one reason i made (and still make) quilts is to honour someone
the 2 quilts in this post were made to honour my parents
folk art flowers
i made this quilt as an expression of love for my mother – i started it just before she died from cancer in 2002, and finished it about 2 months later
she was a very thrifty lady, so i used mostly scraps and remnants from my stash
it helped me cope as i grieved
[hand appliqued, hand quilted, machine assembled; original design inspired by roberta horton’s free-cut applique methods and gwen marsden’s liberated log cabin ideas]
dad’s quilt
i never gave this quilt a name – it’s always been known as ‘dad’s quilt’
this photo shows it hanging in the old church i initially rented to operate as a gallery and studio (to find out more about that, click here)
it tells the story of his life and is in bright colours because he liked them (i also made a book to go with it)
he proudly put it on his bed in his new house and showed everyone who came to visit
in this photo, we had just shown it to him for the first time – it still hadn’t been quilted
he died last november, and the quilt is still on his bed while we wait for his house to sell
lots of good memories …
p.s. – a lovely thing happened about 2 years after my mother died
her quilt was commissioned as a project for a quilting magazine
it also appeared on the cover

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