Clothing Quilts By Donna Sinrud

Memory Quilt Made On site

I was fortunate to work with Classics Homes of Maryland, the contractors in the VIP tent at the Complete Makeover Home Edition in Poolesville, Maryland in June, 2008.  It was a very exciting week to see what really happens during the amazing one week building of the house for the Jackson family.  I arrived their on Monday in time for the march of the contractors and the tear down of the existing home.  It was exciting to participate in both and to be on TV that night on the news.  This home will be revealed during the opening show of the season during late September, 2008.

 Seven Days, Seven Phases, Close-ups of the quilt

I was on site everyday to make the photo memory quilt for the family.  I did not take any of the pictures shown on this site.  I worked with the contractors photographers and they took the wonderful photos. The theme of the photographers was 7 days, 7 stages, 7  pictures.  My challenge was to show the seven days of the build through photos in my quilt. The homeowner wanted to be there and help with the build but took her 14 children to Disney World as they always do for the show.  This will be a photo memory for her wall of all of the stages of the tear down and build.   Here are some close-ups of the finished quilt.  Click on any of these for a close up.

Short Timeframe Big Project

 I realized that it was going to be difficult to make the quilt on site and to incorporate the entire week in the quilt and to have it complete for the family when they arrived on the bus but knew that I could complete the challenge.  I hoped to be on TV and to be revealed on the show but was told that will not happen.  However, I was assured that the quilt will be presented to the family when they are done filming and will be available for hanging in their home.   I realize that I should have had a marketing representative to sell my quilts placement on the wall while I was making the quilt.  I found it hard to sell the concept and to  complete in time for the reveal but not in time to be part of the home design or the show.

 The Quilt Process

This was an example of hurry and wait.  I rushed around to design the quilt using the 7 day theme and then had to quilt and bind the quilt before I had ay photos to put on the quilt. I only had one photo of the family  after four days.  Then we found out that the inside pictures were limited after the dry wall was up.  So the challenge was to show the progress on the building of all seven days without the ability to take pictures inside.  Fortunately outside work was continuing and available for the quilt.

I have some pictures of the construction of the quilt on site.  I made the quilt using iron on interfacing where the pictures would be.  I then quilted the quilt, squared it up and bound the quilt.  This was done for two reasons.  One was to complete the quilt on time.  The second reason was to have my quilt on the wall for the TV crew and to be included in the show.    I was not successful in this pursuit but the quilt was given to the family when the filming was complete.

I also have included some pictures of me on site, in the VIP tent and in front of the house.  This was truly a week to remember.  I really enjoyed being part of this makeover for this family.

I also have the quilt process and close-ups of the complete quilt.  I was disappointed about not being part of the design and therefore part of the show but would participate again in this wonderful way to help this family and to be part of this wonderful opportunity.

I will make a photo quilt for you showing your pictures of any event. 

Please email Dsinrud@msn.com or call 703-620-3627 before sending your pictures.  Please see my pricing and shipping page for more information.  I look forward to making your photo quilt and adding it to my web page.