Mom's Quilt

Christopher's artwork

Elizabeth's hand print

 This is a quilt that I started about a year and a half ago, and just now finished.  It's not that it was that hard, it's just that I didn't make time to make something for myself until now.  It's special because I painted all the kids' hands and put their hand prints on fabric squares to sew into the quilt.  Also, I used fabric markers to trace pictures out of a coloring book onto fabric squares and then let the kids color them with the fabric markers.  I actually had to redesign the quilt when I decided to put it together the other day, because when I got all the squares ready, Archer wasn't even expected, so I had to add him in, even though his year is different from the others.  I used a lot of blue in this quilt, not because it's my favorite color, but because I have TONS of it in my stash.  Apparently I am most attracted to blue fabrics when I don't have specific project in mind, but visit the fabric department anyway.  I also used scraps of fabric that have some special meaning to me.  There are pieces from dresses I've made Elizabeth, the boys' baby quilts, my Easter dress I made this year, quilts I've made for my husband, pajamas I made for the big boys, and even a piece that came from MY baby quilt.



Libba's artwork, Archer's footprints, and special fabric in the border























A similar quilt made for a friend