Sock Monkey Quilt

I received a phone call early this afternoon from Nikki at Cody's day program. She's the cute girl who keeps me posted via notes in Cody's backpack (see this post and this post ). When Nikki identified herself, I was a little nervous. I thought maybe Cody was sick or in trouble, but she was calling to tell me about some really cute quilts that had been donated and she wondered if she could send one home with Cody.

In my mind, I was visualizing a lap or crib size quilt that had been tied. I was pleasantly surprised when Cody came home with this...




 I couldn't get a picture of the entire quilt and
I was even standing on a chair. It's that large.



Here is a close up of a few of the squares.



The entire thing is machine quilted.



The backing fabric is textured...an added bonus for Cody because he is blind.

It even came with a pillow case...



This is the sticker that was in the upper left hand corner of the quilt.




Thank you Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for your thoughtful donation. Cody loves his quilt!

Future Quilters of America

Katelyn has decided she enjoys quilting and wants to make a hobby of it. She and I spent some girl time and went to a quilt show that is in town for the holiday week-end.

This first quilt was made by a twelve year old. The girl was kind enough to let Katelyn take a picture of her and the red ribbon that she won. How cute is that!




Katelyn and I are both fond of this off center quilt.





One judge made the following quilt of her grandson. It took over 5,400 digitally created pieces. Amazing.

Katelyn adores this alphabet quilt so much that she bought the pattern and plans on making one for her future children.

She even got to have her try at a long arm machine.



I'm glad we had Katelyn's phone for pictures but wish I had remembered my camera for better quality. I loved the details on the following Christmas quilt. The light and dark red fabrics were sewn in such a way that it appeared to be ribbon winding around the middle.

There are soooo many talented people in this world. Oh, the possibilities!