Start a Quilting Journal
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: New York City UWS
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When one member said every quilt has a story, I agreed. I suggested writing a memoir piece for every quilt, name of recipient, design ideas, thoughts from the process. I can think of 7 quilts I have made this year that have a back-story, a wedding gift, a birthday gift, pieces for my kids, charity donations with special meaning. Why not start a journal & add photos. Dotty
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Location: Perth, Western Australia
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I was thinking about doing this...I save photos, and I actually embroidered my latest quilt with my name, date and the quilt's name. But it would be nice to have a journal, with maybe pics of the back and front a bit of a story and maybe snips of the fabric used.
Could be an interesting read for future generations, and it will be in book format which probably by then will be unheard of.
Could be an interesting read for future generations, and it will be in book format which probably by then will be unheard of.
#7
As a scrapbooker and a quilter, I have kept a scrapbook since I began quilting. I keep a piece or pieces of the fabric, a picture of the recipient (with me when possible), date I gave it to them, any special information about the quilt or reason for the quilt. I also add thank you notes ... of the 17 quilts in my scrapbook, I only have one thank you note ??? I love looking at it myself.
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