Flutter Duo Memorial Quilts

One of my absolute biggest fears when working on a memorial quilt is losing the clothes or finished quilt during the shipping process. I’ve been shipping handcrafted items to family, friends, clients, charities as well as through swaps for a little over 10 years and I’ve only (knock on wood) lost 1 package. It wasContinue

Graduation Dorm Memory Quilt

Using EQ8 to plan my collage style t-shirt quilt commissions has been a life changer! I set my quilt width to accommodate for columns that will finish at 16″, 14″, 12″ & 10″ wide. I then go through each item and determine the smallest size it could be cut down to without losing any ofContinue

Grandpa’s Subversive Trio of Memorial Quilts

I recently had the honor of accepting a commission for a trio of straight set t-shirt memorial quilts for 3 grandkids. Grandpa was known for his grumpy shirts and the young adult grands went through his collection and each came up with a pile that reminded them of his witty banter. Upon going through theContinue

Improv Memorial Quilts

It’s always an honor to receive a commission for a memorial quilt and this one was double the honor as I would be making 2 different quilts from the same shirts. The client described her father-in-law as a lover of mid-centry modern aesthetics and loud Hawaiian print shirts. We looked at several patterns that giveContinue

Ranger Memorial Quilt

My most recent commission piece is a memorial quilt to honor a man who served in the United States Army as a Ranger as well as the FBI. The client wanted a simple straight set t-shirt quilt, although all of the clothing items are actually sweatshirts and sweatpants. I can work with just about anyContinue

Dottie Memorial Quilt

I was recently commissioned to create 14 memorial quilts for 1 family. The first quilt I finished was Checkmate for the husband. The last quilt in the series uses the remaining denim shirts in the wardrobe paired with a complimentary color scheme using a bright & cheerful yellow. This pattern calls for 11 articles ofContinue

Tapestry Memorial Quilt

I was recently commissioned to create 14 memorial quilts for 1 family. The first quilt I finished was Checkmate for the husband. Lucky 13 in the series combines denim shirts with bright stripes and plaids. This pattern calls for 12 articles of clothing. The background & borders are ash from Kona Solids by Robert Kaufman FabricsContinue

Mosaic Memorial Quilt

I was recently commissioned to create 14 memorial quilts for 1 family. The first quilt I finished was Checkmate for the husband. The twelfth quilt in the series aims for a traditionally masculine palette of red, brown, sage & khaki shirts with a bit of blue. This pattern calls for 20 articles of clothing. TheContinue

Fat Quarter Fizz Memorial Quilt

I was recently commissioned to create 14 memorial quilts for 1 family. The first quilt I finished was Checkmate for the husband. The eleventh quilt in the series uses all of the pastel nightgowns, some scraps leftover from a few shirts used in previous quilts in this series and several white button down shirts. TheContinue

May Flowers Memorial Quilt

I was recently commissioned to create 14 memorial quilts for 1 family. The first quilt I finished was Checkmate for the husband. The tenth quilt in the series uses striped shirts with orange as a common color carried throughout. This pattern calls for 5 articles of clothing. Not included in the above picture is aContinue