My Dads' Shirts

My dad passed away 3 years ago. As my mom went through his clothes, there were some shirts that she just didn't want to get rid of! When she came to visit me, she brought them along and we started makeing a quilt for her and all of my siblings out of the shirts. We added pictures of dad with each of us, his Forest Service patches and even the pockets with a copy of the last 3x5 card with his list of 'things to do'. I am adding sayings that both mom and dad used to tell me like "Build Memories","True happiness is living the gospel", "Leave it cleaner than you find it" "Happiness is not always doing what you like, but liking what you do".

 Now Mom is hand quilting each of them for us. this will be something that will be treasured forever. I will post mine when it is completed.

Below - This is the first one she completed, with pictues of her and Dad.

Doing Business

I have decided to try my hand at starting a quilting business. Combining a skill I enjoy with helping our family income. I will be doing "Memory Quilts" in the form of pictures, t-shirts and hand prints. Here are a few pictures of pictures quilts I designed. You can see more at http://www.jolenescreations.com/

Picture Quilt

For my parents 50th wedding anniversary I made this quilt filled with pictures of my mom and dad and then each of their 5 children and their families. We presented it while celebrating with them in Branson, MO. Mom and Dad's picture are in red, then each child has their own color scheme.

Mom and Dad have it displayed on their wall in the front entry of their home.

Memory quilt

I was asked to do this quilt for this lady who took it to her aged grandmother over sees. She designed the quilt with bright colors and big pictures for the nursing home her Grandmother stays in.

Memory Quilt

When I was working on a 50th Anniversary Quilt for me parents, I used the scraps from the paper I printed the pictures on to print small pictures of the first 25 years Dave and I have been married. this is the quilt I came up with for us. It is really considered a scrap quilt because the material I used is from material scraps I have used over the last 20 + years. It is a fun quilt to recall and share memories. The Grandkids enjoy finding their parents when they were young as well.

This is just a close up of the quilt blocks. As you can see it is a very simple quilt to put together.