Friday, November 18, 2011

Made by Mommy

My first quilt...

I'm sure everyone remembers a couple months ago when I began making a quilt for Waverly from her baby clothes... no? Well, I started by selecting my favorite outfits from the piles of infant clothes I'd saved.  Then, I cut (yes, this was the hard part!) all of those pretty wee outfits into quilting squares.  

 With instruction from Mamaw Jean, I began sewing all the squares together.  There are 80 squares!  The process really went quite fast. 

After all the columns and rows were sewn together, Mamaw Jean worked on the batting and the borders.  We pinned everything in place, and then I hand tacked each corner of each square to hold the backing in place.

After a final stitch, the quilt was finished!  We sent it off to the sewing shop to be embroidered. 

Waverly loves her quilt and it warms my heart to see her snuggling with it.  Even from the beginning, Waverly was involved in the project, always sneaking a quilting square away or going night-night on the few pieces sewn together.  Now that her quilt is all finished, she really likes cuddling on the couch with it!

 She likes to show Mommy all of the colors she knows, too!  She will find the polka dots, the ruffles and the pictures. 

Now that Quilt # 1 is complete?  Well, its "welcome to the world of sewing" for Mommy!  I have finished a baby blanket for Waverly's new cousin Jacob, and I'm working on baby blankets for both Waverly and Harlan for Christmas.

I am most proud of Waverly's quilt and I am so glad that she likes it.  I hope it becomes a treasure in the years to come. 

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