In Memory of Dave...

A while ago I blogged about a dear friend at church dying

and how I offered to make a quilt for his wonderful widow,

also a dear friend, from some of his shirts.

Well....

it is finished!

I had had the shirts for quite some time,

but between shoulder issues,

other time commitments, etc.

it has taken a while to get this finished.

I can't wait to give this to my friend.

My friend gave me 8 cotton shirts and two t-shirts for this quilt.

Amazingly, the cotton shirts really worked well in this design.

The top is completely made from the 8 shirts, binding and all.

 

She also gave me this patch and asked if I could incorporate it into the quilt.

He was retired Navy and very active in our local Navy League.

The back of the quilt is made almost entirely from his shirts, too.

I had to add the blue at the top and the bottom to make it large enough.

I had something happen while making this quilt that had never happened before now.

When sewing the binding in place,

I came to the end and had made the EXACT amount needed...

I didn't trim a thread from it....

Perfect!

(Only because it was Divine intervention.)

 

Dave was one of the most faith-filled people I know

and it means so much to have this t-shirt in his quilt.

(I'll remove the threads... AGAIN....before giving it to my friend.)

This quilt was made following this pattern.

It was an honor and a privilege to know such a 

wonderful man. 

We miss him.

Happy Friday!

Happy Quilting!