SOS - any advice plse!!!

Oooo - going have to follow your thread here Suzi. I've had on my list for quite a few years to do something like you are talking about. Just haven't decided how I am going to do it either. Your idea of 'connecting' the ideas together is something I didn't think about. Now you've got my wheels turning too.
I like the crazy quilt idea, but I am not into crazy quilting myself. It is pretty for someone else and I ooh and aah over it but don't think I'll use that idea for mine.

I'll be checking back here for more great ideas.

Hugs,

You are barking up my tree! Although I won't be doing it, it sounds amazing! I am to old to do that. But... I did something similar for my grand daughters. Granted, they are 12 and 6 and you will want to do more with it than this, but still...ideas can come from all over. I made them T-shirt quilts from t-shirts that they have worn in the short little lives, that meant something to them. They were both different but had some same likes which will tie them together..they both liked Hanna Montana and have a t-shirt front of that, both liked dinosaurs so they have a t-shirt they wore of their fav dino, one was in girl scouts and went on a trip and made t-'s while there, one loved the beach and got a t from there and I used that..and the list goes on for 12 shirt blocks. They both love their quilts and I put on the younger one...I had the older one write something "to" the younger one about a time they had shared that meant so much to them, then I printed it out on an iron transfer sheet and made that into a block and then she deocrated it with fabric paint...another thing they liked doing. Here are the pics. As far a joining the blocks...how about a ladder of some kind..."climbing your way through life...". Good luck and hope to see a picture soon!!!!

I saw an old Fons and Porter video on QNNTV.com where you cut tiny scraps of fabric and make a "collage" by laying toole over the pieces and then FMQ the whole thing. They were using a photo to make a landscape quilt. Reminded me of a Monet painting, if you know what I mean. You could certainly design out your quilt, blending your themes together and then use that to create this type of quilt. The video is in series 400 and is called Introduction to Longarm Quilting in Japan. It was an interesting concept.

Oh wow ladies! You are all so TOTALLY my new best friends! Great ideas and I can incorporate them all.. Thanks SO much for including photos too, this really gives me ideas... Me no stumped no longer... Here I've been researching collage quilts when it shoulda been crazy quilts! Go figure... I can see now from the photos, how to incorporate decorative stitching which I never thought of, I was so hung up on the different designs. I have just " busted" out of my comfort zone!! Yes pics down the road....