This is a pretty special quilt because little miss E was a very important part of making it.
I don't know if she'll grow up to be a quilter, but she'll be able to say that she made her 1st quilt at 4 years old.
She had requested a pink quilt. I asked her if she was sure she wanted a pink one, she replied, "Yes, please, because pink is perfect!" - thus the quilt name. 😉 I let her go through my bin of pink fabrics and select which ones she wanted to include and we ended up with "all the pinks!"
We looked at a few patterns and she chose this one...Plan C
from this book
I made all the flying geese ahead of time in order to simplify our day when she came back
We also chose to make it a little bigger since the original was just 32 x 32. I showed her how to lay everything out and let the designer choose where each fabric went. During our time together she piped up, " It's like a puzzle, Gram!"
It is indeed, sweet girl.
I let her sit on my lap and showed her how to feed the fabric through the machine while I worked the foot pedal.
Her first 4-patches
Piano key border for the win!
She chose a pink Minky (the only choice according to her. 😆) for the backing
Jackie and Sandy used this fun design called Timeless Hearts for the quilting
And this pink print was selected for the binding
Once I got it bound, and created a label that has both of our names on it, it was wrapped and will soon be gifted to the newest little quilter in the family. It finishes at 45"x45". Not a great shot of the quilt, but I couldn't bring myself to delete the mountains. 😉
This is a more accurate dipiction of the colors
At least until Pap came in and asked if she wanted to help him feed horses. 😂
9 comments:
That is so precious! What a fun way to spend time with your granddaughter!
What a sweet story and quilt!🥰 The quilt is just perfect for a little girl! Can’t wait to see what color E picks out for the second quilt.
Such a sweet quilt story! Hope she remembers it forever.
The quilt and the experience together are equally as lovely. Your posts with the adorable grand always make me smile.
Kathy
Seriously melt my heart!! This post made my day and thank you for sharing!! Special, treasured memories, for sure.
So fun for you! I have made that same quilt in red/white/blue and it is indeed a puzzle to put together!! Such a precious memory for you and I'm sure she will always remember, too.
Beautiful quilt, great memories with your sweet girl. Love it!
Very pretty quilt . . . I've been seeing so many pink quilts lately, either we are sewing for girls or everyone is taking a liking to pink. I just made new slipcovers for my front porch and there "pink", LOL.
Happy quilting dear blogging friend :)
This is so cute! She'll remember the time you spent together sewing.
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