help making a memory quilt
#1
help making a memory quilt
I have a shirt that was my mom's who passed away in 1991. It is a denim shirt that she did some hand embroidery on. The embroidery is scattered about on the shirt and are smallish designs...just things like a cluster of grapes, a pair of cherries, a duckling etc. There are even two small designs on the collar. So, my question is how should/could I use this in a memory quilt? I thought about just laying it open and appliqueing it to a background then building a quilt around that, or fussy cutting the embroidery out then using them in blocks.
Does anyone have suggestions or a pattern to share?
Thanks,
Jp
Does anyone have suggestions or a pattern to share?
Thanks,
Jp
#5
I made a pillow for my Sis with pieces of a linen type shirt her dd had x-stitched on. I pieced it with coordinating colours; the two side flaps were the collar points & I left them unattached except in the center & bottom seam. Maybe this will give you another idea? [ATTACH=CONFIG]468242[/ATTACH]
#6
I'd fussy cut and use them as the center of each block. I kick myself for getting rid of -- when I was much younger -- a denim shirt my mom embroidered for me. Would do this very thing with it if I still had it. I keep an eye out for it at rummage sales -- it may come back around to me some day!
#7
Thimblebugg- I like that, thanks for the idea!
CookyIN- My mom had a bunch of t-shirts from the Peachtree Rd Race that is held in Atl, GA every year and those were all gotten rid of! It would have been great to use them in a quilt too. That was before my quilting, even sewing, days so I did not tell our friends that went through my moms things to keep them. Oh well.
Thanks for the ideas everyone!
Jp
CookyIN- My mom had a bunch of t-shirts from the Peachtree Rd Race that is held in Atl, GA every year and those were all gotten rid of! It would have been great to use them in a quilt too. That was before my quilting, even sewing, days so I did not tell our friends that went through my moms things to keep them. Oh well.
Thanks for the ideas everyone!
Jp
#8
Do you have any other clothing items to go with the embroidered shirt? If not, I would suggest a pillow or small wall hanging. If you've got other items you can add to the project, I'd suggest starting with Pinterest and searching for Memory quilts. I get lots of ideas from there and from searching quilt images on Bing and Google.
#9
Do you have any other clothing items to go with the embroidered shirt? If not, I would suggest a pillow or small wall hanging. If you've got other items you can add to the project, I'd suggest starting with Pinterest and searching for Memory quilts. I get lots of ideas from there and from searching quilt images on Bing and Google.
Thanks,
Jp
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