Christmas Quilts - Done!

The start of Micah's jean quilt was a stack of old jeans,
which took quite a while to cut and rip up the seams
to preserve as much usable material as possible.
(Messy, dusty job!
When I blew my nose after this, it was BLUE! Yuck.)

I tried to use pockets and seams where I could for variety,
which means it took longer to prepare the material because
it required some thought.

I made up the pattern, I wanted something with
larger rectangles to get the most out of the cut up jeans.
Then I added the smaller rectangles from the scraps.

I hinted at these quilts here.

Here's the end result.

I made it quite large, Micah's already taller than me
and I wanted it to fit him for a long time.
This is laid out on his full size futon.

I only quilted the largest pieces, mostly with random designs, free motion.
I used the heavier jean thread to quilt.

'Micah'

Here's Grace's, 'Around the World' pattern in flannel.

Machine quilted in hearts and stars
to match the fabric she picked.

I used leftover material from the front to back it.

Snug as a bug in a rug.

The quilts were done two days late, but I'm happy I didn't stress out over them to get them done in time for Christmas. It made the whole thing much more enjoyable!