Pets on Quilts Show

This is a quilt made on commission by a mother for her daughter and SIL who have raised a number of German Shepards.  She wanted it to be a memory quilt of those pups sent to new homes and older dogs that had passed on.  She brought me a number of photos which we sorted for those that would best work on printing fabric.

I showed her some on-line samples to expain to a non-quiter what blocks and construction I was talking about.  With the use of EQ, she chose a log cabin setting as they own a beautiful log cabin home deep in the woods - of which mom brought pictures of.  Using that photo, we pulled scrappy greens and light browns.  She loved having a part in this planning process.

I chose a 'polaroid' block setting to frame the printed 'photos', the paw print block is their logo, and a block that is the label which the mother made up.  I printed an instruction sheet on how to write in the 'polaroid' white strips and then set the ink, supplied a special pen, care instructions.  This way the daughter could write in the names of the dog(s) in each photo - a way she could participate in the construction of this quilt.  

I received a lovely Thank You note from the Mom and beautiful letter from the daughter/SIL.  It was a pleasure to work on such a different memory quilt with this family.

*Entry in the Pet Theme Quilt Catagory*

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