Quilts for Kids #2

In case you missed the first quilt we made for Quilts for Kids, you can find it here.  My son, Tyler, helped make this quilt to donate to Quilts for Kids.  The company sends you fabric and a pattern to create a quilt and then they donate the quilt to children in hospitals.  It was a great learning experience for both Tyler and myself and a fun summer project that we worked on together.  Some of the fabric prints were of baseball gear so we headed to the baseball fields to take a few pictures.

Tyler sewing up a storm

A proud boy:)

 

The finished quilt

 

 

It's the last day of the month and I finished this quilt today, yay!!!  Just in the nick of time to finish up my September goal.  So tonight, I'm linking up to A Lovely Year of Finishes and 100 Quilts for Kids:

Quilts for Kids #1

I had read about this organization, Quilts for Kids, on a blog and thought it might be fun to do with my kids. A great way to teach my kids a little about sewing as well as making something for a good cause.  The company donates the quilts to children that are in hospitals.  Basically you pay for shipping and Quilts for Kids sends you a quilt kit that includes the fabric to make the quilt top as well as the backing fabric.  You supply the batting, binding, thread, and time:)  I ordered two kits at the beginning of summer and thought my older two kids could each have one to work on.  It was a learning experience for all of us but overall I think my kids really enjoyed learning a new skill and donating something they had created.  Haley's is all finished up and Tyler's is almost done.  Here are a few pictures of Haley's quilt to donate.  The little squares have a school theme so I thought it would be fun to take pictures by our local school bus shop.

 

 

 

 

 

I'm linking up to Katie's (from SwimBikeQuilt):