Janstar and I met a few weekends ago to pick up her quilt....

I love this memory quilt and it took me that long to design what I was going to quilt. Each picture represents something different..each block has different fabric and trying to make it all cohesive and fluid was stumping me...it is obviously her Grandson?? I kept seeing the same face in every photo..handsome young man!

SO what I decided was to kind of make "PHOTO FRAMES" around every photo or block....to give it unity every other block had the same frame..and then I made each frame on the opposite ones a different more elaborate frame to give it some interest ....I stippled the outside edges...and inside the frames I just did some light block work to keep the fabrics together without quilting over photos..I would never dream of doing that to someone's quilt.

If I wasn't a scrapbooker I don't know that I would have thought of this idea..and I just LOVE the outcome!

I had my kids hold the quilt outside to get pictures..so they re kind of awkward...my DH is folding laundry on my bed..I dare not interrupt him or I will have to fold :wink:

I quilted this all freehand on my INNOVA....no pantos or computer quilting.....
Thanks for looking!

WOW, beautiful!
Maureen

beautiful Charisma, as usual your work is awesome

Beautiful quilt and quilting.

Good choice for the quilting. It really sets the pictures off.

Wonderful memory quilt wonderful quilting!

Wonderful! So incredibly creative! I love it!!

Beautiful job Jan and Charisma.

It looks just great Charisma! I can't wait to get it and show my GS. He will love it!!! I sure do!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much!!!

LOVELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D