Give A Mouse A Cookie? How About, Give A 7 Year Old Your Design Board!
#107

I had already completed the center panel of spider web blocks and the mini star blocks (these were made from scraps left over after making a Day & Night quilt out of the light gray and purple). I wanted to incorporate the mini stars into a quilt with the spiderweb panel, but was undecided about how to incorporate them.
I had the panel up on my design board and asked my two daughters what they thought. My youngest, age 7, grabbed the mini star blocks and arranged them, alternating on-point blocks with traditionally set blocks. Then, she suggested I use the darker gray (with flecks of purple) as sashing to make it different from the original Day & Night quilt that these cast offs came from. :0 I was floored. This coming from the girl who doesn't have the patience to sit still long enough to learn her multiplication table!
I had the panel up on my design board and asked my two daughters what they thought. My youngest, age 7, grabbed the mini star blocks and arranged them, alternating on-point blocks with traditionally set blocks. Then, she suggested I use the darker gray (with flecks of purple) as sashing to make it different from the original Day & Night quilt that these cast offs came from. :0 I was floored. This coming from the girl who doesn't have the patience to sit still long enough to learn her multiplication table!
#109

Yes, I had already thought of that. But, I'm not going to tel her until the quilt is done and then I can show it to her before I ship it off to her aunt since it was a gift for my sister.
#110

You need to buy her a sewing machine, turn her loose and see what happens!! lol Of course, she will need safety lessons first. My granddaughters love to sew, I just slow down the speed, instruct them to keep their fingers away from the needle. Otherwise it's gonna hurt!!!!! Their answer is: I know, MeMe.

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