We had a family quilt at our last reunion and when my sister lost the bid, she cried. I told her not to worry. We would make one. I made it and gave it to her yesterday. She was sure surprised.

What a lovely thing to do, it's gorgeous!

K x

Second that! You are a great sister! :lol:
You definitely are a "peace maker"! :lol:

that turned out awesome!!!! you are such a good sister- now adopt me.

That turned out really beautiful. What a special sister you are!!!

She'll treasure it forever!! Beautiful job!

Extremely cool!!

That was incredibly sweet of you. I LOVE giving quilts to those who I know will cherish them. It's a beautiful job! Great pattern to choose!

what a beautiful quilt :D

Wow -- that is such a nice quilt and a really sweet thing for you to do :-) :-)

What a beautiful quilt you have made for your sister. I am sure that she loves it dearly. I bet it was fun to do, too. :D

Thanks for all of your nice comments. I love my sister and boy is she spoilt. She's the baby of the family. She is a professional fisherman. She doesn't sew but has her own business and works full time at another job inbetween fishing trips. I live the life of Reilly. I get to stay home and quilt quilt quilt.

How pretty and what great memories it will bring.

What a wonderful sister you are ! :lol: I am sure your sister will trasure it forever !
Sharon

how sweet of you. its gorgeous :D

Beautiful quilt and a really special gift to give to your sister...thats really nice!

Barbm, You brought a smile to my face. You would probably fit in my fun loving family just fine.

Super Nice, i know she cried again, Bless you

Beautiful.

Wonderful thing to do for your sister. Where does she fish? :lol:

It came out great!!

What a neat quilt you made for your sister. You are such a sweetie and I know she is going to cherish it forever!

I had bought some white blocks at a yard sale that was just a little thicker than normal. I put them back and saved them for just the right project. They fit right into my printer. So I scanned the pictures and printed them out. They were all wonderful old photo's of when my daddy and his brothers and sisters were all young. There was only one recent photo that was in color. The rest were in black and white. Then I had a family picture of them altogether with a little story of where each one of the kids were born as my grandparents moved a couple of times. It was real interesting because it told how my grandpa rented a boxcar to carry their possessions on one trip and on another how they all traveled in wagons. It was pretty neat. I told my sister that she should treat the photo's with some bubble jet spray just in case. But I think the ink will be colorfast. I think it is going to hang instead of be on a bed so washing will be minimum. Thanks for the interst. This was a neat project and I recommend it for nastalgia's sake.

Well, Shemjo, my sister fishes all over the United States. She has even been to New York to fish in tournaments there. She was Bass-N- Gal Angler of the year two years in a row and now fishes in the Women's BASS Tours. Her husband is pro also so between the two of them they cross paths sometimes. She has won about 4 fully rigged bass boats. Me? I perfer pond fishing. I'm not much of a traveling woman. I am a stay at home gal. I get panicky when I get out of my territory. But she is a real trooper. They do yard sales and auctions along the way too so they bring home some interesting things. We live in SW Arkansas so a trip to the big apple is something.

I'm sure your sister will treasure it! Great job!

I understand her crying...it really is a stunning quilt and great memories.
Beth

[/i]What a wonderful sister you are and the quilt is oh so pretty

My sister died a year ago in March. I would like to make her daughter a quilt like your's. Would you post the pattern directions. Thank you

That is such a lovely idea. I really like that very much

Elle

Weste, I used the double irish chain pattern. In the light colored center blocks I machine appliqued the pictures on. Also, at the bottom of each picture I appliqued their names and their childrens names. Like Charlie married Anna Marie Children: Lisa, Sam etc. If you don't have the double irish chain pattern I will be glad to p.m. you with it or send it to you in mail or e-mail. However you are most comfortable with. It is really a very easy pattern and so easy to quilt. You can put anything in the blocks. I just scanned pictures on my computer and printed out the things I wanted on each block then appliqued them on. So simple. That is the most inexpensive way. The other way ios to take your pictures and blocks to a copy place and they will put them on for you but it cost from 2 to 4 dollars a block.Let me know if you need the pattern.

Thank you. I have made the dbl n triple. The pics are what scare me. But I do want to make this for her daughter.

Remember you can always have them done at a place like Sure Copy. You can also go to Wal-Mart's in the computer section and they have some stuff you can print your pictures out on and then iron on the transfers. It will be ok. They are about 12.00 for 10 sheets I think.

Or you can just copy the pictures directly onto the special fabric that is paper backed or print them out on your computer.

What a beautiful quilt and what a great idea for a reunion. I've never heard of that before.Your sister is lucky to have her sister.

[quote=#1piecemaker]We had a family quilt at our last reunion and when my sister lost the bid, she cried. I told her not to worry. We would make one. I made it and gave it to her yesterday. She was sure surprised. [/quoIe]I would love to do this for each of my kids, what is the name of the pattern and how do you put the pictures in? I love the color of this. What a beautiful sister you are. I have three sisters and our baby sister is spoiled too. We grew up as sisters and are now best friends. Thx for sharing.

lgeorge, I used the double irish chain pattern for the quilt. I printed the pictures out on a piece of material then machine appliqued it on to the center plain block. I want to do one next inside the double wedding ring. You can be really inventive using your computer and scanning anything else you want or just printing something saved as a word document. (Like favorite poems, short stories about the family. When I do mine I have a wonderful story about my aunt that I am going to put on there. Good luck on your quilt. This is a very easy pattern to work with and to quilt. You'll have it finished in a breeze!

your reunion quilt has inspired me to try something for my husband. We will be married 50 years in Oct. 2010 and i would like to make a 50 year quilt for him with pictures of his family, my family and our family, we have three sons and eight grandchildren(granny8). Could you tell me where to find the pattern for your quilt..... i really would appreciate it...thanks so much...donna

Please be patient with me, i may be a granny but am a little new at quilt patterns....where do i find the Irish Chain Pattern....thanks so much donna

there are lots of site on line with free quilt patterns quilterscache.com is one and McCalls has a site also. I have a book that has single , double, and triple Irish chain patterns I bought years ago and like it cause it gives yardage which has always been a challenge for me

It is a very common pattern and in most quilting books. If you can't find it, let me know I would be glad to send it to you or e-mail it.