Give A Mouse A Cookie? How About, Give A 7 Year Old Your Design Board!

Reply Subscribe

Page 11 of 13

« First

Thread Tools

02-05-2012, 01:46 PM

#101

kittiebug

Super Member

Join Date: Mar 2011

Posts: 1,589

WOW , Thats great love your quilt. She did a great job designing your quilt.

02-05-2012, 02:37 PM

#102

Whigrose

Senior Member

Join Date: Oct 2011

Location: Pine cone and tassel state

Posts: 978

It's fabulous! I think you have someone with an eye for design.

Best,
d

02-05-2012, 02:43 PM

#103

Quiltlady330

Senior Member

Join Date: Aug 2011

Location: Paradise, Texas

Posts: 916

Good job. Bet she can teach you a few things about your computer or cell phone, too. Kids are something
else, aren't they?

02-05-2012, 05:12 PM

#104

petlover

Senior Member

Join Date: Sep 2011

Location: Clearwater Kansas

Posts: 386

WOW, she did a super job. She may have a calling.

02-05-2012, 05:13 PM

#105

vivoaks

Super Member

Join Date: Oct 2009

Location: Beaver PA USA

Posts: 1,656

Amazing for a 7-year old. Be sure to give her a big hug!

02-05-2012, 05:20 PM

#106

callen

Super Member

Join Date: Oct 2011

Location: Timmins, Ont. Canada

Posts: 4,683

Your Design Board

What an incredibly awesome quilt. Give her, her own design board. That girl has talent !!!!!!!

02-05-2012, 05:26 PM

#107

GrannieAnnie

Super Member

Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: S. W. Indiana

Posts: 7,484

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ps 150

I had already completed the center panel of spider web blocks and the mini star blocks (these were made from scraps left over after making a Day & Night quilt out of the light gray and purple). I wanted to incorporate the mini stars into a quilt with the spiderweb panel, but was undecided about how to incorporate them.

I had the panel up on my design board and asked my two daughters what they thought. My youngest, age 7, grabbed the mini star blocks and arranged them, alternating on-point blocks with traditionally set blocks. Then, she suggested I use the darker gray (with flecks of purple) as sashing to make it different from the original Day & Night quilt that these cast offs came from. :0 I was floored. This coming from the girl who doesn't have the patience to sit still long enough to learn her multiplication table!

a big thumbs up to the 7 year old.

02-05-2012, 05:32 PM

#108

bamamama

Super Member

Join Date: Jan 2011

Location: Madison, AL

Posts: 1,998

She's smarter than she's letting on. Definately has some artistic talent.

02-05-2012, 09:28 PM

#109

Ps 150

Super Member

Thread Starter

Join Date: May 2010

Location: Upstate New York

Posts: 1,415

Quote:

Originally Posted by DebbE

What a beautiful quilt! Love it.

You're going to add your daughters name to the quilt label, right? What a great way to reinforce what a great contribution she made --- and you might just have a little one who wants to learn how to quilt then!

Yes, I had already thought of that. But, I'm not going to tel her until the quilt is done and then I can show it to her before I ship it off to her aunt since it was a gift for my sister.

02-05-2012, 09:31 PM

#110

Ps 150

Super Member

Thread Starter

Join Date: May 2010

Location: Upstate New York

Posts: 1,415

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlenell7777

You need to buy her a sewing machine, turn her loose and see what happens!! lol Of course, she will need safety lessons first. My granddaughters love to sew, I just slow down the speed, instruct them to keep their fingers away from the needle. Otherwise it's gonna hurt!!!!! Their answer is: I know, MeMe.

Way ahead of you!!

She has a Janome Quilter's Companion and so does her sister.