Quilts

Since last year Ashely has wanted to make quilts for each of the kids. We got the supplies together and she finally was able to get them done this last February, after months of working on them in the free time she had. She put a lot of effort into them and had a few trial and error experiences, but she worked through all that, with some of the kid's help along the way and managed to get them done. They ended up turning out great. It was funny when Ashley told Adahleigh she was making her a blanket and it had flowers on it, this was after she had already started, and Adahleigh said,"I don't want flowers I want butterflies". She ended up putting some butterflies along the edge for her. She loves her quilt now and demands to sleep with it instead of one of her littler blankets.Charles quilt probably took the most effort and trial and error. Ashley found a picture of one she liked on the internet, but no description really of how it was made or pattern available. We blew up the picture and just used it as a template, that didn't work out very well at all. Looking closer at the picture we decided that each lizard had been pieced together, so they all weren't the same. Instead of doing that Ashley decided to just cut the lizards out individually and allow enough overlap between the different colors, so she could just zig-zag them together. It ended up working out really well and the end results looks great. When Adahleigh saw it done, she changed her mind about her quilt and said she wanted the lizard one instead. We had to tell her she had one and this one was Charles. In the end she decided she liked hers just fine and would be ok with letting Charles have this one. He isn't as picky with what he sleeps with yet, but if Adahleigh wants hers and he sees then he wants his too.