Creating a Memory Quilt
Creating a Memory Quilt of a special person or occasion in your life can be an enjoyable project. There are so many ways you can do this to make it meaningful to you and others. Sometimes this quilt or piece of fabric art may be designed and made by one person; it also could contain contributions by many family members.
*Use a number of blocks that relate to various occasions in the person’s life. These may be symbolic, or they could be pictorial.
*Make a small wall hanging that is reminiscent of one aspect or occasion in that person’s life. My daughter made a 12 x 12-inch wall hanging from a watercolor painting her grandmother did in the nursing home.
*Incorporate memorabilia into the design, even placing the fabric art in the back of a shadow box.
*Make several small scenes and hang them on a wall or incorporate them into a fabric book.
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2 opinions for Creating a Memory Quilt
Cyndi L
Oct 24, 2006 at 6:56 am
I love this book! I’m sure you’re familiar with Lesley Riley’s book as well, “Quilted Memories”. Love that one too :-)
Mary Emma Allen
Oct 26, 2006 at 8:00 pm
Pleased you enjoyed this post about memory quilts and thanks for mentioning another book readers might like as well. So many memories can be incorporated into quilting and fabric art.
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