Quilt and Rocks....

Since today was a rainy day, we decided to do a few craft projects.  The first thing we worked on was finishing our rock project.  These were the rocks we swiped from the local creek a few weeks ago.  What I wanted to use them for was as markers for our garden plants.  So the first thing we did was to clean them off and then paint them with acrylic paint.  I asked Nissa which rock she wanted to place by each plant and then I wrote the plants name in a permanent marker.  We have a vegetable garden (the husband takes care of that) and a cut flower and herb garden (my project) so we need a lot of rocks!  These are fun to make.....plus you can't miss these brightly colored guys in the garden!

The next craft Nissa wanted to work on was to make a quilt for Boden.  This idea came from Kids Craft Weekly.  It gives me a reason to finally dip into this big basket of scrap fabric that I've been keeping for little projects like this....

So what I did for this was to cut squares and rectangles out of the scraps and have her glue them onto a piece of interfacing.  She determined the size of the quilt (interfacing).....which turned out to be real long and skinny.  She had me wrap the baby in it after it was done.  I think it just fit around his torso.....so cute.

Here is the finished quilt....

Comments

[Jennifer]

I love the quilt idea. It looks like a quilt I could actually make and not screw up. Oh wait! It's a kids project:) You give me the best ideas! I'm ganna have to steal this one!

[odelsa]

Nissa, you're quilt is beautiful!!!!
You did a great job.

[beth]

great ideas all around!

[nis]

I love this! I also love Nissa's name...since I, too, am named Nissa. I found you via Kids Craft Weekly (a link that my friend Megan has on her blog... she is at pennycarnival.typepad.com ). I will definitely be bookmarking your blog to see what little Nissa is up to next. : )

[Megan]

Now I get it! You didn't know my friend Nissa before. She found you through Kids Craft Weekly because of your daughter's name. I was thinking you two knew each other and she told you about my blog. I freaked out when I saw you write something about Nissa's birthday because I thought, "I missed my friend's birthday!" Come to think of it, I might have! Oh, no.
I hope this isn't confusing.
Anyhow, beautiful blog. I will read along, too.