Originally Posted by raptureready
I don't think there's anything wrong with them. Quilting will always make them a little smaller. However, if you back them with flannel it's very hard to quilt them straight without a walking foot for SID or a darning foot for free motion. Even then flannel has a tendency to go sideways on you once in awhile. This is just a suggestion for the future. There is nothing wrong with either of your projects and she will love them.
Thank you very much. I didn't use any flannel in this one but do in a lot of them, so I'm going to write this info in my quilting book. I used a walking foot for both of them.