Each year we do homemade Christmas presents for each other. It has to be made out of something we have around the house, and has to be homemade. Shianne this year went with me to a Relief Society night where they were teaching different methods of quilting. She saw this type, I don't remember what it is called, but she really wanted to make Spencer a fish quilt. We started like in September with her cutting out the fish shape, and then we cut scraps and she sewed them onto the fish shape. The first fish we did she used a lot of little scraps of material but after that one her scraps got bigger so she wouldn't have to sew so much. It was such a big project, especially since we both had never made a scrap quilt before. We plunged it and thanks to Brooke and his elk hunt, we spent 3 full days working on it. It was so fun to have Shianne learning right beside me.
Spencer loved it!! He was so excited. On the big fish in the middle we stitched in "I want to be a Fisherman" He drew a picture in school and wrote that and I thought it was so stinking cute, I had to include it on the blanket. Shi stitched "Love Shi" down int he corner. I hope this is a blanket that will last so long he can wrap his little boy in it.
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