Custom Memory Quilts
North Canton, OH
Michelle
Custom Memory Quilts are a great way to memorialize a loved one or to make use of clothing outgrown by a child.
The best items for quilting are woven cottons and cotton blends, like button down, oxford type shirts and twill, khaki type pants, or jeans... generally anything that’s not stretchy. Knit fabrics can also be used, like t-shirts & golf shirts, but generally require a stabilizer (interfacing) to avoid stretching or distortion. This changes the options for quilting patterns and adds to the time and expense of making a quilt. Even satins, silks, rayons, and other dressy fabrics can be stabilized and made into a quilt, but anything delicate that requires dry cleaning will require that the finished quilt be dry cleaned as well.
Sweaters are not suitable for quilts, but make wonderful throw pillows. I especially love Christmas sweater pillows! See some Christmas sweater pillows as well as Christmas ornaments made from clothing on my holiday items page.
Mini Hawaiian shirts - 4 lap size quilts:
Beautiful Blues - Rail Fence, lap size:
Dress Shirt and Khakis - Rail Fence, king size:
lap size:
Baby quilt from Great Grandma's clothing, with embroidery.
Pinwheels and House Dresses:
Red Wicker Basket:
Yellow Wicker Basket:
Blue Wicker Basket:
Blue Rail Fence:
Yellow Rail Fence:
Close-up:
Carhart quilt:
Blue Flannel Woven:
Gray Flannel Woven:
Brown Flannel Woven:
These 3 quilts were made for a mother and two daughters from their beloved husband/father's favorite shirts:
Pappy's Jeans:
Pappy's Khakis:
Mr. Minton's Sweetheart:
Cottage Coastal Windows:
Pastel Wicker Basket:
Hawaiian Windows:
Hawaiian Wicker Basket:
Hawaiian Sunrise:
Kansas State Big 12 Champs:
Kansas State Cotton Bowl:
Woven Taupe:
Woven White:
Woven Rail Fence:
Woven Rail Fence Detail:
Rail Fence Variation:
Woven Reds:
Woven Blues:
Colorful windows:
Ginger & Joe - front:
Ginger & Joe - back:
Woven Yellows:
"Wrapped in Your Love":
This scarf was made from the remnants of several shirts in the quilt pictured above:
Circuit Board:
Stripes and Solids:
Solids and Stripes:
Pinwheel Baby Quilt:
US Navy quilt:
NY Yankees (Mantle):
Tracey's Memories:
This fabric applique was created to represent a special earring, pictured below.
"My Greatest Blessings"
Pandas:
Close-up:
Gold Shirt Throw:
Golf Shirt Twin:
With quilting partner, Shelly:
Alejandra's Bright Woven Twin Quilt:
Alejandra's Dark and Light Woven Twin Quilt:
Emily remembers:
YANKEES (Jeter):
Red Sox:
WOVEN GRAY:
WOVEN KHAKI:
WOVEN BABY BLUE:
WOVEN SKY BLUE:
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Custom Memory Quilts
North Canton, OH
Michelle