For The Love of Grandmas
Meet my new friend, Tyra from her blog Silverlilysews! This is a guest post from her about one of her quilting projects. Of course I went nuts over the quilts! Aren’t they gorgeous? Please welcome Tyra to NanaHood!
For the love of grandmas…
For the last few weeks I’ve been working away on two projects for the same new grandma.
One of my mom’s best friends just became a grandma this summer. She initially asked me to create a quilt for the baby and then in secret my mom asked me to create a “grandma” quilt for her friend to keep at her home to be the special snuggle quilt at grandma’s house.
The first quilt for the baby came together easy. I love the fabrics and I loved how the embroidery came together on the back. I just loved it.
I really struggled with finishing up this little number. I loved the top but couldn’t find the right back for it. I finished the other one first and called my mom to tell her that I loved the baby’s quilt more than hers. I just couldn’t finish it up in a way that I loved. Then I decided to try a different way to finish it by just folding the backing over.
And now I love it too. LOVE IT! It has a SUPER high snuggle factor. Like a 10 out of 10 snuggle factor.
I googled the word “grandma” in different languages and then appliqued them on to the front of the quilt.
Mom had the shower this weekend and presented her friend with both. Yay!
Thanks, Tyra, for sharing your beautiful quilts with us. I’m guessing that I’m not the only nana/mom who loves them! To read Tyra’s blog go to Silverlilysews
By the way…
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I love the quilt with the different names for grandmother!
Thanks for the guest post!
Very beautiful quilts! That’s a neat idea to make one for the Grandma too!
such beautiful quilts! stopping by for the blog hop..now following!
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Love the quilts from your guest post! I do a bit of quilting but not enough. Oh so little time.
A girlfriend of mine let me know she has breast cancer. Because she has no insurance, she’s being helped out with bills by the Susan G. Komen foundation. That is great. I never knew what they did with the money raised. So glad she can get help as she’s a deserving mom and friend and been through a lot in her life with 2 sons that have had medical issues in their late teens. Take care!