Monday, April 18, 2011

Memory Quilt From Ties and Shirts- For Josephine From Her Father's Clothing...

I started on this quilt today for Josephine, who recently lost her father.
I have finally decided on using a strip method with a color gradient change using the ties and shirts.
All of the shirts are shades of pink and blue, which make it really easy to make a gradual color change...
Josephine gave me so many of her father's ties, all silk and very bright and beautiful. 
Before using ties I must open them up and fuse them to a backing to ensure they will be stable enough to last in a quilt... tutorial coming next...
Here are some pics of what I'm working with here... 
2recycled clothing quilt, memory quilt, tie quilt, custom memory quilt, alix joyal, mamaka mills, cool quilt
1recycled clothing quilt, memory quilt, tie quilt, custom memory quilt, alix joyal, mamaka mills, cool quilt
recycled clothing quilt, memory quilt, tie quilt, custom memory quilt, alix joyal, mamaka mills, cool quilt