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maudeflanagan 09-23-2018 01:20 PM

A Special Quilt for my Sister - Top Finished
 
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Towards the end of my mother’s life (we knew it was coming), she told me to take all of her sewing stuff and her fabric. My husband and I went to her apartment and packed everything up and brought it to our house. There it stayed partially bagged up and sat for nearly 3 years.

I have dipped into her stash for small things here and there, but was never really sure what to use it for. While in the process of redoing and reorganizing my sewing room, I set aside all of my mother's fabric in one group. I looked at all of her fabric and decided that I was finally going to try using it up. The project I wanted to do was a quilt for my sister.

The pattern I chose to use was Eleanor Burns’ Log Cabin Quilt in a Day. It has taken me 2 days just to get the top complete, but it was still very easy to follow and worked up very quickly. My fabric choices were rather limited, so I chose color placement according to the amount of yardage I had. Here is the result:

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I am am really happy with the way it turned out. When it all came together, it was like a strange snapshot of my mother’s personality was sewn right into the blocks. When I have it all quilted up, I will add some more pictures :)

Tartan 09-23-2018 01:23 PM

​Cute top! It reminds me of strawberry shortcake.

jlt37869 09-23-2018 01:25 PM

Very nice!

suern3 09-23-2018 01:25 PM

Very nice! I'm sure your mother would approve.

QuiltnNan 09-23-2018 01:46 PM

nicely done... and a nice memory for your sister to enjoy

JustAbitCrazy 09-23-2018 02:27 PM

She'll love it! What a sweet thing you have done for your sister.

BrendaK 09-23-2018 03:08 PM

Super quilt. I am sure that your sister will be touched. You did well. BrendaK

BSKTLOFR-QUILTER 09-23-2018 03:37 PM

You pieced it in two days? Wow!! This quilt has a two-fold endearment: pieced and quilted by her sister out of her mother's fabrics. The colors and placement came out wonderful. Of course your mother was with you all the way letting you know which pieces to place where. That's why it has her personality in it.

osewme 09-23-2018 03:44 PM

What a beautiful memory quilt for your sister. She will be so pleased with it & the both of you will cherish it forever. So glad you were able to bring out your mother's personality through it.

MicheleC 09-23-2018 04:15 PM

The top you made looks great! What a precious thing to have as a memento.


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