Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Boys Quilts

Since January is going more quickly than I can grasp onto. I wanted to show off my hard work before I forget. I was so excited that I actually finished them all up for the boys this past Christmas. I have always loved rag quilts! I found the instructions at http://www.sewaquilt.com/rag-quilt-sizes.html These quilts have been a long time coming since I have collected a huge amount of used jeans to gather enough fabric. I also purchased a soft flannel for the backing. I think they look great! Mr. A was full of compliments and even helped me finish up the edges which was a lot of cutting. I broke a couple pair of scissors in the process, so next quilt I'll spoil myself and get a new pair of scissors to make the job that much better. Jeans are much harder than the usual soft fabrics used in quilting!

Jack-Jack's quilt has construction vehicles all over the backside and Rex has dinosaurs of course!

Tater's quilt backing is recreational vehicles! I purchased the fabrics for under $20 per quilt since I got the jeans for free. 3 twin size rag quilts for $60 a steal of a deal plus a lot of man hours!

4 comments:

Lady of Perpetual Chaos said...

Beautiful quilts! A lot of work, but they'll love them forever. I really need to work on our quilts more...

Keith and Laura said...

Those are wonderful! That is a ton of man hours.

Andrea Holley said...

Cool room! Did you paint those dinosaurs? Wow - amazing!

Andrea Holley said...

Do you really have a boy named Tate? My boy is Tate too (after my maiden name)! I love it.