Welcome! I'm new as well, and I've found the people on this site to be very welcoming and full of ideas! How wonderful! As far as memory quilts, I made one for my aunt that placed in our local quilt show. I did a pictorial quilt of my grandpa and my aunt's son. I used Grandpa's jeans and dungaree shirt as his clothing in the quilt, and also used them as the main fabrics in the border. It was a wonderful way to preserve his likeness with his clothes. I never cried more in a project. His clothes still smelled of the farm...silage and dairy cows. It was very healing for me. Good luck with your memory quilts!
Memory Quilt of Grandpa
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