth unless you want it to.

Ruby the Quilter

I have pictures printed - now to put them in an album!

Skylark53

One thing that might be neat to include is the method - machine or hand-sewn, and if by machine, which one. Sometimes those machines get passed down through generations and how neat it would to have a record of which quilts were made with it!

Also, maybe the designer/manufacturer of the fabric. It could be particularly useful if some patching is needed, you would at least have a name to go on to start searching.

DebbieJJ

Yes, I have tried to keep photos of the quilts I've made. The only quilt I didn't take a picture of was one I made for a friend with pancreatic cancer that was found too late. I made the quilt for her chemo sessions, and when she passed away, her DH asked me if it would be ok for the quilt to be buried with her. It was an honor to say Yes.
I wish I had a picture of her with that quilt. I miss her.

Knitette

That is a brilliant idea! (and beautiful quilts too!)

meanmom

I have pictures of all of my quilts. Some printed out some still in my camera. I have an album to make a book but have never done it. That is something I have always wanted to make.

MaryKatherine

I take pictures of all I make plus all my customer quilting jobs.

sparkys_mom

I take photos of my quilts when they are finished. The digital camera puts a date on them. I have them in the photo album on my computer and I upload them to Flickr. That's about it. Since the majority of mine are given to charity, a recipient name isn't all that critical to me. And as Doggramma said, when I'm gone, who is going to care?

Mkotch

I take digital photos of finished quilts, and once I have a year or two's worth, I make photobooks via Shutterfly or another online source. It's nice to flip through them now and then!

Edie

I have a book where I put in a picture, tell about the quilt, whom to, when, how long it took to make it, news - local and national, etc. Then I also write a story about the quilt and give that to the recipients of my quilts. Each quilt I make is generally a sampler and I make it to match the person, more or less a story about them.

I like provenance with a quilt. The very first big quilt I ever made was my memory quilt....35 blocks...all the same - Antique Tile (Quilter's Cache). It ended up 142 pages typed, put into a note book with the design, colors, pictures, not only of the quilt, but of my family, the dogs, I even had one for 9-11. That was about the hardest. I took pictures from the computer printed them onto fabric and included that into the squares of the block.

The whole experience took me over a year to complete, but I will always have my quilt and my story and the colors of the squares and why they are that color and even in the block "My Mom", I put in a block/square that she had made and I look at it now and will always remember that Mom made part of that block. She died last year. Special memory and it is all written down for me to read again and for my grandkids to know my whole life-------if they want to.

Yes, I think it iis very important to have provenance with your quilts and pictures and a story of each one you give to someone else.

I don't know the person who won the cancer quilt that I made two years in a row for the Komen Breast Cancer Three Day Walk. It was raffled off and both made a lot of money for breast cancer research. And I wrote a story for each one of those quilts. I know the stories were appreciated and enjoyed, but I don't know who they are.

I know one quilt was won by a daughter whose mother was going through breast cancer treatment. I was especially happy about that one.

I keep copies of the stories, so I have them also.

That's my story. Edie