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    Old 04-06-2013, 09:42 AM
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    My daughter has played soccer since kindergarten and is mow playing in college. I just found out that my cousin's 12 year old granddaughter is very much into soccer too. All of my cousins were quite a bit older than me, but we have reconnected on Facebook, of all places! My cousin asked me if I would make a pillow for her granddaughter's birthday, so I made this scrappy pillow with a soccer theme. There was no need to quilt it because it is small. I added one of my daughter's broken bracelets (it says...you go girl) to it. She loved it! I had so much fun making it. I just might have to make more of these! Now, when my daughter is finished with her soccer career (next year...sniff) I will have another young soccer player to watch! : )
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    Old 04-06-2013, 10:41 AM
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    Love it!!!!!!!
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    Old 04-06-2013, 11:04 AM
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    Awesome.. Love the bracelet idea.
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    Old 04-06-2013, 11:20 AM
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    Thank you! I did wish I had more of those bracelets... I think it kind of "made" the pillow! I can probably get beads or buttons somewhere that look like typewriter keys.. or something similar, though!
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    Old 04-06-2013, 11:31 AM
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    Perfect!!!
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    Old 04-06-2013, 03:46 PM
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    That is really a cute pillow and I'm sure she loves it. How neat that you reconnected with relatives on Facebook!!
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    That is a fantastically fun pillow.
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    Old 04-06-2013, 04:01 PM
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    what a neat pillow!!!!!
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    Old 04-06-2013, 05:07 PM
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    Wonderfu pillow!!!
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    Old 04-07-2013, 04:31 AM
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    Great job.
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