A New Quilt for Kamaryn

Kamaryn has had this blankie since she was born. It's actually a very special blankie. My mom and dad made it for me when my mom was pregnant with me well, around 28 years ago now. My mom used it through all of her five children and then gave it to me when I had Kamaryn. I kinda thought it would be cool if she became attached to it because that would make it all the more special. My wish came true. She LOVES this blanket. It's name is "Green Blankie". She always asked, "will you make me cozy" in that blanket. It wraps around her just perfectly and she looks so darn cute all wrapped up too. And her favorite thing is to play with the yarn ties. She calls it "twisting the little teenies (thingys)".

"Green Blankie"

Well, about the middle of May I noticed that the edges of this well loved blanket were starting to get very thin and actually getting some holes in them. So I told Kamaryn that Green Blankie was getting very old. That didn't change how she felt about "him" though. I had the idea to make her a new quilt so that we could try and salvage Green Blankie somehow. So we went to the store one day and I had her pick out some cute fabric and yarn.



Now, I've never made a quilt nor do I have the skills so I decided we would take our supplies with us when we went on our trip because I knew that my grandma had some quilt frames and the know-how to help us out. And to make this quilt even more special, it would be made by 4 generations :)

So here is a bit of the quilt making process:

Kamaryn Joy, April Joy, and Grandma Joy

Kamaryn, Grandma Hope, Grandma Joy
(we should have had someone come take a picture of all 4 of us)

Tying

Time to cut!

All done!

Pinned and ready to sew

My mother the seamstress :)

Cutting the thread

The finished new quilt

Mom, Kamaryn, Me, Ashton with the new quilt

She fell in love with her new blanket. It was lots of fun to make and I enjoyed documenting the whole thing. It was a great thing to do together. When we got home from our trip Kamaryn wanted "green blankie" for a while but I had to wash it and hide it from her because I have plans for preserving part of it for her. We named her new blanket "Newbie". And of course, it's got yellow "twisty teenies" too.