Remember When. . . we made a quilt?

One year I gave my sister in-law, Jo, a quilt. This quilt became the comfort quilt for all 7 children, as they would wrap themselves in it when they were scared or sick.  I repaired it until repairing was no longer an option. By this time I had started “Aunt Camp”, where the kids would come in twos overnight and do projects with me. Sewing was always on the agenda. Since they all sewed except the youngest, Trish, who was 3 or 4, it made sense to make a quilt together.  
 
Each child drew a design and then we worked together to convert that to an appliqued patch.   
 Zach - the jeep
Jed - oranges (his favorite color)
Ty - the horse (he had ridden with Uncle George)
Nich - a fire truck
Noah - a cross and scripture
Luke - a man bailing hay in back of a truck
Trish - herself with a pig

For the eighth square they each traced their hand, including their dad (who had to have a wedding ring), and I appliqued them down. Because it was a surprise we did not get Jo’s hand. The final, and my favorite square, was a family portrait Trish drew (she was in her abstract period).  Her brother and father were various shapes of color  while Trish and her mother had hair and arms and legs. It was awesome! 
 
The boys helped to assemble it and did some quilting. Jo was surprised to receive it at Christmas and the old comfort quilt was retired. Many years later they buried this quilt with their MeMaw in an incredibly sweet and moving gesture.

​Perhaps you have saved drawings that you would like to have preserved in a quilt?  Contact me and we can discuss it.