Quilt Heirlooms

I am sorting through my children's books. I am packing up the ones we want to donate and setting aside the ones we want to keep.

There are many!

I came across Patricia Polacco's The Keeping Quilt.

It made me wonder about MY quilts.

Three of the latest quilts...
all old tops that were recently machine quilted.

Will they be passed down? Will they be blankets that start a conversation about the great-great-grandmother who made them? Will they be discarded and forgotten and eventually sold at an Antique Quilt Market?

Three more..
T-shirt quilts and simple squares

Right now my children love the quilts we have around the house. Each child has a quilt that I made especially for them. Each one is personal.

I love making quilts.

Follow your passion and you will find your purpose

Quilts for the Twins

I am almost finished the commission quilts for a set of twins.

Basically, I am making a bar quilt using their baby clothes. Since they are twins and very close, I added a piece of fabric in each of their quilts from the other sister.

The black polka-dot binding fabric is perfect for
the bright and busy quilt top

At the end of June, the twins, their mom and I met at Sew Sisters and the girls chose the fabric for the in-between vertical strips. As expected, each girl chose a fabric that reflected her personality.

The girls drew lovely drawings which I transfered onto cotton and used as their labels.

I want to have them delivered before I leave for Europe....that's soon!