This year I decided to make each of our 8 grandchildren their own "About Me-I SPY" quilt. The idea being that I would select fabrics that reflected their favorite things, colors, activities, etc.
Each quilt would be unique in it's own right, and would definitely be identifiable to it's owner! The alternate blocks would be pieced blocks using each child's favorite color. And each quilt has a different pieced block.
I have been collecting, swapping, and buying fabric for these quilts for 2 years, and finally I felt that I had a large enough variety to get these projects finished this year :) Now, I must say when I first started these quilts, I wasn't real confident that I would get all 8 of them finished for Christmas...but HUGE THANKS goes to several people for telling me they knew I could do it...I did in fact get them finished:)
The kids were very happy with their quilts, and I was very pleased with them too. I had so much fun making each and every one. As I was working on each quilt, that grandchild was my only thought. It gave me time to reflect on each child's life thus far, and time to ponder their lives to come, and of course time to talk to God about each child and offer up many prayers for each one.
A wonderful experience that I will cherish forever.
1 comment:
Wow, they all absolutely fantatstic! You did a very great job here Terry! Well done! They all look so happy with their quilts!
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