We didn't have a pattern...just started with a 9" square in the middle and added "borders" around it until it got to be about 40 inches wide and about 50 inches long or so. She picked all the fabrics herself; can you tell she likes yellow and blue? :)

She is soooo cute...
That is a great looking quilt too....
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What a wonderful job she did and how wonderful for you to teach her. I learned to sew by sitting next to my mother while she made our dresses. It's so sad that many young women can't even hem a garment or sew on a button. (My own daughter could never sit still long enough) I applaud you both!!

You are a good teacher, and she is a quick and adept learner. Her quilt is wonderful and she has only made 1 less than me... Will be interesting to see how it gets quilted. I hope you post the final picture after that lesson.

She's done a fantastic job. Well done to both of you.

Great job! And kudos to you for helping her. 7 hours is a long time to sit and sew.

That's wonderful and she looks so happy! Hope she keeps it up. Thank you for teaching! :thumbup:

Wow - what a beautiful quilt! Good job both of you. I can't believe she lasted 7 hours. She's going to be a fabulous quilter!

^5 to the junior quilter. Great choice in fabrics and design!

She did so well with this. She's anxious to get it finished and we have to wait probably 3 weeks before our schedules mesh again.

I'm going to have her put this together with the backing and batting as an "envelope"; her skills and patience aren't ready for doing a binding yet.

Then the question is, how to quilt it. Her mom thinks she should just tie it, but I'm leaning toward having her stitch a presser foot width from each seam. That would give her more practice on the machine. She doesn't have a walking foot for her machine, so I may have her use my machine for quilting. So far she's done virtually all the work on this quilt herself and I want her to feel like it's totally hers, so....

What do you all think about how to have her quilt this?