Boxcars on the Track moves to it’s permanent home

Last week Aytan was over and the quilt was ‘finished’. Except for the label, so I wasn’t willing to give it to him yet. Here he is before I bound it, wearing his Spiderman sweatshirt, introducing Mickey to his boxcar on the quilt. Then a few days latter, the binding is done and once again, he has it and is loving it. He likes to put it over his head like a tent. I think his face says it all!  I was able to get it away from him that day, I immediately set to work on the label.With big bright embroidery thread I set to work. His name, my name (Savta is Grandma in Hebrew) and of course another train.Then I sewed it on the back with blanket stitch and it was done.I still wasn’t ready to give it to him. Once he has it at home, I’ll never be able to take it away and of course I had to take it to share at LAMQG, my quilt guild. There is nothing better than sharing one’s work with other quilters who appreciate what we do. Except giving it to Aytan himself.

So last night we popped over and gave him the quilt. He had friends at the house but he got so excited. Actually, they and their mom did too – they all liked the trains and Mickey.  Aytan knew just what to do.

First you put it on the bed. Yes, trains are a theme in his roomThen you climb into bed and pretend to go to sleep.  Two seconds latter he was up and running off to play. According to my daughter-in-law. At night he didn’t want to sleep under the quilt (maybe it was too hot?) but he demanded that it stay on the floor right by his bed.  I think we have a winning quilt here. I have achieved what I set out to do – made him a beloved heirloom.