Lucy's Quilt

I'm a needlepointer

Not a quilter

But I think I've been around friend Nancy too much!

For I decided to make my First Grand Girl, Lucy, a quilt

Nancy was a wealth of information and I could not have done it without her.

My first note after talking to her read 7 x 9

I thought feet -- she meant squares

(she straightened me out when I talked to her later)

Thank heaven, time was limited when I went to buy fabric

and couldn't figure out how many yards of each fabric I would need for a 7 x 9 foot quilt!

But once on the right track

of needing 7 by 9 squares

And not only that but she told me how much yardage of each fabric I'd need!

(No figuring for me!)

I found some pretty fabric at Hobby Lobby,

I wanted something "classic", fit for a child but also for a teen or an adult

In other words, a quilt that she could have "forever"!

I cut and I sewed

I had batting and a back

I tied

I made a binding and sewed that on

And when Grand Girl Lucy came for Christmas

She had the quilt to sleep under

I chose green and yellow as the colors

because her room is yellow

But it's not a quilt to take home

It's a quilt to sleep under at Nana and Poppy's

Children like constants

And what better constant than your bedding.

The backing is a riot of pink roses with a yellow background and green leaves

It looks like a little girl's quilt!

The front is alternating squares of a sage green fabric with white dots and a yellow and white calico type fabric

The quilt is tied because that's what my grandma did

She always called them "comforts"

So I guess I made Lucy a comfort rather than  quilt!

 As is our custom, we read

'Twas the Night Before Christmas 

before we tuck the wee ones in bed

The book was bought for her Mom's first Christmas

and we read the poem even up through middle school

because

it was tradition!

Lucy was tucked in her bed and covered with her quilt

And then turned out the light so that Santa could come!

A tradition that Daughter Sarah started

Christmas PJ's

Christmas color rather than Christmas pictures

So they can wear them all winter long!

The quilt at Nana's was not my idea

Friend Martha Jane did that for her grandchildren

And I thought it was a super idea

So I borrowed it!

And yes, this year I shall make a quilt for Piper

Pink and brown I think

for Piper's room is a brown

And she looks like a pink girl!

With one quilt under my belt,

I'm assuming quilt number two

Shall be super easy!

Who knows, Nancy, I may even try my hand at a "real" quilt!