I made this quilt for my parents 60th wedding anniversary, over 10 years ago. Sent my brothers and sister, the in-laws and their offspring a square each and asked them to decorate any way they liked. One brother opted out, which left me 5 empties. So I made the family tree in the middle, embroidered the names on the leaves by hand, machine embroidered the dates and initials, that compensated for 4 squares. On the final square I copied the engagement photograph (as I had no wedding picture). The quilt still has pride of place in my father's bedroom.

What a beautiful piece of work - a work of art and lotsa love ... ***4u

This is fantastic. Bet you enjoyed every stitch. Glad it takes Pride of place for Dad. *4U

WOW !!!What an awesome idea, great job!Stefania

Beautiful. Quite an undertaking. Definately a family heirloom.

That was wonderful to have everyone contribute, no wonder your father is so in love with it! It's quite beautiful and I'll bet more so, if we knew as he does the significance of the squares.;)

How very special! I know that your parents loved it.

mops, what a lovely idea - I can see why you wanted to fill up the squares - you did a great job and I can see why it is cherished and treasured to this day - I do hope that all the family are pleased and honored with the use of it. *4U

what a nice idea mops & a gift that will last through generations. through the yrs 4 ea new pastor we've had at church we have done this with ea. fmly embr. sq with fmly membs. names by hand. then women of church quilted it. A big hit *4U

What a nice gift for the anniversary. I bet he does cherish it!

What an awesome idea. Sew gr8 to get all the extra help from others. Makes more personal for them. Nice to know it's still up. *4U ><>

What a great idea to do. I can imagine your father still looks at it every day. *4U

This is truly inspiring! roses 4U, M

Martine... you're amazing! You did a wonderful job! ;-)

3 comments

by mops 25 Apr 2008

Thanks Teri.

by shirlener88 25 Apr 2008

mops - is Martine your name?

by mops 26 Apr 2008

Yes, it is. I wanted to sign in with m followed by the first 3 letters of my surname, pos. Made a typing error and got mops instead. Have made many typing errors since..