the quilt

I finally finished the quilt for my sister and brother in law.  It has taken me 2 years.  It took me a year just to decide what pattern to do.  I pitched several ideas and never felt good about them.  It is made from the clothes of the daughter that died in the car accident.  She was 13, full of life.  I hope it will still have the same meaning for them, even after all this time. 

I didn't want it to be just another t-shirt quilt.  I wanted it to say something.  Her clothes were mostly solids, a few patterns, so I went and bought some patterns to include.  I tried to put colors together that fit together, but didn't necessarily match.  There is a color story, as your eye travels from one block to another, you should see a color that bonds them together.  I wanted it to be cheerful, full of good memories to cherish.  I think it is.

back

front

I did something I have wanted to try and never have.  I quilted it from the back.  I found this awesome print that looks like tie dye with butterflies. (it is actually a batik)  Savannah loved tie dye and she had several clothes with butterflies, so I figured she liked those too.  I machine quilted around the butterflies and then meandered between them, as if they were flying.  I'm still learning to keep my stitches an even length.  It is a lot harder then you think. 

It was truly a labor of love, mostly for my sis-in-law Heather, my BFF.  Hope it brings warm, happy memories.