The life of Granny Boyd. This is a quilt of love....her family. It starts at the top left corner when she was 15 years old and captures her life until the recent picture in the bottom left corner. The bottom right is her family a year ago. There are collages of many pictures of her husband (PaPa), 3 children, 7 grandchildren, 3 greatgrandchildren and their families.
The photos for this quilt were so thoughtfully selected my James' daughter. Her father is currently under Hospice care and she wanted this quilt to reflect the wonderful man he has always been to their family. 
Nyshea and her sister and daughter want to give their mother a wonderful Christmas. This quilt is made up of all of them from baby pics til recent. Nyshea said she wanted something to express to their mother know how much they love her. The label on the back has their personal message to her. 
This is an extra large quilted pillow sham. It was made from tshirts Jill's mom found after she had me make a tshirt quilt (#26) for Jill. Minnie Mouse is the inside flap (her little sweatshirt) of her "envelope" style sham. It will be great for either stuffing with a pillow or blanket or momentos. Jill's mom got excited this summer about having special gifts made for her daughter. It was fun making her Christmas more meaningful.
Wayne is a man that loves his family and nature. His passion is hunting and fishing. At this time he is struggling with cancer. Hopefully this quilt will bring him comfort. The pictures include him as a baby with his grandparents through pictures of him with his grandchildren. Wednesday, Dec.23rd Wayne left this earth to be with Jesus and his daughter at 6:20 this morning. 
Although their family is like most moving away from their hometown, they all remain close at heart. They all have a special place in their hearts for their little sister Jamie (3rd picture in the second row) who died of cystic fibrosis when she was young. 
This family has such fond memories of their parents and their upbringing. Darrell's wife, Teresa, had fun helping with these quilts. Darrell felt his Dad was watching and chuckling as he and Teresa tied the knots on this quilt.
Abby's daddy had surgery a couple weeks ago and is in critical condition. This quilt will hopefully help bring comfort to Abby while her Daddy is in the hospital. She is 4 years old.
Jackson's grandma wanted to create a heirloom for her first grandson. You can feel the love of all his family during his first year of life. This quilt has pictures of all his family members and all his "firsts". Everyone loves Jackson but Grandma's love is beyond words.
Margaret is a patient with Good Home Shepherd Home Health & Hospice. She has the most beautiful smile. Her daughter said she loved bright colors and loves zinnias. I feel very blessed to have made this for her as she is in her final days of life. She just smiled when she saw her quilt and held my hand.
This quilt was made for June to give her daughter Jill for Christmas. It has shirts from her elementary school safety patrol through her high school senior class. Tshirt quilts are fun to make. The quilt is being machine quilted right now by Back Porch Quilters. After the quilt was finished more tshirts surfaced. They were made into a pillow sham (#36).
My NC neighbor Teresa lost her father on Friday, July 24th. We had been planning on making a quilt together for him but did not get it made. She emailed me the pictures and this weekend I got it made in time for her to leave this morning for Kansas to be with her mother. Her father was a man that could grow flowers or citrus anywhere he set him mind to do it. The greenhouse collages are from Belize, Alaska, Kansas and other places. Some pictures are very old - a couple are him in Guam, WWII. The center picture is her parents 50th wedding anniversary. They celebrated their 54th anniversary on the 17th of July this year.
My friend Joyce knew the hardest days after her father's passing would be her father's birthday and her birthday. The pillows below (#22) were made for his birthday and this quilt was made for her recent birthday. Although nothing takes the void away, hopefully this quilt will bring her comfort. There is a picture of her father as a baby with his mother, pictures of their family growing up and recent ones of him in his final days. He loved his picture with the Playboy Bunny. The pictures are surrounded by cats because Joyce and her husband Steve love cats passionately.
My friend Joyce and her sister Jeanne lost their father recently. He always loved celebrating his 4th of July birthday. A mutual friend of ours (Faith) and I made pillows for them to help ease the loss they will be feeling today.
Little Brady is due July 10th. His Mommy's sister, Teresa, had a quilt made with pictures of family members welcoming him into this world. Teresa gave the quilt to Sharon on her birthday and she loved it.
On May 16th Good Shepherd Home Health and Hospice will be holding an auction. Good Shepherd is the organization that showed me the rewards of making quilts for hospice patients. This quilt was created with photographs from around Clay and Cherokee County, North Carolina. I created the quilt but the following are the ones that made it possible: the photos were furnished by Mike Gora, Judy Grove, Bill Grove, Bill Killien, John Nealy, Jessy Garrett, the Clay County Chamber of Commerce and the Valleytown Cultural Arts and Historical Society. The fabric was donated by Karen Hopple, owner of Bless My Stitches quilt shop in Murphy, NC, and the machine quilting was done and donated by Russ Adams of Back Porch Quilters of Murphy, NC. My husband Tim made the quilt holder/shelf.
Happy Mother's Day
When Allison's parents saw Allison's quilt (#10) they requested one of their own. They loved the way the quilt captured the life of their beautiful daughter. For their quilt we changed some of the pictures and the border color but kept the butterflies. Next week will be the anniversary of Julie's passing. Hopefully this quilt will help them through this difficult time.
Love story.
Marlie Kai Dodson
