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memory quilt question

I got all the blocks printed with the pictures for my mom' memory quilt. Now I have some green pants and a gray and white argyle lookinig sweater of my deceased father that I would like to use some way in the quilt. Do I need to stabilize the sweater someway or if I sew a strip of cotton, strip of sweater and another strip of cotton together as a block would that keep it from stretching badly?

There are five 8.5 x 11 pictures going into the quilt. One in the middle setting 11 x 8.5 with a picture of mom and dad. Then up above dad and to his left will be a 8.5 x 11 and to my mother's right will be a 8.5 x 11. To the bottom of my dad will be another 8.5 x 11 and to the bottom of my mom will be another 8.x 11. So there will be several blocks needed to fill in the missing pieces.

It will sort of look like this:

Pic 8.5 x 11 Need Block Here Pic 8.5 x 11

Block here ------Pic 11x8.5----------- Block Here

Pic 8.5 x 11 Block here Pic 8.5 X 11

The lines are representing the pictures. Sorry it is so lousy. Any ideas on what kind of blocks I could use with these clothes. The pants are cotton but the sweater is quite stretchy. They will be quite large blocks.

Thanks.

Helen

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hh
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I would fuse a piece of the sweater to some prewashed muslin, then perhaps make some sort of a 9 patch with the smaller pieces and some pants pieces. This way the sweater won't have a chance to stretch. Make sure that you zig zag along the edges before you piece. You should also quilt the sweater pieces well. Depending on how you were planning to quilt the quilt, you could also quilt the pieces first in perhaps a checkerboard pattern to make sure the sweater piece will lay quietly while you are sewing the rest of the quilt.

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Boca Jan

Do be sure, before you start, that you have washed the sweater under the same conditions as you would the quilt, so that any shrinkage will happen before it is incorporated into the quilt. It has probably been washed before, but it might have had delicate treatment! . In message , hh writes

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Patti

Hi Helen,

You will definitely need to stabilize the sweater. I'd suggest a medium weight iron-on stabilizer. It will give just the right amount of "stiffness" so you can work well with it.

Because the sweater is more bulky than the pants, I'd suggest a very simple block, or even two blocks of each one to fill in the other places of the large, elongated nine-patch. The goal is to focus on the pictures.

I'm sorry about the loss of your dad, always hard no matter when or where.

Loving greetings,

Lenore

Helen wrote: Now I have some green pants and a gray and white argyle lookinig sweater of

The pants are cotton

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Lenore L

Thank you all so much. You are always so helpful.

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hh

Since you seem to have got the photo technique sorted, would it work to use photos of the sweater instead, maybe including a photo of your father wearing it?

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That's a great idea but I don't have one.

Thanks.

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hh

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