Friday, March 14, 2014

She's 5 and a Special Surprise!!

Yes, Kami was born on Pi Day!!!  Lucky girl :)  And today she turned 5.  Wow, she is growing up so fast.  She loves her preschool and is so looking forward to Kindergarten.  She is a big helper for mommy when the older kids go to school and loves to play with her younger sister.  She got to open one special present this morning from her older sister.


 Jessi's Baby and Me quilts!!!  Aren't they just adorable!!  Jessica has been working on this project for over a year.  She started with me, and then Grandma Barbara jumped in to help as well.


Jessica did everything on these quilts from start to finish.  She picked out the fabrics with very little guidance, yes she has great color sense.  The cutting made me a little nervous as she is a lefty and kept using the rotary cutter "backwards" but we got through it with no missing appendages. She pieced all of her rows and sashings and it was fun to see how she got more confident and she moved along with it.


And yes, she even quilted each and bound them.  She quilted the larger quilt on the long arm and the smaller quilt on my home machine.  It made me laugh when she said the home machine was "way harder" than the long arm :)


Seriously, look at that concentration :)


And I just went in to the Birthday Girl's room to find her baby wrapped in it's mini blanket and Kami wrapped in hers.  Yup, I think it was a perfect Surprise Jessi ;)  Great job!!!


And Happy Birthday Kami Girl!!  We Love You!!!

Have a Happy Quilting Weekend, and have a piece of Pie for Pi day :)

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35 comments:

  1. These are so stinkin' sweet! You must be a proud mom :-)

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  2. Oh gosh, how precious is that!? I can guarantee that those quilts will be treasured forever, along with the memories, for both of them! Great job, Jessica, you did a beautiful job! Happy birthday, Kami!

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  3. Oh this is so sweet... Thanks for sharing Melissa and Happy Birthday Kami!

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  4. That is such a wonderful thing that her sister did for her and she did a beautiful job on making them. I think you have a young quilt artist in the making.

    Debbie

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  5. Ohh how sweet, your daughter did a great job, looks like you are going to have another quilter in your home.

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  6. What a beautiful gift from her big sister. The smile tells it all!!

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  7. I agree the home machine quilting is MUCH more difficult than long arming!!

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  8. Have a very Happy Birthday Kami.. Your big sister Jess made you and your dolly a beautiful quilt each. Clever young lady...

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  9. Wonderful! Hope she has a great rest of the day! Celebrate with...pie? :)

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  10. That's just totally sweet! What a wonderful sister. Your girls are beautiful. As a mother of three daughters, I'll say they are special. Enjoy.

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  11. Awe...that is so awesome! I am super impressed. What a great big sister!

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  12. Oh what a great birthday! Precious ones. Bless you all!

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  13. What a sweet big sister and a special birthday girl. Happy day.

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  14. Happy Birthday to Kami! Jessi just did an awesome job with the "Baby and me" quilts.
    Your Kami just looks like mini you. Enjoy the special day!

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  15. That is the best!! What wonderful kids you have!

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  16. Thanks for sharing this sweet story. It brought tears to my eyes. Great job on the quilt!

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  17. That is so wonderful. Jessica did such a great job and I love the "Happy Birthday" that looks like it's quilted right in from the pics. What a memory to treasure! HAPPY BIRTHDAY Kami!

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  18. What a thoughtful gift! I might be putting a bug in my 14 year old's ear for her little sister's 5th birthday coming up. A treasure for sure!

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  19. How cute! You have some real talent on your hands. :)

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  20. what is pi day?? happy birthday! your kids have awesome names!
    Jessica

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  21. I just love that idea! So so sweet, and what precious girls they are!

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  22. Happy birthday to Kami, and great job Jessica!

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  23. Happy birthday to Kami. What a special sister Jessica is!

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  24. Happy birthday to Kami. Great job and thanks for sharing the story!!

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  25. Pretty quilts! She is so lucky to have such a loving, thoughtful big sister. What is Pi day?

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  26. Pretty cool, Melissa! Happy birthday, Kami! Whoop whoop!!

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  27. What a great gift from a big sister! I love it!

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  28. These are awesome! She is so talented. I can't wait until mine can do more sewing. We've done a few projects but nothingg this amazing. We did have some pie today though it was wondeful. Happy birthday to your sweet munchkin too!

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  29. Best day ever!!!!!! Great job, mom!!!

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  30. Jessica has some major talent, both quilts look wonderful, Happy Birthday to Kami, both daughters are beautiful.

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  31. What a wonderful project, and I'm so impressed that she could do that on her own!!! And the picture of the birthday girl with the quilts: so precious!!!

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  32. That is just fabulous and she did a fantastic job. What a special way to celebrate her little sister's birthday.

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  33. Great job Jessica! I am super impressed!

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  34. I love the matching quilts! My daughter had American Girl Molly when she was little and if I had quilted then...you bet they too would have had matching quilts! SOOO CUTE

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  35. Happy Birthday to Kami! How great to have your birthday on Pi Day! Jessica did a fantastic job on those quilts!

    Thank you for linking up to Fabric Frenzy Friday!
    -Lindsey
    Fabric Frenzy Friday

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Thank you so much for your sweet comments. I just love hearing from you!!
Have a Happy Quilting Day :)

Melissa