For my daughter and youngest son
 

When my only daughter was young(she has 5 brothers) I made all of her dresses and saved scraps of them thinking i would someday make her a quilt. Back in 1987 when she was over 30 years old I thought it was about time to do that. So I started this quilt with a sunbonnet pattern and embroidery. I was working, didn't have much time to spend on it….so it took me till 1993 to complete. It looks a little primitive but she loved it. I called it the "Happy Memory" quilt. I also made a little photo book to go with it…of pictures of her wearing the dresses. This was the first bed size quilt i ever made.
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After I retired i decided to make quilts for the boys too. My youngest son and his wife picked out a pattern call Buzz Saw and the colors they wanted, even bought most of the fabric. it was king size so took quite a while to make and was hand quilted too…just THAT took me 4 1/2 months. Thank goodness i can now do FMQ so can quilt even a big one in a couple weeks. [ATTACH=CONFIG]439340[/ATTACH]

Since i have made the other 4 boys quilts also. They have all been posted on this site.

very nice love them

Your daughter's quilt is absolutely adorable!

I like your son's quilt, too.

Wonderful quilts.

Beautiful quilts!

Really like them all!

Your daughter's quilt is wonderful!!! If only I would have saved my daughter's dresses. What a treasure you have created!! Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful quilts!

nicely done

As I said before elaine80 you are an artist. These quilts are beautiful. Your daughters quilt is so special, how smart of you to think ahead and do this. BrendaK

Both quilts are beautiful. Love the SB and your story!!

Love the Sun Bonnet quilt, and the story, bet it means a lot to your daughter. Your son's quilt is beautiful.

WOW!!! What a wonderful job on both. Thanks for showing them.

Beautiful quilts!

Thanks for sharing two beautiful quilts. I admire your perseverance and completing them.

Your quilts are stunning! What a great token of love you have given them.

What a wonderful memory for your DD. Her quilt is beautiful as is the 2nd quilt. Nice work.

What a nice sunbonnet Sue quilt-I bet she loves the photo book of all the dresses you made that match the Sues. I know I would! That'll be treasured for years!

I love the quilts and I love the story behind it. Thank you so much for sharing.

They are both beautiful and I bet it feels really good to get quilts done for all of your kids! I know I would feel good if I could get that done!

Great quilts and such precious memories for your children to pass down. When I was young my mom made all my dresses, too. One Christmas I got a small steamer trunk as a gift and inside were identical dresses for my dolls that she had made. I'll never forget that and I bet your daughter feels the same way about her quilt.

Daughter's quilt is so cute. But the son's quilt is very dramatic. Love them.

Thanks for sharing these beauties and the stories behind them....just gorgeous.

very nice quilts

You do beautiful work!

Love, love your quilts

The SBS quilt is just precious. She will cherish this quilt . You're very thoughtful and persistent mother.
margee

really nice quilts the kids should love them. Barb

I absolutely love your daughter's quilt. Just beautiful.

Love love love your quilt for your daughter. When my girls were young I thought about saving material also, but at that time I was so busy I could not imagine I would ever be a quilter...... here I am, quilting !! Your daughter will treasure this forever, what a great mom. You did a beautiful job on it. Your son's quilt is great, love the pattern and also the material choice.

A wonderful quilt for your daughter! Special memories~
Great Buzz Saw quilt too! :)

Your daughter's quilt is so nice-I too have scraps to sew into something some day--love what you did

Beautiful quilts.

Very nice, I like them both. I'll bet your daughter really like the pictures to go along with the quilt, nice idea.

What a smart, forward thinking mother you are!

Both are absolutely gorgeous!

I, too, saved two 5" squares of everything I made for our oldest daughter. Little did I know that 45 years later they would be called 'charm squares', so purchased a Nickel quilt book to get some ideas, but haven't put anything together yet. It's about time I do!!! I LOVE your quilts. Thanks for sharing.

I love Sun Bonnets. The only one I did was embroidery in red work and one traced onto muslin & colored with crayons. I'm still waiting on a great grand baby to give it to. Your quilt is drop dead beautiful.

Sew nice, love them both!