Long before I ever got pregnant, my mom started telling me about this idea she had for a quilt she wanted to make for her future grandchild.Well, along came Sasha and with life gettin in the way (like it often does) mom determinedly worked away at this quilt over the past 2+ years...and the majority is hand sewn!
We are so thrilled with this beautiful legacy piece for Sasha which can be altered through the years and passed down to our own grandkids some day!
Fantastic is an understatement in my opinion - and I don't think I am biased on this one...it really is an amazing piece of work!!!
Each square can be washed independently, the whole thing is washable. Each letter has a hand sewn capital letter on one side, and lower case underneath. Picture cards were made for every letter, and shapes provide things to count for each number. The images she chose for every letter card were either natural flora and fauna, animals, vegetables and fruits, or musical instruments - all of which she copied from old encyclopdia sets (one series she has had since high school!) online image places and childrens books. Pictures of Mom, Dad, Brother and Oma fill each corner. (the pic of Oma is the first time they met when Sasha was 4 months - awww)
Truly the most wonderful gift from Oma...so much time and love and creativity!!!
Well, the pics tell the story of our opening of the package and exploration of the quilt as we put it together. Great fun! And Sasha sang the abc's for a while, looked at the picture cards trying to identify things (these cards have lots she knows, but also plenty of new things to add to her vocabulary!), started playng hopscotch on the squares, and generally had a blast with it right from the get go...no surprise!
Video: "I made it!" - Sasha playing hopscotch on the quilt
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