Learning how to make a memory quilt is a great way to acknowledge all the wonderful activities of our friends and families. From new babies and milestone birthdays to sports achievements, memory quilts really make an heirloom that can be treasured.
I know people that just sew, who take clothing of a loved one that has passed on and cut them up into squares, sew them together to make pillows or coverlets for relatives of the loved one. What a nice way to remember someone dear to you.
Memory quilts can be made with transferred pictures, or just signatures of participants.
They can be made as small as a 24x24 table topper or as a wall hanging and if the quilter has a large family full of memories a large quilt will fill the bill. Some families organize a reunion every year and they plan to have each family write a note about their individual family, maybe add a group picture. Planning this ahead of time is critical.
Today families are spread out over the country, so sending out quilt blocks for these signatures can be a chore and must be done with consideration of the time needed to get all the bocks back to the quilter in time to assemble them into the quilt. A good way to do this is have all the attendees to the reunion sign the blocks at the reunion, so that it gives the quilter lots of time to get it done for the next reunion.
A baby memory quilt is a fun way to make a quilt that the baby will have forever and hopefully pass down to the next generations.
A birthday memory quilt is a fun way to acknowledge a milestone in someone's life.
Memory quilts can be made as simple as 6 inch squares sewn together or a complex as a hunter's star pattern.
If the quilter is going to have signatures on the squares, the proven method of marking these squares is using ironing freezer paper to the back side of the square to give the fabric stability.
The signatures should be written with permanent fade proof pens, there are many of these pens on the market today.
Photo transfers are a fun way to memorialize a family members life from baby to adult.
Photo transfers are much better now than they were, in the past the result was not so good for a quilt project. Now there is fabric that you run through your computer printer to transfer the picture to. This method is so much better and the end result is a soft square with a good picture on it.
So if you are interested in making a memory quilt there are so many resources on the web and in magazine to draw from. Its so special to make one of these memory quilts, to keep forever.
Jessie Pedersen is an avid and experienced quilter of over 10 years. She has made over 250 quilts of all sizes, patterns and types. She has come out with an step by step ebook, How To Make A Quilt. For more quilting advice, check out her quilt blog today!
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