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| Olivia's Memory Quilt |
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| Callum's Memory Quilt |
These Utility Quilts are a couple of the first quilts that I
did when I first got my Millennium longarm quilting machine. They are made of five inch patches of my
children’s clothing. There is every type
of fabric you can imagine - quilt weight cotton, denim, French terry, rayon,
fleece, t-shirt knits, corduroy - they both are backed with flannel. Some of the seams were quite bulky, so I had
to adjust my hopping foot.
Callum’s
quilt was done with the Musical pantograph by Anne Bright (he loves music and
plays the bass guitar) and for Olivia’s I used Wild at Heart by Jodi Beamish
(Olivia likes hearts).
A utility quilt is a functional quilt that usually contains
a simple pattern and few frills.
Memories
are stitched with love.
I often think that utility quilts are the best - they are the ones that get used and loved to pieces. The masterpieces usually stay in the cupboard or just get put on display!
ReplyDeleteEllen, I think you are right, these were just completed this last year and have already been washed a couple of times. Comfy, durable, and memories.
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