aneternalpoet

I have a friend, whose wife's father was tragically killed in December, just a few days before Christmas. My friend, Matthew, wanted me to make his wife/family a quilt using the father's old ( and some new ) flannel shirts, and cotton hankerchiefs ( the bandana kind ).. They live in Virginia, and though Matthew and I have known each other for soem years, we have never met in person - just online .. But as Matt explained the circumstances behind Doug's death, I knew I needed to at least try to make something out of the 30 plus flannel shirts, and as many hankerchiefs.. This photo is what those flannel shirts were, when Doug wore them. Each one , different in their useage, represented a father, husband, father in law, and grandpa's heart.. His family now, esepcially Matthew and Jessica, Caleb and Claire, have a memory quilt to wrap up in when they miss their pappa.. I was the blessed one to create this shirt, though it was like cutting up a persons life, and stitching it back together with my tears.. because I literally cried buckets when cutting apart each shirt, ripping off each button ( which were also used for parts of the quilt..
The body of the quilt top, are the shirts. The binding is from some of the hankerchiefs I cut into strips. And the smaller quilt, hanging in the other photo was the little memory quilt for Matt and Jess's two small children using the hankies which I cut into rectangles..