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I have a shirt that was my mom's who passed away in 1991. It is a denim shirt that she did some hand embroidery on. The embroidery is scattered about on the shirt and are smallish designs...just things like a cluster of grapes, a pair of cherries, a duckling etc. There are even two small designs on the collar. So, my question is how should/could I use this in a memory quilt? I thought about just laying it open and appliqueing it to a background then building a quilt around that, or fussy cutting the embroidery out then using them in blocks.

Does anyone have suggestions or a pattern to share?

Thanks,
Jp