toogie

MEMORY QUILT

My husbands baby brother died , losing his battle with cancer, April 27th. A day or two after the funeral, my sister in law Jenny, asked if I would make her a quilt from his western shirts. So...this is it. Most of his shirts had stripes and usually had a red or burgundy in the stripe. Jenny wanted just plain squares blocked off, so I bought the red blended for the sashing and blue blended 108inch for the cornerstones and backing. I felt it was too busy trying to put the squares together because of all the stripes. Also, Jenny didn’t want to sash with a lighter color and since the squares were mostly dark I went bright with the sashing, so you could see some division. It is 90 inches x 96 and I just stipple/ free motion quilted. I used a dark gray thread. She has not seen it yet, but I plan on giving her this on Fathers Day. I also made something for the daughters and will give them all that day since it will be a hard day for them. Maybe this will give them all a little happiness on their first Father’s Day without him.

Jingle

I am sure she will love. It is beautiful.

Tartan

Great memory quilt!

bearisgray

Very nice.

Truly a labor of love !

copycat

You did an amazing job !

tallchick

What a beautiful meaningful gift that will bring her comfort and loving memories of her husband. You did an fantastic job and I know she will appreciate all love that went into making it for her.

recycler

You did a great job figuring out how to deal with all the stripes. Your quilting is so nice! Jenny will love it for sure!

QuiltBaer

That quilt will mean so much to your sister in law.

SusieQOH

Toogie, that's not only beautiful but such a nice thing to do. I lost my Dad on the eve of Father's day. Talk about hard

Homespun

Wow, that is nice!