Originally Posted by GiddyUpGo
Hi everyone, just a couple of questions.
I am working on my second quilt. I plan to complete at least four quilts before tackling this project: a baby memory quilt made out of my son's old baby clothes.
It's going to be a while before I start on the project but I was wondering about a couple of things.
The fabric I have for this quilt is a mixture of t-shirt type knits and non-stretchy fabrics, including some denim. With such a broad range of fabrics what do I need to know about stitching them together? I have seen quilts like this before so I know it can be done, but was wondering if there were any special techniques and if so where I might be able to read up on them ... or if I'll need to do more than just four quilts before I'm ready to try such a thing.
Also just wondering if anyone here has made a baby memory quilt, and if so if you can post a picture or a link to the pattern you used?
Thanks in advance!
Becki
I did one for a friend of a friend. The mother wanted it for her daughter's 16th birthday. She gave me a box of pics from birth to age 15 and another box of baby clothes. She had no pattern in mind so I was on my own. Finally decided on a chronological pattern. I transferred pics to fabric and sashed them with the baby clothes fabric like frames and added some baby clothes blocks to fill in. I also had to add some new fabric. I didn't try to square everything up do to the different sizes of the pics.
I used a white on white for one border so her friends could write there names on it. Thinking of college.
Sorry, I could kill myself for not taking pics. This was before I realized you document EVERYTHING.