The quilt I chose to share for the
festival is the first quilt I ever attempted to put together (it's not even top-stitched), but has the most sentimental value. I made it for my mom - each patch is heat transferred pictures of our family (They all bring back memories of some pretty funny vacations and/or stories of our family while growing up). There are also a couple pictures from my parent's wedding and of them when they were younger.
The top row consists of a square dedicated to each of the five children in my family with an "S" in the corner for "Stuetz" (my maiden name). The colors match the colors of my parent's room (the back of the quilt is a forest green). The quilt is completely different than anything else I've ever done, but it makes me smile every time I see it because of the memories it evokes.
Visiting from Amy's Fall Quilt Festival. Thanks for sharing your special quilt. --Julia
ReplyDeleteI love the initials and all the photos. Great quilt! Thanks for sharing your quilt's story :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat gift and I am sure it will always make you smile. Sentimental value is a high value to the heart of the one holding that sentiment. Love Lois
ReplyDeleteI love quilts that just bring a smile. You will have this one forever to remember wonderful times.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting way to show off some family history.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great photo quilt filled with memories.
ReplyDeleteAngie - www.craftedAngles.com
What a wonderful keepsake!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great memory quilt! What method did you use to transfer the photos? I'm looking for a good way to do this for an upcoming quilt.
ReplyDeleteIt's a bunch of color copies onto heat transfer paper and then a hot pressing machine onto the fabric. You can print out the copies yourself from your computer, but usually iron-on doesn't last as long or wash as well as heat pressing it. If you're doing it yourself don't forget to invert the pictures otherwise they'll all be backwards when you press it onto the fabric. :) I worked at a copy center, so that's where I did everything.
ReplyDeletewhat a great memory quilt! I have yet to try photo transfer paper, but someday I will!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way of showing your photos. Too often we forget to look at photo albums, this way they're out on show ready to make you smile.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful memory quilt!
ReplyDeleteHi. You kindly visited my blog and posted a comment about my landscape quilt that I entered in the BQF, but i couldn't trace an email eddress to reply to, so i hope this gets to you OK! Thanks for visiting and commenting, and I love your photo quilt - I bet your parents do too! A lovely gift
ReplyDeleteOh, this quilt is such fun!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt looks wonderful and I can see the pleasure it will bring to family members!
Congrats on winning :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice keepsake quilt! Thanks for sharing it:)
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful quilt! love those kinds of super, super special ones. thanks for sharing and have a great day
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