she was a newly wed, and her maiden name was Manning and her married name began with a W
(I don't know the actual name). I had to make the M, W blend together. The name of this quilt
is "Always a Manning at Heart". The other quilt I made for Andrea was of the hat logos and t-shirts
that she had given her father. This quilt was named "Precious Moments".
The next quilt was made for Jim Mannings son Mike, they spent many days together enjoying the sports that the Boston area has to offer. Mike is shown here with his wife. All of the logos are from hats
and or t-shirts,. the 1" squares around the border are from Jim Mannings clothing.
Both of Jims Brothers received a wall hanging. One is named M for Manning made from various clothing. while the other is named Family ties made from mostly ties.
This next one was made for Jim's neice who survived Luekemia at the age of 8 who was then in her thirties.
I knew hers had to be colorful. I choose a pattern called Bargello which represent the ups and downs of life. This was made entirely of clothing. When I was trying to come up with a name for it I was pleasantly surprised when the label on one of the shirts that I used read "no fear". And I knew that in some way
Jim named this quilt. "NO FEAR".
This next one was just something I was playing with I wanted to make something in a frame. You probably can't make it out in this picture that I took. But in the first box of this frame is Jims tie, it has a picture of
a woman with a little boy. When I placed all the other pieces of quilts that I made in the rest of the boxes,
I thought it looked like Jim looking over his life with his mother behind him. Looking at the ups and downs of life, and the windows and doors that opened to him during his life. After I put this together I thought
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