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.

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lol kids are so funny. My son says he wants to sew with me... I guess I better get him started before my towels disappear.

that is just to funny got to love the fact that she was making it for her mommy

That is too cute.

I hope Mom saved her quilt.

Kids will do and say the darnest things.

Yepp she is saving it and I am getting it for a xmas gift. I laught so hard that I had tears in my eyes.

:lol: That is so sweet.

You should keep it for when she grows up to show her what she got up to... hope the tape keeps sticky.

Husband and I are still laughing! I can see our granddaughter doing that too.

That's adorable! I also hope Mom saves her "quilt." :) How old is your granddaughter?

My Grandaughter just turned 6 yrs old last month. Her Mom is giving me the quilt for xmas. I am going to save it for her and give it to her when she gets married.

You got to love it, Her heart was in the right place. You better teach her how to quilt and were here fabric come from or the next time it might be your fabric that goes miss in action. I laugh until I cried. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Children!! You gotta love em and learn to laugh!!!

I think your daughter in law should be glad . your dgd cute up the wash cloth and not her clothes. and instead be please her daugher made her a quilt. with no help.
How old is the dgd.

Oh my!!! LOL!!

My Grandaughter just turned 6 recently. She is a hand full but I do love her a lot.

That is really cute. I am glad that your dil is saving it. I hope she thanked her daughter for making it also.

That definitely sounds like something one of my DGC would try to do. I'm glad that your DDIL is saving the quilt and giving it to you for Christmas. Buying a set of towels is a small price to pay for such a great story & memory!!

Dear Texas Granny, My two very ADD/hyperactive children, a boy and a girl are in their twenties now and living on their own. They were both "challenging" children.

Once, when my son was in grade 5, I was picking him up after school. As he approaced the car, I saw to my horror that he had cut off his brand new jeans above the knee. He got in the car and said, "Now, Mom, I don't want you to think that I did this impulsively. I really thought about it and decided that I wanted to do it more than the consequences that would happen later."

The next day I was told by a teacher that several parents were very angry with me (bad parenting, you know) because their children had followed his lead and cut their jeans off, too. Then the whole lunchroom went wild with children running around with pant legs on their heads.

I like your idea of saving the "quilt" and giving it to your grand daughter as a wedding present. It would be fun to tell the story and show it off at the reception. Your daughter in law should hope that that is the worst thing her little girl does between now and her teenage years!

It is costing me $65.00 to replace the towels and wash clothes I really don't care about the cost it just tickles me that she has interest in quilting. I will never forget this and it is a wonderful memory.

I am giggling too! What a great story you will have to tell when your granddaughter is older. Now, she needs quilting lessons so she will leave the towels alone! :D

Now, that's a quilt to save; and give to her when she grows up!

That is so funny. You just never know what kids will do.

That's actually very creative of her!

Yes, very creative! And, what a great way to get a new set of towels!! When I was growing up, it was my chore to set the table for dinner. My Dad was remodeling the kitchen so we were eating in the diningroom. I didn't like to make all those trips from the diningroom to the kitchen to set the table so I decided to pile everything on the dinner plates. Well, I tripped on my way into the diningroom and broke lots of dishes. I thought that would be the end of me, but my Mom was thrilled - she had wanted new dishes for a long time!!

This is so cute. Only a child! It was my 1st chuckle of the day.

Thanks.....

I think this is precious and I still have some pretty silly things my kids and grandkids have made for me. Their favorite thing in the spring is to bring me boquets of these white blooming weeds that I am highly allergic to. I faithfully put them in a vase and put them as far from me as possible but show great excitement at their gift. I think this dgd has shown great creativity. lol

This is the kind of story you can tell at your GD's wedding reception when you make a toast. Everyone -- including her mother -- will love this one.

Very much worth the cost of towels....what a sweet thought the little girl had.

don't you just love kids

When you get it, FRAME IT! That truly is a treasure for all time! When your darling GDD is 21 give it to HER for a Christmas present. This is a family heirloom!

I did the same thing with my dresses when I was five. Mother was not happy. But my dresses were made from feed sacks so I had a good "eye" even at that age.

Kids!!!!! gotta love em . It's in the rule book :)

Whether or not your DIL knows it now, in her later years this memory will put a smile on her face. Today you have the laughter along with a memory that will linger daily. Good for you. Remember to write this down so that your GD will also have this memory of her achievement and creativity in using scotch tape; great things are coming for her.

and this is why I keep all sharp cutting tools well out of dds reach and why I plan on getting her a toy sewing machine at joanns on the 3rd or so at their labor day sale. only 14.99 for a singer kids sewing machine. I like that it has a needle guard for little fingers. will help dd learn to sew. well as much as she can on a toy machine. Thinking of getting a hello kitty for her fourth b-day if she is good and if she likes it. (she will be 3 in February)

Oh thats hysterical!!! I'm still laughing!!

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TOO FUNNY!

My DGD was spending ONE night with me once, and she (age 7) wanted to make a quilt. My brain is racing, because Grammy has to make a grandchild's wishes come true. So I decided to start with blocks. She choice her fabrics. She made two nine patch blocks. 'We' turned it into a pillow. She stuffed it and she even did the whip stitch to close it. She was SOO proud. She even entered it in the fair. She won a BLUE ribbon. Now the 9" pillow has two different colored 9 patch blocks (that really don't 'match'), but it was her fabric choice. My DD had to work hard to keep a positive look on her face, when DGD was showing off her 'quilting'. I received the "what were you thinking look?" DGD is now 10 and still has her blue ribbon 9 patch pillow.

Ah the memories we make!

Thanks for sharing this I laughed pretty hard and shared this with my DH too.

Thanks for the laugh!!! This is a cute story!

This is too precious. Your granddaughter is going to be an inventor and entreprenour (sp?). She's a gem.