Making Memories Through Quilts
Quilt made out of t-shirts.
This is a t-shirt quilt I made for my niece, Ashley, for her high school graduation. These are some of her favorite t-shirts from school and from vacations. Yellow is her favorite color so that was used for the background. The other bright colors… Continue Reading “Ashley’s T-shirt Quilt”
What a privilege it is to make someone a memory quilt. The loss of a loved one is a traumatic event, but then to turn over that loved ones special clothing to a quilter who will cut them into pieces, can also pull at… Continue Reading “Memory Quilts for Kathy”
It’s finished and it turned out great! This shows the first nine t-shirts for this event and was displayed at this year’s event – the 10th anniversary. This will now hang in the Indianapolis Ronald McDonald House.
Hello friends! Been busy but I wanted to show you what’s currently on my quilting frame. This will be on display at the 5k event this Saturday morning here in downtown Indianapolis. Then I will put the other quilt back on the frame –… Continue Reading “On the frame”
I’m back! Not quilting as much as I would like, but getting something accomplished. This is my best friends quilt while it was still on the quilting frame. I’ve actually completed it and will deliver it next week. It has some really wonderful t-shirts… Continue Reading “Martha’s t-shirt quilt”
I had the pleasure of creating this wonderful quilt made from baseball jerseys and t-shirts. Hunter has been playing baseball all the way through high school – thankfully his parents kept all those t-shirts and jerseys! As you can see in the pictures below,… Continue Reading “Hunter’s Baseball Jersey Quilt”
What great sailing t-shirts! And they made a beautiful quilt. This was made for Darcy who lives down in Florida – her boyfriend sails and these are his shirts. Just reading some of these shirts makes me want to sail in these regattas, too. … Continue Reading “Darcy’s Sailing T-Shirt Quilt”
Facts about the quilts I make: I only use the highest quality quilt fabrics for your keepsake quilt that has been purchased from quilt shops here in town and across the United States. I don’t use lower grade fabrics from local fabric stores or… Continue Reading “T-Shirt Quilt Information”
This quilt must have been the most wonderful Christmas gift a wife and mother could have received. Sundesh’s father recently passed and he set aside some of his dad’s favorite t-shirts. These were made into a lap size quilt and he gave it to… Continue Reading “Sundesh’s mothers quilt”
This is my annual donation quilt – the Y-Flyer Nationals quilt. My husband, Kevin, and I have sailed Y-Flyers for over 30 years. Every year the nationals regatta is held at a local sailing club. Hosting the nationals is expensive and this is my… Continue Reading “2013 Y-Flyer Nationals Quilt”
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