Hi everyone
2 yrs ago in March my brother passed away. When he died, I took all of his clothes in the hope of someday making some either wall hangings or lap quilts for me and my family w/ them. there isn't enough to make full size quilts. problem is, he was a very hard working man, hard on his clothes and all he really had were sweatshirts, t shirts, and some hawaian print shirts. I just don't know what kind of pattern I can make w/ this stuff. I'm not sure I'm ready to cut his stuff just yet, his death was very painful for me but I wanted to get some ideas in my head. any thoughts? should I sew the clothes to a piece of muslin first?
and for those of you who have made such memory quilts....do you use them? display them? I guess I won't know what I will want to do with it until I make it and see how it makes me feel. I have his robe, which still smells like him. I want to put that into a quilt, but man I don't think I could possibly ever cut that up. how do you bring yourselves to do it?