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Old 05-17-2011, 11:47 AM
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Nancy Ingham
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Is she a total girlie girl or does she like jeans? Most teens and tweens love jeans, if your daughter is one of them, you could make her a (black) jeans quilt. Just nice big squares of black jean material,some blocks can include seams for interest, while some alternating blocks of jeans can include pockets. You can also transfer jean labels, etc., for additional interest. You can sew the pockets shut or leave them open for her to “fill” with her favorite sleep things/toys/dolls/Kleenex/remote/I-pods or whatever. Back the quilt with hot pink (non-pill fleece is nice, soft and cuddly) and tie the quilt with hot pink as well. This is a fairly easy quilt to make and she can help you. When I made a jeans quilt for my granddaughter, I went to my local thrift store and requested their throw-away jeans that are donated to them. I collected nine pair of jeans, more than enough to cut out the material I wanted. One pair had a cool zipper pocket which I included into a square. Whatever you decide to do, have great fun with it together. :D
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