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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7600 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
7600 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 01 2025 : 12:56:03 PM
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If you have a young child or grandchild this would be a great project to prepare for next October. This can be completed sewing by hand or machine - and you have until October.
Someone read this book in my quilting group in October. The book is called The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt, and the ghost in the book is not a white sheet like his friends; he is a quilt of blue and white squares. At first he doesn't like being different from all the other ghosts, until a little girl picks him up and takes him home with her. When he sees the comfort he can bring to someone in need he becomes happy with being different.
The person reading the book had made a blue and white quilt that she showed to us when she read the book. During that meeting, before she was even done reading the book, I went to Amazon and bought the book for my newest grandson. I have a lot of blue and white fabrics and plan to make a small quilt to go along with this book as my first UFO project for 2025.
I'm still deciding on what size to make the quilt. The reader's quilt was about crib size, made with about 3-1/2" to 4-1/2" squares. I was thinking about maybe a smaller doll-size quilt to use along with the book. Our grandson, not quite 2, likes to "read" to his stuffed animals, and I think he could use this quilt when he reads to his animal friends.
Anyone else want to make one?
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
Terrell, TX
Farm girl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month
August 2015, April 2017 and June 2023
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
1713 Posts
Karen
Kennewick
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 02 2025 : 8:12:19 PM
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Love this idea, Linda! :)
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
2452 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - Jan 02 2025 : 9:15:44 PM
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I would love to make one but the youngest grandson is 22. I did have the cutest little step great grandsons but I lost them when my son divorced. I might think about it for the youngest great grand nephew though.
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21 6/24
I'm old and I wear purple |
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Dreamer42
True Blue Farmgirl
2721 Posts
April
Central
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jan 15 2025 : 07:49:48 AM
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Sounds like a sweet book... I'm not anywhere near being a grandmother yet, at least I hope not. Boys are 21 and 16. Would love if they found their true loves and got married before babies come. Guess I'm still old fashioned that way. Seems this younger generation does things in reverse. Such a cute idea and will try and remember this one. There is something sooooos special about quilts. One of my true loves!
Dreamer42
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Lacey
Chapter Guru
206 Posts
Rea
Davis
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jan 28 2025 : 12:53:51 PM
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what a wonderful book1 I sent the name of the book to my friend who loves to quilt. She has two grandchilden who would love the project.
Thank you for sharing.
Rea Nakanishi
Farm Girl Of The Month Jan. 2022
“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
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Lacey
Chapter Guru
206 Posts
Rea
Davis
Ca
USA
206 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2025 : 1:12:08 PM
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what a wonderful book1 I sent the name of the book to my friend who loves to quilt. She has two grandchilden who would love the project.
Thank you for sharing.
Rea Nakanishi
Farm Girl Of The Month Jan. 2022
“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
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