quiltmonkey 443 Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 A few months ago, my neighbor's 13 year old daughter asked me to help her make a quilt. How could I say no? Twist my arm? LOL! Anyway, this Christmas break, we got together, she picked a quilt pattern (The Road to Oklahoma) and then we went shopping for fabrics. Ultimately, I wanted her to be the decision maker for her fabrics, batting, backing, etc... I didn't want to say "NO" so I gave her some gentle guidance with fabric choices, and she chose a variety of pastel pinks, blues, grays and a tone on tone white for the background and we added a pretty light pink inner border fabric and outer border that had all of the colors of her quilt. We used the extra strips of pastel gray and pinks for the binding. She chose ultra high loft polyester batting and the backing was lusciously soft pink and white minkee. I told her to buy extra minkee backing to make sure we had plenty of backing and I told her if we had leftover minkee we could use it to make something else... And if you're curious what we did with the leftover minkee... I had enough to make two pillow cases (I surprised her with those!!) Can you imagine how soft that might be to lay your pretty little head? We also made a label and sewed it on the back "Made by Jacee, January 2018, North Pole Alaska" when it came to the quilting part, I showed her all sorts of adorable quilting designs she could pick from... but surprisingly, she wanted a meander. OK, girl... you got it! She is absolutely thrilled with this (she now realized how much work goes into making a quilt!). I told her the more you wash it the softer it will get and it will last many many years. So here she is cuddled inside her quilt. She's a beautiful girl. It felt good to share my love of quilting and inspire her to possibly do this again in the future. She's really into soccer (like serious stuff -- she could be an olympian...she's that good at soccer she plays in soccer tournaments all over the west coast!) I can imagine her bringing this quilt with her to the soccer tourneys, sleep-overs with school friends, etc... it will be loved and used for sure! A bonus to the story, her mom and dad are completely over the moon about this. In fact, Mom came over and helped us pin and lay out the quilt while Jacee sewed. When Mom and Jacee were out of state at a soccer tournament, her Daddy came over one day to sew the outer border on the quilt. So, it was a family project that all of them can take pride in. YAAY! Anyway, thought I'd share this sweet story. Happy quilting everyone! quilterkp, Oma, SCS and 13 others 9 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dbams 400 Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 Shana, a beautiful story and a beautiful quilt! Thank you for sharing. quiltmonkey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sue E. 320 Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 Fantastic. Thanks for sharing such a great story. quiltmonkey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pepsi Girl 238 Posted January 13, 2018 Report Share Posted January 13, 2018 That's a wonderful story! How was the quilting on that batting and Minkee? quiltmonkey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
quiltmonkey 443 Posted January 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 7 hours ago, Pepsi Girl said: That's a wonderful story! How was the quilting on that batting and Minkee? Perfect beautiful not a problem. I’ve quilted minkee many times! Pepsi Girl 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gail O 203 Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Sounds like a pretty great family, who are very lucky to have such an awesome neighbour. quiltmonkey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tootsquilts 292 Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Thats a wonderful story, and a beautiful quilt. The picture shows that she seems really happy with it. I'm sure she will always love it and will forever remember and love you for helping her. quiltmonkey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lisae 425 Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Beautiful girl, beautiful quilt, beautiful story! Thanks for sharing, Shana! And fo r helping to pass the torch to future generations! quiltmonkey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quilta93 374 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Wonderful story. Beautiful job on the quilt. Thanks for sharing. Deb. quiltmonkey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gator 471 Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Wow, I am soooo jealous. What a wonderful story. I wish, I had girls to teach too. quiltmonkey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Robin 64 Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 I'm itching to teach my 6 yr old grandson to sew... Really neat story Shana! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LibbyG 1,020 Posted February 14, 2018 Report Share Posted February 14, 2018 Shana, I'm not surprised you helped her. You've always been a big supporter on the forum. I hope she continues to quilt. quiltmonkey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MaryQuiltsTx 116 Posted March 4, 2018 Report Share Posted March 4, 2018 I am so lucky my daughter loves quilting. I hope to pass it on to others someday. I think it is wonderful that she made this with your help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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