Once Upon a TIme (Clothes of Bob Martin)

It has been a long time since I've been out here to share.  When I started this projectI didn't  know where it would lead me.  During the interview I pay close attention to the words the people speak of when they speak of their loved ones.  But I  pay closer attention to their actions and how they react to telling me the stories of the clothing.  I want to touch their hearts with my creations.  I hope you
can feel the beauty of my creations.   They extended me.

The last two quilts for Bob Martins daughters (Kim and Kelly) are completed.  I am very proud of these two quilts.   Before starting this project I took pictures of the clothing on a clothes line.

The red shirt and the sweat shirts where used to make the leaves of 3 of the trees

The scarf was used to make the three tree trunks with the tassels used to make the roots.   When Kelly gave me this scarf she said her dad always wore it at Christmas.

The two pair of shorts and the pants where also used to make the trees.

This is another picture of a pair of  shorts used.










This quilt is named "FAMILY ROOTS" 

I really love this quilt.  ENJOY  It is 3 dimensional.

I hope you can see the 3d dimension in this picture.

The following is a picture that Connie (Bob's wife) sent me.  It is a picture of Bob on a vacation trip with his family to North Conway.  North Conway has beautiful mountains surrounding it.   Not far from North Conway is Mount Washington.  My plan was to duplicate this picture. 

 

 I added Mount Washington in the background  the white t shirt in the above  picture was used to make the Mount Washington in the background.


This quilt was made for Bob's daughter Kelly.  I named this quilt  "Once Upon a Time".  The chairs where made from a pattern I found from McKenna Ryan.  It was perfect.  I think I captured the essence of the picture I was trying to replicate.

This picture is I added so that you could see the chairs better.








Because the only clothing used was  to make Mount Washington and the 2 chairs I felt compelled to make the back of the quilt with a lot of Bob's clothing. 

On the back of each quilt I always put a pocket.  The pocket
holds a personal letter from me telling the story of the quilt.






The next small wall hanging was made for Bob's wife Connie.   During the whole process of creating these quilts Bob's one year anniversary passed.  I wanted Connie to have something
during that week.  It is a small wallhanging with a lot of meaning.  Both of the men in Connie's life
(her dad and her husband) had the same black Woolrich Vest.  So hence the name of the following
quilt "Close to the Vest".  This quilt is made of a pocket from Bob's vest  the flowers are made from
a white gray sweatshirt and a green sweatshirt.  The background is the same red shirt used to make the leaves on Family Roots. 

May life be gentle on your side of the screen.  Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoyed

the process of my creations.  All of these quilts are my original designs. 

Donna Sheerin Gillis