She wants us to incorporate pieces of clothing from the first two years of his life.
This week I have been busy sorting and cutting and today was the first time I was able to proceed towards creating some of the blocks.
Each one will be 8 inches when sewn into the quilt and I need to make 30. Today I was able to put together the basics for 25 of them.
I am revealing a sneak peak of some of the blocks that are still very much a work in progress.
There will be few pocket patches.
The quilt is to be used by the young boy it is being made for. A pocket with a velcro tab could well be an ideal place for him to hide precious treasures.
As a mother of 4 boys you can imagine that sorting through these items and making decisions has been a lot of fun for me.
I have lots of motifs from garments to work with as well so there will be more to tell as work progresses.
I hope you will enjoy the opportunity to follow my updates on this project.
Linda will be machine quilting the blocks when I have pieced them and we have a commitment to complete by the end of April. So far so good.
Linking to:-
Farmgirl Friday # 102
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop
Find A Friend Friday
A Favorite Thing # 30
The Creative Blog Hop # 5
The Creative Home Acre Hop # 9
11 comments:
what a very fun project-enjoy
I've seen a few of these memory quilts, and they are very cute.
I really like the idea and I love the pockets. I can guess there will be lots of treasures in them.
I really like the idea and I love the pockets. I can guess there will be lots of treasures in them.
Yes, I very much like the concept of pockets for holding treasures, as long as they are not the food kind of treasures - even then it will not be my worry - lol!
Oh WOW Peggy that's beautiful! Love how you've included labels too, truly lovely :)
What a great idea! Never made a quilt, but I've made a couple pillows out of my daughter's shirts when they got too small (she didn't want to part with the shirts so this was a compromise!). Visiting from MHC.
What a priceless quilt that will be for the boy. When Don's dad died, his sister and stepmother had quilts made up for the kids from his dad's clothing. And there is a pocket patch on the quilt. It's priceless to him.
Thanks so much for joining in this week!
xo
Claudia
My goodness this is going to be such a special quilt and I know the boy will be so proud. I always wanted to make one of those for my girls but never did...even though they are grown I may still make them one..Thank you so much for sharing with us over at The Creative Blog Hop! You are one talented quilter.
Happy Easter!
I placed your link on this weeks because last weeks ended and I wanted others to see your work. Thanks again.
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Very cute! Thank you for sharing your post on The Creative HomeAcre Hop!
I hope to see you back tomorrow for our next hop!
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