16+ Memory Quilt Ideas and Patterns

In a sense, every quilt we make is a keepsake quilt. They're each selected with care, time and energy poured into very stitch. But the art of "keepsake quilting" itself involves certain additional processes and steps that "regular" quilting doesn't.

Any quilt can be a memory quilt, but memory quilts are certainly not just any quilt! That's why we put together this fabulous collection of 16+ Memory Quilt Ideas and Patterns.

The idea of a keepsake quilt pattern is to take something already beloved, but perhaps nearing the end of its days, and transform it into something new.
 
Keepsake quilting involves t-shirt quilts, photo quilts, and more, all of which you can find on this page. This could be anything from old baby clothes to the "ironic t-shirts" your kid couldn't get enough of in high school and college to a photo quilt with wedding pictures. The quilt turns a memory into something you can hold.

So whether you're reusing fabric from an item of clothing or a set of sheets that has personal significance, whether your photos are black-and-white or taken with a digital camera, you've got it.

We've put together a list of our very favorite photo quilt patterns, memory quilts from clothing, and t-shirt quilt patterns that are guaranteed to become instant treasures. 


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