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<![CDATA[Memory Threads - Blog]]>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:54:27 -0500Weebly<![CDATA[UM baseball baby quilt]]>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:19:42 GMThttps://www.memorythreads.com/blog/um-baseball-baby-quiltI had the honor (and fun) or creating this quilt as a gift for a new baby. It's made from his father's UM baseball shirt, jacket, and his parent's wedding yarmulke. The goal: create a baseball themed baby quilt for their newborn that worked with the nursery colors gray and white. I think it turned out pretty fun, with a mix of clothing circles, and other circles resembling baseballs and umpire fabric. It is both machine quilted and hand tied to add more pops of orange. Hope the new parents and baby enjoy!

]]><![CDATA[Nick & 'Noles - Memorial t-shirt quilt]]>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:30:13 GMThttps://www.memorythreads.com/blog/nick-noles-memorial-t-shirt-quiltI can only imagine how difficult it must be to clean out the closet of a deceased loved one. What makes this quilt so special is that a group of women helped streamline the process for their friend by taking (with permission) his collection of college t-shirts and turning them into a quilt for her. The quilt combines his Florida State University shirts, his name on the bottom right corner, and an embroidered message from her friends on the back. I'm so glad to have played a part in this and hope the quilt brings a bit of comfort to her.

]]><![CDATA[First year clothing quilt]]>Fri, 11 May 2018 17:14:34 GMThttps://www.memorythreads.com/blog/first-year-clothing-quiltSeveral years ago I made a quilt with this design for a little girl. Now, I was lucky enough to make one for her younger sister. This memory quilt is filled with onesies, pjs, and even a unicorn costume! Her mom picked out hospital textiles and a few other recognizable items for the back. Such a sweet family. Repeat customers make this labor of love even more extra meaningful to me.

]]><![CDATA[Grandma's handkerchief "memory mini" quilt]]>Fri, 11 May 2018 16:49:35 GMThttps://www.memorythreads.com/blog/grandmas-handkerchief-memory-mini-quiltI'm going to admit that I'm a bit obsessed with this mini. I love the story behind it and I love the way it turned out. These handkerchiefs belonged to my client's grandmother and she contacted me to have them turned into a wall hanging for her mother. So...three generations of this family are involved in the making and receiving of this special keepsake. The majority of her grandma's hankies were solid white or cream colored with lace or embroidery. I used this to our advantage and created a design that highlighted the few colorful hankies without taking away from all the detail in the neutral hankies. This was done in time to be gifted for her mother's birthday. I hope she loves it.

]]><![CDATA[Memory Quilt Using Nursery Room Colors]]>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 16:06:32 GMThttps://www.memorythreads.com/blog/memory-quilt-with-nursery-room-colorsI have really dropped the ball on remembering to post my recent work but this quilt jogged my memory. I finished it just as the first day of spring was arriving and the colors of this quilt really did make it feel like winter was coming to an end. I love how this design incorporates both whole blocks of fabric and bordered blocks to help highlight some of the smaller images, while also repeating some fabrics. Can't wait for it to arrive at it's new home.

]]><![CDATA[November 09th, 2017]]>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 16:36:16 GMThttps://www.memorythreads.com/blog/november-09th-2017

75 gift ideas to stock your Hanukkah Pocket Banner Flags by Memory Threads

All of these gifts will fit in the large size pocket flags
and almost all will fit in the small pockets.
Have other ideas? I'd love to hear about them. Or post a photo and
tag @memorythreads on Instagram & Facebook

In absolutely no particular order.....

1-Silly putty

2-Nano bugs

3-small play dough

4-toy cars

5-Nerf bullets

6-Lego minifigures

7-crayons

8-temporary tattoos

9-bubbles

10-Pez dispensers

11-clues (for hidden gifts)

12-finger puppets

13-action figures

14-Shopkins

15-Grocery Gang

16-stickers

17-yoyo

18-My little pony

19-playing cards

20-bow tie

21-Swiss army knife

22-dollhouse accessories

23-plastic dinosaurs

24-nail art stickers

25-Unicef kid powerband

26-nail polish

27-hair barrettes

28-gift cards

29-Fitbit

30-luggage tag

31-keychain

32-chocolate gelt

33-lip gloss

34-jewelry

35-handmade coupons

36-bookmarks

37-harmonica

38-flash drive

39-earbuds

40-cell phone case

41-Playmobile figure

42-wine glass charms

43-wine bottle stopper

44-B'loonies

45-Kinder surprise egg

46-magnets

47-bath fizzies

48-hand lotion

49-pencil toppers

50-Japanese eraser set

51-mini LED flashlight

52-whiskey stones

53-cash

54-plastic army figures

55-Beyblades

56-mini Tabasco bottle

57-Wikki Stix

58-Poo-Pourri

59-socks

60-guitar picks

61-wind-up toys

62-colored smencils

63-baseball cards

64-Pokemon cards

65-fidget cube/spinner

66-headbands

67-magnet travel game

68-stress ball

69-light up shoelaces

70-tooth fairy envelope

71-ring pops

72-cuff links

73-charm bracelet

74-love notes

75-designer bandaids

]]><![CDATA[Memorial Memory-Minis]]>Tue, 19 Sep 2017 16:38:28 GMThttps://www.memorythreads.com/blog/memorial-memory-minis

It never ceases to amaze me how emotionally invested I become in projects without even knowing the people I am creating them for. This has never been more true than it was for my most recent project.

My client contacted me looking to have small wall hangings made for her niece and nephew of their mother's clothing. Their mother had recently died of lymphoma (see foundation info below). We based the design for each hanging off of one of the items listed in my Etsy shop but elaborated in order to incorporate as much clothing as possible. In addition, she sent me fabric photographs of the children with their mother to include and also requested a hand embroidered quote that her sister would say to her children at bedtime each night.

I sorted the clothing and decided which items to use in each hanging for the child's first initial, background, and border. It's amazing how many articles of clothing and memories are packed into each mini quilt. I truly hope that seeing these hanging on their walls each day will fill them with memories of happy times with their mother.

To honor the memory of this special woman, her family has created a foundation to raise money for causes that were close to her heart. I value many of these causes myself (education, arts, community) so I'm happy to share the link for any of you who are interested in supporting the Lisa Rego Horne Memorial Foundation. Or follow along on the Facebook page

]]><![CDATA[Memory quilt from mom & dad's clothing for their newborn baby]]>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:44:07 GMThttps://www.memorythreads.com/blog/memory-quilt-from-mom-dads-clothing-for-their-newborn-babyThis is a truly unique newborn baby gift because it's made for baby from mom and dad's meaningful clothing! In this case, the birds are made from wedding and bar mitzvah yarmulkes and the wings are textiles with shared importance to the couple like fabric from their first apartment together. The clothing bordering the birds is a combination of baby clothes, events, college and travel memories. The baby's gender is a surprise so I worked hard to keep it as gender neutral as possible.

]]><![CDATA[Onesie decorating - A side project]]>Wed, 17 May 2017 17:51:25 GMThttps://www.memorythreads.com/blog/onesie-decorating-a-side-projectI'm not the most organized type A person so usually when tasked with hosting a baby shower I grin and bear it. But everything changed when asked to help with my friend Samantha's shower. The mom to be was hoping to have a onesie decorating station where guests could craft and create tiny clothes for the newborn. I've seen this before with stencils and puffy paint and have always thought the results were less than desirable. There might be a few really cute ones but they'd be mixed in with a bunch of mess. I decided to do a few things differently for this gender neutral shower activity.

Samantha is a pretty holistic, all natural person. I thought it would look cute to have the clothes be different colors but I didn't want to use any harsh chemical dyes. I decided to try dyeing with natural ingredients like vegetables, fruits, and flowers. This site was a great resource. I basically turned our kitchen into a science lab and created dye after dye 24/7. I couldn't think of anything else and we ate really healthily that week so that I had a ton of onion skins and avocado pits to boil. The bright yellow - turmeric! How cool is that?

After the dyeing, I created a bunch of fabric applique shapes that people could adhere to the clothes. I also lined a bunch of fabric with adhesive paper so guests could create their own designs, which they did! This activity, both the prep, and the day of, was so much fun. Samantha is thrilled that her babe will be outfitted for his/her first year and now I don't have to cringe when asked to host a shower.

]]><![CDATA[Race Car Graduation Quilt]]>Wed, 03 May 2017 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.memorythreads.com/blog/race-car-graduation-quiltSome of my favorite quilts to make are quilts that will be gifted as a surprise. This giant, queen sized, quilt was just given as a college graduation present. It has approximately 50 (YES, 50!) t-shirts representing a ton of activities their son participated in since childhood. My client was hoping for the main colors to be red, white, and blue. Since so many of the shirts were white, I added red sashing, and blue binding. It's quilted with a flame pattern to represent his current passion, race car driving. I'm really pleased with the manly look we accomplished on this.

Thanks to the family for sharing this awesome photo of the big reveal.

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