Mike's parents passed away a couple of years ago. Since then, two of their grandchildren became parents of their own. I am so glad that I kept a few items of Meemaw and Papaw's clothing. That way, I can incorporate some of the fabric into quilts for those great-granchildren they didn't get to see. I have items from my great-grandparents and I treasure them. I like to think of those great-grandbabies lying on quilts that are made of fabric that Meemaw and Papaw actually touched.
I started with strips of a pretty cream colored shirt from Meemaw that had red and brown patterned squares. I then cut strips from Papaw's shirt that had blue, brown and rust colored squares. I filled in with some soft, rust colored, suede type material. I intended to tie the fabric layers together with this ribbon rather than quilt it with stitches. The ribbon turned out to be too thick, so I used rust colored embroidery thread as ties.
My niece opened the gift at her shower and it meant a great deal to her and the family.
My goal is to make one for each of the great-grandchildren-on both sides of my family, as they come.
3 comments:
This is totally and completely awesome. What a wonderful gift that can now be handed down to all of the great-grandkids of future generations! (Btw, can you email me and tell me how to do this "tie" quilting ... I tried to figure it all out by looking at the pictures ... but ... )
They are very special...I can picture Mother and Daddy in every piece of clothing...wonderful memories.
My sister is doing that, and she even made one for me ! I think anyone who receives such a quilt from a relative treasures it.The quilt is a beauty.( If they don't want their quilt send it on to me)
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