I am so tempted with these. I made matching D9P's for my son's teachers who were both expecting babies this year. He's 9 and has some special needs and has never asked me to make anything for anyone before. I crocheted some afghans for all the teachers at the school having babies. But with both his regular teacher and special ed teacher expecting, at different times, he wanted them to have something special. I happily agreed.

I name my sewing machine, but I have never named quilts before. I'll post pictures of them when they are finished. I'm quilting the boy one this afternoon. The girl one is pink, green and gold. The boy one is dark blue, periwinkle and gold. I'd like to name them both from the sugar and spice poem, but I can't remember anything besides snails and puppy dog tails for the boy part.

Do any of you all remember it? I was thinking of naming the girl quilt "and everything nice" and the boy quilt "puppy dog tails", but I can't remember if there's a better line in the poem or not.

Thank you!

we used to say 'sugar and spice and everything nice'

What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails, and puppy dogs tails
That's what little boys are made of !"
What are little girls made of?
"Sugar and spice and all things nice
That's what little girls are made of!"

How nice, can't wait to see the quilts.

I'm sure your son will appreciate all the extra effort you put into these two special quilts on his behalf. Looking forward to seeing the finished quilts.

I think I am going to call the boy one...."and puppy dog tails". It's the nicest part of the poem. Then the girl one will be "and everything nice".

Need to quilt the boy one today, then I can post pictures! I've only practiced FMQ on a little under the machine organizer. The pink one was my first foray into FMQ on a quilt. I love it. I'm pretty ok with how it turned out. The recipient doesn't quilt, so she won't see the obvious booboos in it. The boy one is a bit bigger which may be a challenge for my poor 8 pound Janome!

One my first cup of coffee is down and all the kids have eaten, I'm going to get going on it! Thank you for your help. Wish me luck!

They sound really nice. Can't wait to see pictures.

Perfect names, looking forward to seeing the pictures.

Was FINALLY able to quilt it this afternoon. I posted the pictures here:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-100698-1.htm#2555073