Our oldest daughter’s former college roommate asked me to make a memory quilt from her mother’s tee shirt collection. Of course, I agreed. How could I not, she is like another daughter to us.

I didn’t want the typical memory quilt with tee shirt squares with the slogan on each block. These were primarily solid tee shirts without funny sayings, logos, sports teams, or vacation memory shirts. I have made that quilt.

I made this one for a grand daughter after she graduated high school.

This tee-shirt quilt was for Christmas 2005 for our youngest daughter. It was made from her childhood vacation tee shirts. I added in a few photos and framed them all black Kona cotton.

For this quilt, which was for my husband, I used many of his favorite retired tees. I added some upcycled plaid cotton, for interest. I framed them out in navy Kona Cotton solids.

I needed a new idea using smaller blocks for this one. I scrolled through my quilt portfolio and wondered if this jumbo hexagon Honeycomb quilt design would work.

Below is a fun construction video if you want to see how this hexagon quilt went together. Feel free to ask questions. This was definitely a memento mori project. Grab a tissue, turn your volume up and sing along.

You can watch this video below on my Instagram feed if you can’t see it below on your device. My Instagram is theoriginalsewfrench.
I had NO idea this wouldn’t work for everyone until I got messages!

This is definitely the most huggable t-shirt quilt I have ever made. Quilted full of love, making it into a giant hug for Holly, from her momma, for whenever she needs it. I think this idea worked! What do you think???

To Holly With Love

Honeycomb
~a jumbo hexagon memory quilt~

115 3.5″ (side measurement) hexagons

machine pieced, machine quilted

52″ x 72″

November 2024