It is a rare day when I do not have a quilt on the racks on a Saturday, but this last Saturday I did. Lili made a quilt using one layer cake during the summer for a surprise birthday gift for her brother, but we haven't gotten to the quilting until now. So, it's going to be a Christmas present now. Anyway, she was so excited to know that she was going to be quilting. So, I walked her through the whole process. She put the quilt on the racks, pins and all. I just watched and helped when she needed it.
I lowered my table as low as I could and it was still a little reach for her.
I love her cute little determined face.
It took her about 4 hours to quilt the whole quilt, by the end of her time quilting she told me her arms were sore. Now she understands what I do - I love it!
One quilt pieced and quilted by my 8 year old. This is her first big quilt.
The best part of the day was spending time with her. I am so happy that she has taken an interest in quilting and I am happy to share what I know with her. I am going to make an effort to give her a little time on my machine every now and again so that she can develop her own talents.
Loops and more loops, she did a beautiful job for her first time quilting.
I'm one proud mama!
What a great time together and she did very well for her first time. I don't think my first time looked that good!
ReplyDeleteShe did a wonderful job! I have loved making quilts with my boys too :-)
ReplyDeleteShe did an amazing job....what fun to have time to share with her....she starts now she will be a master by the time she is in her teens.
ReplyDeleteThis may just be my all time post you ever blog! Wow!!!! Makes emotional with joy and homesickness for you and family and that tiny wish that God would have gifted me a girl.....beautiful, friend!
ReplyDeleteThose are really nice loops, too! She's got a great eye for spacing, and her arcs are a lot smoother than my first ones were! Way to go, Lili!!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. I have a 9 year old who quilted a quilt for her 3rd grade teacher at the end of the school year. She finished and then announced WOW that is really hard work and now I think I'm cross eyed. Thanks for sharing your daughter's work.
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful! I would be very proud if I had made it, and I bet she is too! :)
ReplyDeleteGood job sweetie! What a lucky brother!
ReplyDeleteI recently bought a mid arm machine and racks and my 8 year old is itching to get her hands on it.
ReplyDeleteI'm embarrassed to say your 8 year old daughter did better than I can! Beautiful start! I see another exceptional quilter in the making!
ReplyDeleteGail S In NC
You should be a proud Mum. Now to see how long before she wants to make another quilt.
ReplyDeleteOh how fun! And I hope you are sharing all the compliments with her! She did a fabulous job! Are you going to make her a ribbon?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing!!!
She did a super job! So glad you can do this together.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great day! Lili did an awesome job- looks like she inherited your talent! My granddaughter is about the same age as Lili, we had a chance to make a doll quilt together this summer- SO fun!
ReplyDeleteWow, I am so impressed with her quilting skills! I wish I was that good!
ReplyDeleteShe's going to be Judi the 2nd!
ReplyDeleteawesome, A really great job.
ReplyDeleteYou should be proud! Great job.
ReplyDeleteWow! I'm so impressed with her work and with her determination to stick with it! Her quilting is wonderful right now, let alone after some more LA time. Congrats to you both!
ReplyDeletemostly i lurk, reading and absorbing all your wonderful quiltiness. not today.
ReplyDeleteyou've done a wonderful thing here, teaching your daughter to quilt and she's done a wonderful thing making such a fine quilt by herself! kudos to you both!
Congratulations! She did a wonderful job. I think she is following in your footsteps. How nice!
ReplyDeleteHi!!! Wow!!! She did really great!!!! Great to spend time together quilting too!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo sweet! She did a fabulous job!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely quilt! Thanks for sharing this with us. I'm sure you both must be so happy with the results. I've been thinking about letting my son try his hand at making a quilt. He's always sitting beside me as I quilt and peppering me with questions as I go along. Seeing how well your daughter did, I may just have to float the idea and see if he's interested!!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had started at that age! Fabulous
ReplyDeleteThis is a treasure you will never forget. Quilting with your daughter. Never to young to start learning the art.I started about 4 years old sewing and quilting with my mom. That was 50 some years ago. I have gone from hand quilting to machine quilting.
ReplyDeleteWow, you should be proud! She did a fabulous job!
ReplyDeleteher quilting is wonderful! how fun to have your daughter share this part of your life with you!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! The apple doesn't fall far from the tree!! EXCELLENT job!!P
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Like mother like daughter. I hope that Melia wants to quilt someday!
ReplyDeleteThat's precious.
ReplyDeleteOH Judi...what a happy post! She must be feeling so proud and she should be. She did a beautiful job both on the piecing and on the quilting. I think this is one of my all time favorite posts since I have been reading your blog. It totally gave me the most excellent "Warm Fuzzies" looking at her beautiful, determined face. I have been a little down today and this wonderful post cheered me right up. Thank you so much for sharing mom/daughter time with us. And please give your sweet girl a big hug for me and tell her how much better my day is after reading about her and seeing her in action. Looks like you have a future quilting star following in your footsteps. Big Hugs ....
ReplyDeleteThat is so impressive! Oh to have the exposure and opportunity at such a young age.
ReplyDeleteSo much fun to share your love of quilting with your daughter. Looks like she has inherited her mother's talents too. Beautiful quilt. Well done Lili!
ReplyDeleteWhat a special day for both of you. Great job, Lili. Blessings.
ReplyDeleteCute Lily! Unreal. She did such a great job. I would feel totally proud too as a mom. Darling pictures. Honestly I'm super impressed, I know she did a better job than I would have done! Nice job Lily!!! I can't wait to show these pictures to Alayna. Fun, and talented girl!
ReplyDeleteWow I would say so! She did an awesome job... Tell her we look forward to more of her quilts in the future! Hugs, Karen on Keuka
ReplyDeleteWell done, Lili. That is one awesome quilt. Wonderful quilting !
ReplyDeleteThat quiltng is incredible! Well done!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great job she did! You have plenty of reason to be proud.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!!! We all wish we had started that young!
ReplyDeleteShe is a natural!
ReplyDeleteFantastic result!
ReplyDeleteI think I see momma's quilting talent shining through.
Well done, great team work!
Cheers
Linda
Love it!!!! Future quilter to carry on the art and such a pretty one. You must be so proud...and she did a far better job than I could do.
ReplyDeleteAwesome job... she takes after her mother!
ReplyDeleteShe did an amazing job! I wish I could quilt like that! How fun for the both of you.
ReplyDeleteTell your little one that she did a spectacular job! Great way of passing on the craft. Keep up the good work guys
ReplyDeleteLovely daughter and what a great job - she will follow in your footsteps!
ReplyDeleteI love to see other quilters including their children; she's done a marvellous job! My 7-year-old son has made several quilts, with progressively less assistance from me, and my 6-year-old daughter is working on one, too.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great job she did!! You must be so PROUD. Hopefully she keeps up with her quilting so she can be as good as her Mom :-)
ReplyDeleteLike mom like daughter! No way I could that well on a long arm
ReplyDeleteWow...what a great job she did. She's a natural just like her Mama! What a lovely little girl you have.
ReplyDeleteI have to say that is the best thing I have read all day. What a great opportunity for you both. She did an amazing job also. Tell her the quilting world is proud of her also.
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful all around. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome experience for her. I'm impressed she finished that whole thing in one sitting! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your daughter for such a wonderful quilt! I love it!. How nice to share the same happy and spending so much time together sewing....
ReplyDeleteCongrats sweetheart. Beautiful job of quilting free hand. Judy you are one great mom and teacher. Such sweet moments for both of you.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully done quilt... love the colors. And such careful piecing! I'm very impressed. This quilting gave the top great movement. What a fun quilt for her brother!
ReplyDeleteJudi, I'm thinking you need to hire your little entrepeneur to pin the quilts to your machine.
Thanks for the wonderful photos!
Congratulations to her! This is awesome! She did a marvelous job!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, and she's only what, 8 years old?! I'd be veering off course! LOL.... Great Job, Lili!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a special time! Lucky daughter and mom!
ReplyDeleteWow, if you hadn't said so I would have never believed that quilting was done by an 8 year old! Amazing!!! Her brother will love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is so sweet and what an awesome job of quilting she did. The quilt is so snuggly beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work mom! I love that you let her do all of it herself. It turned out just great!!
ReplyDeleteWow -- that's her FIRST TRY?! She did a fantastic job! Apparently she has inherited the quilting genes from her mama!
ReplyDeleteI've just started teaching my 10-year old son to quilt, but he's in the early stages. Now that he's practiced enough that he can do a fairly consistent 1/4" seam on my Featherweight, he's starting to sew strips together for one of those fence rail patterns. The only thing better than time to work on your own quilts is having time to teach your child how to do it, too! :-)
Can I hire her to quilt for me?! She did an amazing job. I bet you are so proud of her.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lucky girl to have one of the best quilters as her teacher. She did an amazing job.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a lucky little girl and she's picking up the skill quite well!
ReplyDeleteLike Mother, Like Daughter. The quikt looks great.What a gift for her brother.
ReplyDeleteSo cute!!
ReplyDeleteLa pequeña acolcha fantastico.
ReplyDeleteSaludos
Maria
She did a wonderful job - what a talented young lady!
ReplyDeleteYour daughter did a fantastic job. Not sure if it is an annual exhibit, but I do recall Road to California having a special exhibit for kids and they received great prizes. I'll investigate. Either way, I hope she enters her quilt in a show.
ReplyDeleteSewCalGal
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She did great! Bless her heart.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day.
Always, Queenie
You have every right to be. It looks really gorgeous and she did a fabulous job.
ReplyDeleteShe did a fabulous job :o)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful & talented little girl! Wish I had a granddaughter that I could sew with!
ReplyDeleteJudy, I check your blog often and seeing your daughters work made me feel I can do this too. She did a wonderful job! Watch out, she'll be winning some awards in her future if she follows her momma's footsteps.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you, Cindy
Lily - fabulous quilt! You are so lucky to have a wonderful and talented mother! You go a GIRL!
ReplyDeleteSu trabajo es impecable. Ella es adorable!
ReplyDeleteYour daughter did a great job, that's wonderful! I hope to get my granddaughters quilting when they're old enough, we definitely need to keep quilting alive in the future generations.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic quilt! She looks so proud in the picture. Best wishes from Scotland! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic quilt! She looks so proud in the picture. Best wishes from Scotland! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic quilt! She looks so proud in the picture. Best wishes from Scotland! :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic quilt! She looks so proud in the picture. Best wishes from Scotland! :)
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