quiltmonkey 415 Report post 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! 9 7 Plumpurple, Marie0722, NHDeb and 13 others reacted to this "Of all the things a woman's hands have made---The quilt so lightly thrown across her bed---The quilt that keeps her loved ones warm---Is woven of her love and dreams and thread." excerpt from The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt by Carrie A. Hall Shana in North Pole, Alaska ---- The Farthest North APQS Sales Rep Always quilting with her faithful friend, Mademoiselle Madeleine Millennium, Bliss-fully skating gracefully...and having lots of fun with IntelliQuilter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dbams 386 Report post Posted January 13, 2018 Shana, a beautiful story and a beautiful quilt! Thank you for sharing. 1 quiltmonkey reacted to this Betsy quilting with Emmeline, a 2011 Freedom SR Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sue E. 314 Report post Posted January 13, 2018 Fantastic. Thanks for sharing such a great story. 1 quiltmonkey reacted to this Sue in Phoenix, AZ Millennium with IntelliQuilterhttp://www.flickr.co...aciouscreations Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pepsi Girl 237 Report post Posted January 13, 2018 That's a wonderful story! How was the quilting on that batting and Minkee? 1 quiltmonkey reacted to this Nancy Gammill AKA "Gabby" Hand Guided Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quiltmonkey 415 Report post 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! 1 Pepsi Girl reacted to this "Of all the things a woman's hands have made---The quilt so lightly thrown across her bed---The quilt that keeps her loved ones warm---Is woven of her love and dreams and thread." excerpt from The Romance of the Patchwork Quilt by Carrie A. Hall Shana in North Pole, Alaska ---- The Farthest North APQS Sales Rep Always quilting with her faithful friend, Mademoiselle Madeleine Millennium, Bliss-fully skating gracefully...and having lots of fun with IntelliQuilter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gail O 179 Report post Posted January 14, 2018 Sounds like a pretty great family, who are very lucky to have such an awesome neighbour. 1 quiltmonkey reacted to this Gail Olfert Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of times our breath is taken away Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tootsquilts 269 Report post 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. 1 quiltmonkey reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisae 424 Report post 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! 1 quiltmonkey reacted to this Lisa E APQS Freedom SR with Bliss! Henderson, NV Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quilta93 372 Report post Posted January 15, 2018 Wonderful story. Beautiful job on the quilt. Thanks for sharing. Deb. 1 quiltmonkey reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gator 420 Report post Posted January 17, 2018 Wow, I am soooo jealous. What a wonderful story. I wish, I had girls to teach too. 1 quiltmonkey reacted to this ConniePort Huron, MI 48060APQS Sales Rep and EducatorMillennium with Intelliquilter (IQ)"Be a good listener, your ears will never get you in trouble" Frank Tygrsewsweetgator@aol.comhttp://www.yoursite.com Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robin 61 Report post Posted February 13, 2018 I'm itching to teach my 6 yr old grandson to sew... Really neat story Shana! Robin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LibbyG 1,015 Report post 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. 1 quiltmonkey reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaryQuiltsTx 114 Report post 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. A good friend will come and bail you out of jail, but a best friend will be sitting next to you saying, 'Dang, that was fun'! 2017 Blissed Lenni and loving it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
