Memory quilts: Techniques and Design
I’m adding a new category to the blog- Memory quilts. A few years back , I saw one made for the local candy store merchant by one of his daughters. The quilt included fabrics and holiday napkins form the family stash and fabric photos of all the members. The quilt was devided into quarters, with each section devoted to his children’s families. The central medalion was devoted to his and his wife’s families and well as a couple of ancestors. It was a great concept and he had a wonderful time showing this piece off to every one who came into the store.
And yes, I live in a town small enought to have a candy store!
I’m still gathering ideas and techniques for the individual quilts for the next generation I’d like to make this year. So far I’ve gathered scout badges, a couple of smaller stuffed animals, outgrown halloween costumes, some baseball caps and well, you get the idea.
I have never tried the photo technique of printing family photos on fabric, but that seems like a great way to incorporate momentos
I did find this site from HP wich details how to pirnt your own fabric on a computer printer.
What I like about this technique is that this will allow me to incorporate images on colored fabrics more in tune with the overall look of the final quilt. I can download the High school logo, pictures of their hometown and text, but not be constrained by the real colors of the images. I can print these in black and white on violet calico. Okay maybe not on violet calico.
the only constraint seems to be that the technique works on ink jet printers and that I would have to limit myself to smaller images.
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