G'ma Kay

Your life will never be the same again! You will wonder how you spent your time before!

missionslady

Congratulations! How fun to have a new grandbaby to sew and quilt for! I think anything made by Grandma has to be wonderful! I have 10 grandchildren and I dearly love to sew and quilt for all of them. When I was a little girl, I longed for my grandmother to make something for me. She was the only grandparent I had, but she had 11 children and I lost count of how many grandchildren. Finally after I was married she made me a Yo Yo pillow. I treasure it to this day as she died a few years later. So my grandchildren didn't have a choice; their Grandma was going to sew and quilt for them:-) I start when they are young and tell them it is 'A Love Gift.' Thus far they seem to genuinely love and appreciate the things I make. They even go through my stash and select the fabric! I'm sure you will have many happy quilting days ahead for this little one!

Sew Krazy Girl

Here's what I did for my niece's first baby. Since I come from a large family, I asked all the women to send me a FQ of a nice baby flannel that appealed to them. We knew she was having a girl. After I collected the flannel I embroidered their names, i.e., "Great Aunt Rose", or "Grandma Pat", etc., on each piece. I sewed white flannel sashing between the colorful squares. The backing is flannel and I didn't use batting. It's heavy enough and as it turns out, it came to be a twin size quilt. It was presented to her at her baby shower. All it needs now is a pocket so it can be hung until she grows into it. (Let's see if I can find the browse button to include a photo.)

TX GMimi

YEAH!! Another grandmother! What an awesome experience! I made our first three grands rag quilts - that way they could be used anyway, anywhere, dragged thru the mud if they wanted to! Didn't have time to make one for the 4th little one!

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