I made a memory quilt for Mom from Dad's flannel shirts
 

HI

My dad passed away this year so I wanted to make a special quilt for mom to wrap around herself an feels dads presence.

I just couldn’t find a pattern for making the flannel shirt quilt, and then I saw this patternin a magazine and fell in love with it. Momhad no idea of what to expect, and wondered what those 7 worn out flannelshirts would look like all together.Wellshe was pleasantly surprised, as was I, as to how it turned out, and that allthose worn loving shirts looked great all in one quilt.

After making the quilt, I still wanted something special, soI thought of embroidering (machine) all the different names that he had,Robert, Bob, uncle, friend, father in law, etc. on all the borders. It took me an entire morning just to find theright font, and then another day to print out every single name on paper so I couldsee how to place them around the quilt.

This was my first “special” quilt like this, as was thepattern, and I am pleased with myself so I wanted others to see what I had made to keep my mom warm in the winter, and still think of dad.
Thank you for looking.
karensue

A lovely quilt. Your Mom will love it.

Beautiful! Looks warm and comfy!

Beautifully done. I am sure that it will be well used and well loved. A great remembrance for your Mom.

So creative!! It will bring her many comforting memories. Beautifully done!

I think that it is extremely nice, love the pattern that you did.

Beautiful quilt and such a beautiful story. Your Mom is a lucky woman and she can wrap herself up in the quilt and feel his hugs around her. Thanks you for sharing.

what a great idea nice quilt!!!

very nicely done and i love the embroidered names

Beautiful. BrendaK