One Christmas my family made a photo quilt for my Grandmother. It was one of her most treasured possessions, and I’m so glad we did it! Sewing-wise it can be a very simple project, so I thought I would give you a simple tutorial and some tips from when I made mine!
The pattern itself is very simple, because I wanted the photos to be the focus. So I did a double border. One is solid, the other is set with squares like sashing. The photo squares themselves were five inches finished (5.5 cut), because then I could get two per piece of fabric that I printed on.
My favorite squares are the ones where the photo takes up the whole square instead of having any kind of border. If I did it again, I would have all the text on their own boxes, and the photos take up the entire square. The boxes that have captions on the photos look a little strange with the bright white background and then the photos.
To make it a family project, each of my siblings was responsible for collecting pictures or stories to go on the blocks. I think for mine each family contributed two or three blocks. They chose their favorite pics of their kids, or quotes, or stories, and I combined them into the quilt. Using her favorite colors, of course. She was so proud of that quilt, and loved showing off both the pictures of her family and the quilt itself that we made her.
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