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Make a Quilt Packed with Memories

Memory quilts come in all sizes and are made using a variety of different techniques. Some memory quilts are created with pictures printed on fabric. Others are constructed using special fabrics, or in a theme that commemorates the person, event or group that is being memorialized.

Your own quilt can be made to match a theme that's special to the person it's sewn for (or about). Working with the person's favorite colors or choosing novelty fabrics that include objects the person was (or is) fond of are two ways to create a special quilt. 

You might even decide to make a T-Shirt quilt in memory of a person, place or event. Susie used T-Shirts from walking and running fundraisers to make her breast cancer awareness quilt.

Friendship Quilt Variations

Friendship quilts can be can be classified as memory quilts, but they are usually sewn by friends and gifted to someone who is moving away or has suffered a loss of some kind.

Album quilt blocks, such as Album Churn Dash and Album Star, were originally designed as friendship quilt blocks. Both quilt blocks have a narrow strip that's large enough for a signature or short message. Other quilt blocks can be used in the same way -- my Patchwork Heart quilt block pattern has become a favorite friendship quilt.

Use Photos to Make Memory Quilts

Photos of family and friends are often an important part of a memory quilt. Today's printers make it easy to print colorfast photos on fabric with your own fabric or cuts that are prepared commercially.

Be sure to browse the Themed Quilts Photo Gallery, since many of those quilts are close cousins of memory quilts.