What do you do to occupy a 6 year old GD...???
 

I have my grand-daughter here for a couple of sleepovers and my little darling wants to do something - "grand-ma can I sew a quilt???" :) So off we go digging in my bag of bits and pieces of leftovers, she chooses the motives we cut out, the colours and other materials to match - in short we make a scrappy quilt, very scrappy... :)
She sews....I unstich all the seams where she couldn't stay on the 1/4" line...., fix here and there, finally we did finish the blocks, Maylin helps me to place them so it looks good and then I sew them together as by then of course she lost interest and plays in the play-room with something else and I put everything together and add a border as otherwise this bright quilt would still be too small, even for a newborn little boy. So this is the top. I hope to be able to sandwich it and quilt it and add the border before the 2nd of December as baby is being dedicated at our church.
It's simple but I hope you like Maylin's taste :) so thanks for looking!!!

What a darling baby quilt! How proud she will be when it is presented to new brother! You both did a super job!!
Thanks for sharing your story it made me smile!

I think she has wonderful taste. I love to sew with my grandchildren.

That's the most precious thing ever!

very nicely done and special time spent together

oh that is sew cute-she had fun too

Very cute!:thumbup:

I love it, something she can be proud of.

It is darling. And you have created another quilter

What an awesome story and precious little girl to want to make a quilt. It is really sweet.

As good as any adult would do. And she'll always remember it as the quilt SHE made. :)

just love it... nice quality time

I made a quilt with my grandmother when I was about 4 or 5, (back in the 1940's) I would give ANYTHING today if I had that little quilt. However, i will always remember the joy of making it with my grandma! Your GD will always remember this experience. Hope she is able to keep it forever!

How wonderful!!!

Really sweet quilt!

I think it is adorable!

wonderful...... congrats on your grand daughter, her choices and the new baby!

No, she's giving it to a little newborn baby boy at our church but we will make some more quilts together, as she gets a little older, quilts she can keep. One of the next ones, in the new year, will be for her dolly!!!

Well done grandma. You are helping to encourage a future quilter and you ended up with a pretty quilt.

So glad you had fun For the day! She may have lost interest at the time but it will be a day she will remember a long time from now!

sew cute, she did great.

Really cute! I've done a few crafty sewing things with my GD, it's so much fun. They are soo good at these things! I hope they continue to remain interested.

I thijnk it's a lovely quilt. Maylin has good taste!

It's perfect and you are a wonderful grandma for doing this with her!

what agreat team you make! Hive her time and she will be doing the whole job in no time!

What a wonderful memory and keepsake for you both.

What a cute baby quilt! I also have a 6 year old DGD who likes to sew. When she comes she asks what she can make this time. We have made a doll blanket, tooth pillow (she puts her tooth in for the tooth fairy) and last time the tube pillow case. Not sure what we will do the next time she asks because she sews for a while but then wants to do something else. But she sure is proud when she's done.

Great idea about the tooth pillow!!! Will be one of my next projects with her and I suppose her brother (9) will want to make one too. Thanks for sharing!!!

What a cute story! I love it that your Grandaughter is becoming a quilter! Nice job Maylin and Grandma! :)

That is a great story.
I hope you plant a seed for later times for her.

I have so many fond memories being with my grandma doing these things. I helped her tie a quilt, she taught me to embroider, crochet, and tat.

Great that she is interested, you both did a wonderful job.

I can't wait until my darling GD Zoe is old enough to sit on my lap and sew with me, probably a small doll quilt for semi-instant results. I did this before with another little girl who was 5 years old, I had her put her hand over mine when I rotary cut the fabric, then she sat in my lap to sew or the part she liked best was using the foot pedal while I sewed. The first time we tried this, I had just threaded my machine, put my foot on the pedal and she opened up the machine to see it sewing and said in a delighted voice "cool". A moment I won't forget, and she was so proud of the little quilt she made.

Sew sweet!!!

I think she did a great job for one so young.

That is so perfect a quilt full of special memories for both of you and to share for the baby as well!

What a treasured memory that quilt will be for the whole family.

She did a fine job choosing...it is wonderful that she wanted to do this.

Please tell Maylin for all of us that we think she did a wonderful job. It looks just perfect. I am also hoping to quilt with a grandchild someday. What precious memories!

The quilt is darling! It is interesting and such pretty colors. What a wonderful project you did together.

That is so cute! Maylin did a great job of choosing the fabric.