Little House in the Big Woods Part 2

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It’s been a long time coming for this post! We completed our projects months ago, but I must have become busy and put this on the back burner.

Our big project was to get my old maternity clothes and make quilts out of them. I originally intended to make lap quilts for each of my kids for Christmas. They helped me make them, but knew it was going to be their big Christmas present.

The first one we made was for my daughter. I designed the quilt myself, though I have never quilted prior to this project.

The front of my daughter's quilt
The front of my daughter’s quilt

 

The back of the quilt.
The back of her quilt.
Martha, my mentor.
Martha, my mentor, with Cami, 4.
Caleb, 13, at the sewing machine.
Caleb, 13, at the sewing machine.
Isaac, 8, at the sewing machine.
Isaac, 8, at the sewing machine.
Ethan, 6, at the sewing at the sewing machine
Ethan, 6, at the sewing at the sewing machine
Jared, 11, loved sewing so much that he made napkins.
Jared, 11, loved sewing so much that he made napkins. On the left is his homemade napkin holder.
Isaac's quilt
Isaac’s quilt
Jared's quilt
Jared’s quilt

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Jesse, 2, with his quilt.
Jesse, 2, with his quilt.
Caleb with his quilt.
Caleb with his quilt.
Jesse, 2, helping Martha
Jesse, 2, helping Martha

 

 

My daughter, Cami (4), helped, too. But we were having technical difficulties and the pictures didn’t turn out. She gently pulled the quilts while we did the quilting. When they’re all pieced together, the quilts are hard to quilt without help if you are using a regular sewing machine.

See our other projects while reading Little House in the Big Woods.

 

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