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02-11-2010, 03:18 PM
#41
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Rymer, My heart goes out to you. We have all lost loved ones and the pain and grief takes time. When you are ready there are so manny ideas that have already been shared. I met a woman who lost her nephew at a young age. His mother had kept his T-shirts. It was a real challenge for me to cur them, organize them and them create a memory quilt for her sister. I used stabilizer on the pieces to control the stretching as I sewed.
02-11-2010, 04:34 PM
#43
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For my bear pattern I just used a McCalls or Simp. pattern and cut the shirt apart and layed the pattern on it the way the pattern of the shirt ran.then sewed it like the pattern said.I had enough left for a little hat and used the buttons.The jacket was plaid so it made acute bear but has my dad's smell.I will always treasure it. Good luck Dot
02-11-2010, 04:44 PM
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I am sorry for your loss in the last 6 years i have lost 2 uncles and my grandmother all whom i was very close too and I still can't bring myself to go to the cemetery it hurts too much. I have a shelf in my living room on my entertainment center that is devoted to my grandma and has some of her things and a couple of pictures on it. I talk to her picture all the time. My heart goes out to you and your family.
I also found this site that may help you .
http://www.forevergreenquilts.com/me...uilt-tips.html LOL, Julie
I also found this site that may help you .
http://www.forevergreenquilts.com/me...uilt-tips.html LOL, Julie
02-11-2010, 05:01 PM
#46
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I like what quilter jode said. I saved a small piece of my son's favorite blanket when he was a baby (it was practically falling apart). I am planning on making a bear and binding the edges with blanket binding to be the blankee for the bear for my son's first child. A memory of my son with something new. When my daughter was ill I made her a small fabric scrapbook square. It was a nine-patch with each section sewn with something different she liked or did. I cut her prom dress, a swatch from a dress when she was little, varsity letters from school, etc. Perhaps a memory quilt would be good - the fabrics could be used as background and you could applique onto it.
02-11-2010, 05:04 PM
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I think the bear idea is really good. Even tiny bits and pieces can be used to make book and journal covers, maybe you could even make a memory book, with photos and stories. Working on these memory projects will be challenging....but you will know in your heart when you are ready.
02-11-2010, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by JUNEC
I am in the same situation. My mom died a year old. She was diagnosed with alzheimer's and came to live with us the last 2 yrs of her life. I am probably going to use some of her clothes in several quilts, but will try similar fabrics in sample blocks first. I was also thinking about transfering pictures onto fabric to incorporate into the final quilts.
I am trying to get over my drepression over over her death before I start
I am trying to get over my drepression over over her death before I start
02-11-2010, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Rymer
Hi everyone
2 yrs ago in March my brother passed away. When he died, I took all of his clothes in the hope of someday making some either wall hangings or lap quilts for me and my family w/ them. there isn't enough to make full size quilts. problem is, he was a very hard working man, hard on his clothes and all he really had were sweatshirts, t shirts, and some hawaian print shirts. I just don't know what kind of pattern I can make w/ this stuff. I'm not sure I'm ready to cut his stuff just yet, his death was very painful for me but I wanted to get some ideas in my head. any thoughts? should I sew the clothes to a piece of muslin first?
and for those of you who have made such memory quilts....do you use them? display them? I guess I won't know what I will want to do with it until I make it and see how it makes me feel. I have his robe, which still smells like him. I want to put that into a quilt, but man I don't think I could possibly ever cut that up. how do you bring yourselves to do it?
2 yrs ago in March my brother passed away. When he died, I took all of his clothes in the hope of someday making some either wall hangings or lap quilts for me and my family w/ them. there isn't enough to make full size quilts. problem is, he was a very hard working man, hard on his clothes and all he really had were sweatshirts, t shirts, and some hawaian print shirts. I just don't know what kind of pattern I can make w/ this stuff. I'm not sure I'm ready to cut his stuff just yet, his death was very painful for me but I wanted to get some ideas in my head. any thoughts? should I sew the clothes to a piece of muslin first?
and for those of you who have made such memory quilts....do you use them? display them? I guess I won't know what I will want to do with it until I make it and see how it makes me feel. I have his robe, which still smells like him. I want to put that into a quilt, but man I don't think I could possibly ever cut that up. how do you bring yourselves to do it?
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