So my great grandmother died very suddenly in September of this year. I luckily remembered in time that I’ve always wanted to make a memory blanket/quilt when something like this happens. I was able to get some of her clothes in time before they were donated. I decided I’d make one for my aunt (my great grandmothers only daughter). I just started on it for a couple hours this evening and this is what I’ve made so far!

Ignore that the edges are massively uneven that will get fixed when I go back to add the edges and the backing which is a soft blanket material that I’m going to add batting in between like an actual quilt. I’m not striving for perfection, and I’ve never made a quilt so this is a first for me. This is going to be a blanket though, just a small 5 x 6 or so blanket.

This is a row I’ve started:

Here is another piece that I haven’t added on yet because it’s going to be another row:

And this piece. This piece is very special because this heart material was her favorite shirt and was one of the last shirts she wore. I wanted to make sure that the blanket pattern was centered around this piece so this is for the middle of the blanket.