Developing a Memory Fabric Journal

Deborah responded to my Memory Fabric for Quilts and Clothing post with an interesting comment:

I have every patten I ever sewed (40+ years). I WISH I had every pattern that my mother had ever used to sew for me. But what I really regret is that I did not save a fabric swatch to go along with the pattern. That would have been a great memory. But I can describe the fabrics

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I thought, What a wonderful idea…saving fabric swatches to attach to a pattern.  Or if you don’t have the swatches, create a Memory Fabric Journal.

Describe your fabrics and attach that to your patterns or ones your mother used. Or start a Memory Fabric Journal with photo copy or sketch of the pattern cover and description of the fabric, why you made the item, and when you wore or used it.

This can be somewhat literary or of scrapbook design.  It’s open to your imagination.  But it will be fun to refer to and bring back memories of “sewing and quilting times” in your life.  Your descendants would enjoy it, too.