9 Years - Finally finished. Whew!
 

When my DD was a senior in HS, she had made a baby quilt for one of her teachers, and felt she was now an experienced quilt maker and wanted to make a larger one for herself. She picked out a pattern- which I told her was a bit difficult for a beginner. But being 17, she went ahead anyway. She chose all the fabrics, but I did help with the rotary cutting. Well then she was off to college, then Europe, then marriage. This past summer I was at her house helping her make room for baby #2. Wadded up in the back of a closet was the quilt. She said "Oh throw that out - I made a mess of it." She had used cheap polyester batting, an old sheet for the backing, and tried quilting it with invisible thread on her little cheap machine. It WAS a mess! I claimed to throw it out, but brought it home. Spent months picking out the quilting, bought new cotton batting and backing and had it LA quilted. She has no clue, and I am wrapping it up for Christmas for her daughter - my 1st grandchild. I felt my DD did an excellent job in making the quilt top, just couldn't "throw it out"!

I couldn't resist adding a pic of my sweet GD (14mo) who will get the quilt, with her baby brother (4mo) Guaranteed to make you smile! :)

The quilt is beautiful. I am glad that you took the time to repair it for your DD. She will be brought to tears I think! Beautiful babies too!

Kyia

Wonderful idea, and way to pretty to throw out. My dil shopped for fabric for her unborn baby girl..that turned out to be a boy. I made her a quilt with it and she will get it for Christmas also. Six years later...
It will really surprise your daughter and your grand will reallyhave a treasure. They are very cute.

You daughter did an awesome job on color choice and piecing and you are a miracle worker. Rescuing/restoring the quilt must have been a huge job. But the story of it will be told in the family for many years. Thanks for sharing the quilt and the story with us.

The quilt is pretty but the babies are beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Those kids are such cuties! The quilt is very nice - I am glad you did not throw it away but finished it instead. It will be an heirloom.

What a wonderful story. Your dd will surely be surprised when she sees her quilt and what a great story that will be passed on with the quilt.

Darling grannies, I might add.

Oh my gosh that is beautiful!!

I love this story. Well done on finishing it for her.

So glad you didn't throw out the "mess" ! Beautiful and so are those grandbabies !

Very touching story and beautiful grandkids and quilt. Leave it to grandma to add the wisdom and memories.

very pretty

I agree. Gorgeous. I really love the colors and the babies are divine. I am sure she will have tears when she sees what you did.

This is the stuff family quilts are made of. You did a wonderful job from the rescue to the restoration.

beautiful quilt, she pick out some nice colors, and i guess she will be in tears. go job.

I am so glad you saved her quilt for her daughter, It is so pretty. Your granchildren are beautiful.

Very pretty. I thought I was the only one that took that long to get one done.LOL

It is worth all your effort, very pretty.

Beautiful quilt, quilting and last but not least Babies. Good color choices,

She will be so shocked when she sees it!

what a great story. It really makes my heart smile that you were able to do that for her. I hope she realizes how lucky she is. The quilt came out beautiful. Great job Grandma!

Good save and well worth it. Cute babies too.

Oh my, what handsome children. The quilt is just beautiful. What a treasure the two of you have created

Have you ever heard of using an eyebrow shaper for ripping. It is guarded blade that has slits. I put it between the quilt backing and batting to rip quilting out such as the original quilting and don't get holes in my backing. It is fast and easy and so far I have never gotten any holes in any tops or backings. I do rip between the backing the batting just in case.

Beautiful quilt and even more beautiful babies! You did a really good thing when you saved that quilt top. Your daughter did a lovely job on it, and it deserved to be finished with good backing, batting, and quilting.

Such an awesome thing you have done for her. Its really beautiful. Great job!

That is one beautiful quilt and the story that goes with it very touching. Your love for your daughter shows in all the work you did. That quilt will endure through many generations. Congratulations!

Beautiful quilt...Beautiful Grand-darlings...beautiful story. Thanks for sharing all three.

The quilt is gorgous. She is going to love it. What a wonderful and thoughtful thing to do. Grandma are great!

Oh Laurie, That is a beautiful story! Take pictures!

Yes, I too am so happy you did that. What an amazing amount of work you did, but you are right...she did a nice job on the top and chose really nice colors. She will be so surprised! Congratulations on a job "going way beyond the call of duty". Taking apart and then putting together is a lot of work!

Truly a labor of love!

What a wonderful story, the quilt turned out lovely. I would love to see her reaction when she sees it.

Your daughter will be thrilled to have the quilt for her daughter. It is beautiful. Blessings to you for doing this for her.

AHHHH that will be a very special present.... Love it.

What a sweet thing to do. I'm sure she's going to love it. Your grandbabies are adorable.

Your DD is an amazing job on the top, just as you said. You did an amazing job redoing the quilting. She will LOVE it. Make sure you provide tissues with it.

Very pretty glad you got it done.