HQ Day 86 - Memory Quilt

Its Saturday and its Day 86 - so hard to accept this.  I really thought, when I started counting these days, that the 42 blocks I had cut out would be more than enough for my Coronaville.  Now here I am at Day 86 and the number of new cases in SC hit an all time high yesterday!  Inwardly I thought it was getting better, until the outwardly news brought me back to reality.  Hospital cases for SC and NC are up, and from what I heard on the news, its starting to get bad in NY as well.  I may have enough houses when we finally come to Phase III for the front and back of the quilt. :(

This week I have been working on a memory quilt for a sweet friend that I go to church with.  Her mom died in October 2019 and Barbara asked me to make her a quilt from her mother's clothes back in March of this year.  I told her to gather up the clothes she would like me to use, and maybe some jewelry or other things of her mothers she would like me to use.  A few days later, we were all under Stay-at-home orders, and she brought me a big trash bag full of the things she wanted me to use.  She laid them down on my porch while I kept my 6  ft distance and we talked.  That seems like a decade ago now.  I got very busy making face masks and really just did not get started on it until two weeks ago when I started working out a plan.  I finished it today, and hope to give it to her tomorrow.

It measures 54" square, made of 7 1/2" blocks.   All the fabrics are from dressy blouses,  a sweater and some knit type casual shirts.  She included one pair of slacks.

This block was a turtle neck sweater and the turtle neck was a very pretty cable knit while the rest of the sweater was  straight knit.  I was able to get a 6" heart out of the turtle neck.

 I added this necklace that Barbara included, leaving the necklace in tack with the remaining chain behind the heart.  It has a pretty diamond and I believe its a baby ring.  I am not sure the significance of the baby ring but I felt it belonged on the quilt and looked so pretty against the red sweater.

 I thought, someday, someone may want that necklace as a memory of their great grandmother.

I hand embroidered this block with her Mom's name, date of birth and death.  Barbara told me she always called her Mom and I included a little saying "Always in my mind, forever in my heart."
















I had this fabric in my stash and thought it made a good backing for the quilt.

I hope to give it to her tomorrow.