Originally Posted by Deborah12687
My Granddaughter has been staying with us for few days before she goes back to school. Well....I was working on a quilt and she was asking lots and lots of questions about it. She is a bit hyper and sometimes she gets into things she is not sapose to do. She anounced that she wants to be a quilter to. She couldn't understand why I cut the fabric up and then sew it back together and I just told her quilts are sapose to be colorful so I cut different blocks so the quilt is pretty. She had this look in her eyes that I knew something was stewing in her little brain. Her Mom picked her up and few days later I got a call from my Daughter in law all upset with me for telling her about sewing. I ask her why she was so upset with me I thought it was a good thing! Well the little stinker took out all the wash clothes and towels from the bath room closet and snuck them into her room......she cut them all up and used tape instead of sewing to make a quilt for her Mom. Well......I am still gigling about it but have to buy a new set of towels for my daughter in law.
Oh! I love this, I just had to laugh. How old is your DGD. I'm sure her mother wasn't happy about the loss of her wash cloths and towels, but the DGD was being very creative and wanted to do something for mom. Perhaps you should go out and purchase her some inexpensive fab. and be sure to tell her that this is the only thing she can cut into. Hopefully the next time she is with you, she can learn to sew. Do get a pic. of this quilt she made, sew it together for her and share with all of us. I love this story. She will too later in life. I think giving it to her when she marries is a great idea. She may end up being a great designer, who knows. Get her a sketch pad and some colored pencils, so she can draw her own designs for a new quilt, to be made with Grandmother at Grandmother's house the next time she visits. Perhaps colored construction paper, to make her designs with. but remind her that only certain things should be cut up for quilts, so her clothes won't be next. lol Who knows what this episode with evolve into.