Since Caroline had a John Deere theme for her first birthday party, I decided to put those John Deere scraps to good use. My mom had them in her crafting closet (and seriously, y'all.. They have been there since I was in elementary school) so they didn't cost me a penny. I spent less than $15 on the other supplies, since I used a 40% off coupon on the batting and the backing and trim fabric.
This is what the squares looked like once they were sewn together.
(Nothing fancy, but once again, FREE.)
Since Caroline had a John Deere theme for her first birthday party, I decided to put those John Deere scraps to good use. My mom had them in her crafting closet (and seriously, y'all.. They have been there since I was in elementary school) so they didn't cost me a penny. I spent less than $15 on the other supplies, since I used a 40% off coupon on the batting and the backing and trim fabric. I sewed all the squares together, then sandwiched the batting between the quilt front and backing. For the backing, I chose a light yellow polka dot fabric. Once that was ironed together to hold in place, I pinned and sewed on the diagonal to make it an official "quilt". I trimmed it with some green fabric with white polka dots, and put some finishing touches on. This is what the end result looked like:
It is NOT perfect by any means, but I doubt that Caroline will be complaining any time soon. I think for the first quilting project, it turned out pretty okay. It has been in our living room floor since Saturday serving as a playmat. I just had to share!