Q is for Quilt

One thing I love about motherhood is you never know where a day will take you. It could involve an impromptu bike ride or a puppet show or sometimes even making a quilt. Noah's class was learning about the letter Q last week and listed words that began with that letter. When I went to pick him up, I saw the list and mentioned to his teacher that I used to quilt before I had kids. On the way home Noah asked if we could make a quilt and since I actually had all of the materials at home I thought, sure why not? Once Nick heard of our plans he wanted to make his own so the boys got busy picking out their materials, cutting their squares and deciding on the pattern. They helped me to push the peddle on my ridiculously old sewing machine and by the end of the night they each had a new quilt! I think they turned out pretty well considering that I sewed without using pins (since I didn't want them all over the place) and that the squares weren't always, well, exactly square. Aliyah's isn't quite a quilt but I wanted to make a blanket for her too so I made her a taggy blanket.