As I have been quilting quite a bit lately, a new idea came to my mind a few months back. A Memory Quilt for my Mom and Dad’s anniversary. It turned out better than I expected and packed full of fun memories.
With 8 children, my parents have been through a lot, together for 53 years. I thought it would be fun to get all the siblings to donate fabric for a family quilt. They all came through. Here is a photo of my family below, I am the baby of the family, the cutest one on the bottom right. This was taken sometime in the 80’s. I love the hairstyles and brown coordinated clothing.
The 10×10 squares were quilted, stitched, ironed on, and fun printed fabric. Each square represents a memory, something about us, or something fun about my mom and dad. Here are just a few of them explained:
- We used to own chickens
- We love to play PIT
- My mom makes the best chocolate chip pancakes
- My mom plays piano and sang in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- My dad loves to read Louis L’amour books
- My dad has taken us all out fishing on his trolling boat
- “Good Kid Money” my dad would give us
- M&M’s my dad loves to give to the grandkids
- A large squirrel caught in the house by Jared
- Ice Cream is a big part of the Holt house, especially homemade
- My dad used to pull our loose teeth out with pliers! Talk to my sister Steph about that one!
My sister and I presented the top portion to my mom and dad, then we got out my mom’s quilt frames and tied it all together. I am so excited for how it turned out. Thank you to all my loving family for helping me put this fun idea together. Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad.
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What a treasure. I love it and you guys did a terrific job. Thanks for sharing your ‘history’ …… the cute one on the right.
I love that!! Your so crafty Marie.
This turned out amazing!!! Can’t wait to see it in person. The tooth one is awesome. (Meriel, if you’re reading, your squares turned out so great!)
Marie – it looks great!! I’m so glad they enjoyed it.
That was SO thoughtful! Your parents will undoubtedly cherish this gift forever!!
Your quilt looks great! I have been thinking about memory quilts a bit lately – Thanks for sharing and the inspiration.
What a nice thing for them to cherish. It is beautiful!
Hey Marie, we’re living in the modern world of computers again (I’ve got a TON of blogging updating to do!). I love how your memory quilt turned out – what an awesome idea; so clever and thoughtful! It looks like your parents loved it!
What a wonderful gift! Great idea. You did a fantastic job!
It looks awesome, Marie! What a wonderful gift!
What a beautiful quilt and amazing gift idea.
What a lovely idea.
Beautiful…what a great way to honor your parents!
marie, that is an awesome idea! I love it, how do you have all this time? You are so great! Love reading your blog for all your ideas. I tried the crayon water things my kids LOVE them! They want to take baths everyday….awesome! Thanks! We all need to get together one of these days it would be so much fun!
It turned out beautiful and even better everyone will want to use it when they come over and look over it and remember the great times as a family. So thoughtful
Thanks everyone!! I had a lot of fun putting it together. I now get to go to my parents and enjoy it anytime.
i bet they loved it! it is so cute. what a fun project!
WoW!
This is stunning!