Memory and specialty quilts

 Some customers want quilts made from clothing, linens and even horse blankets! If it will fit under my hopping foot, I'll take it on. Prices are figured by complexity and time used to construct the project.

Customer sent upholstery fabrics and grandkids handprints drawn on paper. She wanted a king sized quilt made for her bed.

I made fabric  hands with the kid's names machine embroidered on them.

Yup! This was a horse blanket the customer's daughter won in a horse show. It is pretty thick wool, was originally an hourglass shape with leather straps and buckles on it. I disassembled it, cut the curved ends and fit them to the curved sides to make a rectangle. After quilting, I reapplied the decorative gold braid to the edge. I did two of these.

Gold braid on the edge.

A customer brought me pieced diamonds that her gran had made but not finished. I repaired the diamonds, made the stars and added the setting squares and triangles before quilting and finishing the quilts.

She and her daughter each got a finished quilt.

A very nice lady worked years to make all these yo-yos. Unfortunately, after numerous times taking the quilt off the bed, the yo-yos were coming apart. She wanted the entire project sewn to a background of muslin so it would hang together better with continued use.

I sewed  all the yo-yos down and bound the quilt.

What a proje4ct this was! A daughter brought a large trash bag full of her deceased mother's  clothes, chenille bathrobe, towels, rubber backed curtains, and bedspread and wanted a queen sized quilt made. Every fabric was a different thickness and texture. It was a challenge, to be sure.

Granddaughter brought in two different size sets of blocks her grandma made and wanted them made into a bed quilt. I enjoyed the challenge here. Nice quilt!

The nine patch blocks were 6 inches

Sunbonnet Sue (without hands!) was 10 inches.

Grandma made a box of hand pieced Dresden plates. To finish the raw edges, I sewed them to lightweight fusible interfacing and turned them. I used blanket stitch to sew them to background fabric and finished the quilt.

Now, it will have a long life keeping someone warm at night.

Mom wanted three quilts for herself and her two daughters after Dad passed away.She brought a tub of dress shirts and jeans. I left on the labels and logos, making the finished quilts more interesting.

Made from Dad's  shirts and jeans.

More  of Dad's  clothes.

Large embroidered oval table cloth made into a wall hanging and table runner for daughter who downsized. This is the wall hanging.

This is the table runner after some inventive cutting and sewing.

Bed cover made from vintage linens, christening gown and hand made lace and doilies.

Mom embroidered the blocks and daughter wanted them made into a quilt.

I made two quilts for a customer whose husband passed away. These are his favorite ties. Mom wanted a wall quilt, and daughter wanted a sofa quilt.

Daughter's sofa quilt

Memory quilt made from a deceased daughter's  clothes.

Pillows made from a father's tee shirts for his two sons.

Daughter brought three of her step-mother's saris and wanted four quilts made. This one is for her. All silk and very lovely in person.

Sari number two I made into baby quilts for twin babies. They are basically identical except for the backings and the elephant's blanket. My husband drew the elephant template for me. I can't draw very well. I decided on the elephant theme because the fabric has an elephant pattern in it.

This is the second quilt. They are a lightweight cotton fabric.

Sari number three was  made into this wall quilt for the customer's daughter (mother of the twins).

It is also silk, and was a delight to design and make.