I'm sewing a
T-shirt quilt for my little cousin Katie this Christmas (this is no secret, or otherwise I imagine she'd have been asking her mom, "Where are all my T-shirts?"). After cutting out all the pieces for a one-block quilt from Katie's T-shirts, Willow found me on her bed yesterday, about to
lay out a design for the quilt on top of her comforter. Will asked if she could lay out the quilt, instead, and never one to turn down an offer of unpaid labor, I agreed:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aPPcWtyFR4lu6ny5fJRt9s4Ip4-Ag-wAL6FRjsnCuKhsKXPNoZgv4XeR8PNOLTXPXR8pyD3flrESeeTeVovTyI-f7rthxO5Ag3KiIlrb7-cAw8hE9-dzLUPdHlhr_ujE5IJcKlUzq7e6/s400/Laying+out+the+Quilt+(1+of+5).jpg)
The final design certainly wasn't the kind of pattern I would have made it into, but it wasn't random, either, and although it's not something that I'd permit Willow to have free reign on in a quilt for a paying customer, she adores her big cousin Katie, and I was happy to give her the chance to add something permanent to Katie's world:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5gsxeZVZuFCaQwyFeOtLb8ZEgl6kGqnJ-ZcVNFbLN5M2ylzR28g00F_EoF5mqOL7PQlUvPoQkd0OyGVFoJ0pJbJ60gO46F26I3m4WkR8Yi0lqmVYpZNXBDS2CdzvdHWcc1J2JlOic3HS/s400/Laying+out+the+Quilt+(2+of+5).jpg)
Sydney served as photo-documentarian for the event, catching Willow deep in concentration as she figures out some key detail in her layout:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq6-6c-0YYLYOKtFnuzEHs69UHneKu_gAdqZk8MHTuxA60GqIRWhoblMTSkaAqTpn2GYWZciV1nJEZ-XCU6rPt3DecHplW6IEqzduKhjUJjbIHv78fGhu1lSChddreC-DcMfCYKIurUVih/s400/Laying+out+the+Quilt+(3+of+5).jpg)
Catching me taking the pieces back up in the exact right order to ensure that I sew them correctly:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxnZpnsUVLw54NUXl-siCQwS3DuTeYSRWvlVJeklyMd37JYixUS_cVN1zuyRKgqxVJ_aUP0mX8IiMwJC-oQYp2ZkZ4sDQ-V9mxtJ0AiwO-Z6NbHEPbtDigH5APYpCvzl8hjZjExgiWJDRX/s400/Laying+out+the+Quilt+(4+of+5).jpg)
And then catching us in post-layout celebration:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_j1ImaZBJzopYjI0cmVuMwl_NNnFc4_lE1XzaE54QfTtTmtnShJ04qqiy23k7SCoe0lOa5xdJcn8aHmCvuZm-AULS4JCtHNsBS-H7s2pbiex9csNWKkxEXutdFWlaj8ADzkv9C-67mjJ6/s400/Laying+out+the+Quilt+(5+of+5).jpg)
Now it just needs to be pieced, backed, bound, and wrapped.
2 comments:
You are totally inspiring me! I've always wanted to make a quilt, and aside from my stash of *real* fabrics, I have a stash of old clothes that need to be re-purposed. Besides, my sewing machine is lonely.
Sydney takes excellent photos!
you are an awesome mom.
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