Maren's 13yoa quilt
06-02-2014, 11:07 AM
#57
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: chicago suburbs
Posts: 253
This past week, I have had my 13 yoa granddaughter with me. Each summer when my grands have turned 13, they spend about a week with me and sew themselves a quilt. I have the material cut, but they do the sewing and pressing. The first picture is of her sitting at the old machine and sewing.
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The next picture shows her helping put the whole thing together. As young as she is, she still had a sore back from the leaning over. I told her to just bend her knees a little and it went better. I put 4 inch risers under the dining room table, but really could use 8 inch risers.
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This last one is the quilt with Maren beside it. The quilt is about queen size, measuring 80 x 110. Think that qualifies as a queen. We backed it with a piece of fleece with musical pictures on it, since she loves her music, whether it is singing or playing in the school band.
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The proud owner of a new quilt. You can see that I had started the quilting, and I did straight stitching across the other direction also. I will do a wave scroll in the white and yellow/green borders. I am so proud of her and all the grands before her who have made their quilts. Thanks for looking.
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The next picture shows her helping put the whole thing together. As young as she is, she still had a sore back from the leaning over. I told her to just bend her knees a little and it went better. I put 4 inch risers under the dining room table, but really could use 8 inch risers.
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This last one is the quilt with Maren beside it. The quilt is about queen size, measuring 80 x 110. Think that qualifies as a queen. We backed it with a piece of fleece with musical pictures on it, since she loves her music, whether it is singing or playing in the school band.
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The proud owner of a new quilt. You can see that I had started the quilting, and I did straight stitching across the other direction also. I will do a wave scroll in the white and yellow/green borders. I am so proud of her and all the grands before her who have made their quilts. Thanks for looking.
06-02-2014, 01:22 PM
#60
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: North Fork Ca
Posts: 8,234
What a wonderful memory for her to treasure. Each time she crawls under that beautiful quilt she will remember that her Grandma helped her make a beautiful keepsake. She is doing great work for a beginner. Hope she stays with it. We need some new young ideas in the quilting world
