and it isn't mine.
I thought I was going to teach Ashlyn how to piece "correctly." The first few times she sewed, I kept helping her keep (close) to a 1/4" seam. But, she's 5. And I want it to be fun. And, she was at least careful about keeping her fingers out of the way. So, I let her go. You want to randomly add fabrics from my scrap bin. Ok. You want to add a strip of pink on top of the pieced sections. Ok. She was more excited when I let her work on her own, while I sewed at my own machine.
Last Saturday, Ashlyn was ready to put the "backings on" her quilt. We finished the quilt that day, with Ashlyn on my lap. We did free motion quilting with hearts all over it. Ashlyn's good friend was sick that day, so Ashlyn decided that we needed to give Lilly the quilt. While I am truly proud that Ashlyn is generous with her sewing, I did not want her to give this quilt away. I asked her (more than once) if she was SURE that she wanted to send this quilt to her friend.
5 comments:
I absolutely love it! Go Ashlyn! I especially like the shapes and colors you chose, and that you designed it yourself.
I'm impressed! A quilter at age five?! Just imagine what she'll be able to do in a few years...;)
I love the quilt, your compassion, and YOU, little Miss Ashlyn! So PROUD!
very impressed over here...it looks way better than my first quilt at almost middle aged lol... that's very sweet that she wanted to give it to her friend.
Hey Angie… If you recall a while back I asked if you would like to have Ashlyn trade a doll quilt with Sawyer (my 5 year old son). I had mentioned it to him and he wanted to get started. We are making a 3x4 (rough guess) 'quilt' to send off to Ashlyn, would you still like to participate? HE is doing it the way HE wants so it is truly a 'beginner' project but he is in love with what he has done so far. If you are 'in', please email me with you address. Nicholechahn@yahoo.com
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