The Quilting Spirit - Thoughts on Memory Quilts
Memory Quilts can take a variety of forms and may involve quilts made specifically to evoke memories or include those that bring back memories of special times in our lives.
*My daughter made a quilt, when her husband was ill with cancer, that could be considered a Family Quilt or Memory Quilt to her. She made patterns of her husband’s hand, the children’s hands, and hers. Then she cut these from fabric and incorporated them into a quilt that she could hang on the wall.
This quilt has sepecial significance for her family of a time when they were pulling together for her husband’s recovery. It brings back memories of a time when the children were younger, now that their hands are much larger.
*My grandson’s baby quilt (or “blankie”) that I made for him, brings memories of his little sister and me sitting on the floor tying it. It has become well worn, so that his mom has had to patch it many times by appliquing on trucks and trains and animals.
*Memory Quilts may consist of pictures of family or a particular place. These can consist of a composite of fabric pieces appliqued to resemble the subject. Or they can involve actual photos transferred to fabric.
*The quilt I made with my grandmother, more than 50 years ago, brings back memories of those times we sat beside her kitchen stove and hand stitched this quilt, as well as ones for my sister and brother. I was thrilled to find my mom had kept it for me and enjoy it, even though it’s well worn.
The Quilting Spirit in our life often lives through our memories and the projects we undertake, whether they’re consciously designed to create memories (as in photo and hands quilts) or are ones we look back upon and realize they evoke thoughts of days and times ago.
Quilting and fabric art can be an activity that ties generations together and makes memories that last through the generations.
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