Looks like all of my post didn't make it. I started to say I had looked for quilt material in the local quilt stores for the neighbor's quilts - and just couldn't justify the cost for quilts for little ones. The material I ended up using for the quilts came from JoAnns - it is cute, colorful and looks similar to the pattern.
Somehow I hit the back/delete key in the previous post. Oh well, time to get off the computer and go quilt!