Jessica's Memory Quilt

I made this quilt out of volleyball jerseys, cheerleading tops,T-shirts, sweatshirts, and a varsity letter representing my daughter Jessica's activities from childhood thru college and young adulthood.  

It was pieced using the collage style arrangement.  I thought this caused the eye to look more for the individual components to the quilt.  It was machine quilted using both free motion as well as walking foot designs on my domestic machine.  

Dimensions of the quilt are 58" X 70".  

The beautiful backing fabric was also used for binding.

Smith Farm Pumpkins

Sitting atop our fireplace mantel

I made this quilt to place behind my vintage window sash.  The top part is pieced from an autumn fabric from my stash.
The middle part with the wagon and tractor were copied from photos onto fabric.  The tractor is an Oliver model, which is the model my father-in-law used while farming outside Kirksville, MO.  
The bottom pumpkin patch is a combination of pumpkins cut from an autumn fabric using broderie perse applique as well as ones cut from various gold and orange fabrics.