Thread: Memory quilts

I have been volunteered to make memory quilts for my siblings from my mother's clothing, I thought I had a plan and in the mean time have lost a brother. I have since come up with a bright idea of making the quilt from fabric that represents each of us. Dad smoked a pipe, Mom liked owls, I like cows, one lives in New Orleans, One is a nurse, one liked Doxies and another Raccoons. Thus I have 7 different materials to work with and am going to border the throws with a piano key border from Mom's clothing. My dilemma is I can't come up with any ideas for the blocks from the 7 different fabrics. I am planning on an off white for the background. Any ideas would be helpful.

I would use different sample blocks and sash together with a neutral. That way you could choose the block that most let you showcase a particular fabric. You can search for the size of the block that you want to make and choose from many different ones.

The BBQ patterns from Maple Tree Quilts would work well to showcase the individual fabrics. You could also use your mom's clothing for the sashing.