did your mom have a favorite quilt pattern that you know of ? I was thinking maybe something with stars ? what are you feeling like making with it ?

thank you everyone! I have spent[ATTACH=CONFIG]510605[/ATTACH] my 'snow' day looking at patterns, and thinking about what will reflect my mom. I am leaning toward Trip or D9p. Attached is another photo of the fabrics, so you can see the yardage of each. I am not going to jump into this, but I will continue to look through her books and notes, and see if she indicated any where what she planned.

I think a magic 9 patch would be lovely out of these colors. To see the pattern go to : www.quiltersdreamtx.com on her patterns page. She also has a magic trip around the world that is actually pretty fast.

A blooming nine patch would be beautiful, but it seems to me the ones I saw had more contrast between the lightest and darkest colors. I would vote for a log cabin.

Also, think about the 4 yard piece might be meant for the back, since the binding fabric was labeled. But it could be a background fabric, too. Such a light binding looks kind of strange to me.

Beautiful fabric!

It would be nice to make a little something for you and for your sister. Maybe a couple of table toppers? Then you would both have nice memories.

I would purchase a lovely gold yellow and use it for the heart of the home and make a log cabin...thus reminding you of your mothers home and the warmth of her love. Call me sentimental!!

How about go online and look at some blocks, and see which one would make you think of Mom.

Your fabrics look like they would work for the light and shadows of a log cabin.

I found it.
Blooming Nine Patch, from Tradition With A Twist, Blance Young and Dalene Young Stone(C & T Publishing, , 1996). Mom had a note on the back, "for Kevin and Holly's bed", with measurements.

My sis-in-law passed last spring, at age 50 of metastatic ovarian cancer. My brother is currently on walkabout, learning to live without his companion of 33 years. Mom lived with them and their boys the last few years of her life, and the date on her notes is about a year before she had her first stroke. She began doing smaller projects, and EPP a as therapy for her fine motor control. While mom made quilts for most of her 12 grandchildren, my brother's boys didn't get one before her final stoke. My plan is to make two smaller quilts for them out of this fabric, and perhaps embroider her note on the back for them. Now I just need to figure out how to resize a queen quilt into two smaller quilts!

Im so glad you found all of that out! What a wonderful project you have to work on now!