Back on Dec 19th, just before Christmas, I first heard from Becca regarding a large family project. Joan & I have now contracted to do a set of three t-shirt memory quilts for her mother, Margaret, and the daughters, Becca & Allison. The goal is for each one to have a quilt that is sized to fit at least a double bed. Joan will design and piece the quilt tops & I will longarm and bind them. Work will begin in mid-January. Feb 12: This weekend, Becca was in Greensboro with her mom. Margaret. They got all the shirts selected and organized for Becca's quilt.Feb 20: Margaret will mail Becca's shirts to Joan this week.Feb 23: Joan received Becca's shirts the same day I received Margaret's quilt.
May 01: Joan will ship today - oops! I must go out of town. May 04: Joan will ship today. LOL May 09: The quilt top is here. Joan, this is so pretty & so beautifully pieced. Another masterpiece. My hat is off to you for this is NOT an easy quilt top to make. I invite you to share just what all is involved in making a memory quilt from well worn t-shirts. I need to prepare the backing & get this loaded while Becca is selecting her IQ pattern. I have been warned to be super careful when/if I must iron any of this so I am going to try to avoid it. May 10: Decided to hold this until June and continue my May break from longarming. May 18: Becca made her final choice of Modern Squares for her IQ pattern. June 04: Binding is ready. June 05: Backing is ready. June 11: Loading. June 12: Quilting. June 13: Still quilting... June 14: Still quilting...so many memories, so many years, so much work -- worth it to take my time on this. QUILTED! Now on to the binding. June 22: Squared the quilt to prepare it for binding. The binding is attached. Hand work is all that is left to do. July 05: Hand binding & thus the quilt is finished. Will ship tomorrow.
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Joan Taylor
4/28/2012 03:04:59 am
Believe it or not, this will be out the door soon...it has been a challenge in and of itself and I have had some difficult family issues to deal with in the bargain. SO I'm picking off loose threads and putting the last strips together so that it will be shipped to Linda on Monday! Yippee!!
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Linda Lovett
4/28/2012 03:38:07 am
Congratulations! Can't wait to see your masterpiece!
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Linda Lovett
5/3/2012 10:40:30 pm
Looks like family issues are rampant. I had to go out of town to help cover the shops due to a sudden death in the family. I asked Joan to not ship until I got back so the shipping delay is my doing. Soon, Becca!! Very soon.
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Dorothy Wonder
6/13/2012 08:20:25 am
Hats off to both Joan and Linda. You gals do such beautiful work. Well, yes family issues are on the rise!!!!!!! Keep up your beautiful spirits!!!!
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Joan
6/14/2012 05:27:55 am
Is it giving you a fit?
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Linda Lovett
6/14/2012 07:08:12 am
Not in the least. Just a lot of interruptions this week so I do a row here and a row there. I sent you can email that it is perfect and a dream to quilt.
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Linda
6/14/2012 07:09:19 am
Basting the bottom edge is next and then will quilt the last row and a part row.
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Joan
6/14/2012 09:52:25 am
Looks fantastic! Great job.
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Linda
6/14/2012 12:21:07 pm
Thank you. Your work made mine easy and enjoyable.
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Becca
6/15/2012 12:53:37 pm
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Margaret
6/15/2012 12:54:27 pm
This is so incredible! What a fantastic keepsake. Thanks so much for all your hard work.
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