Melissa's Flannel Quilt

My friend's, Melissa, Mom passed away the end of August.  My oldest son, Keegan, and I decided to make a quilt for her.  We broke all of the quilting rules.  First, we used flannel that we had on hand.  There was not enough of any one piece of flannel to complete anything so we patched and pieced and did all kinds of crazy stuff.  We even put a random dark piece in the light binding to get the correct length.  And I pieced the binding square rather than at an angle to decrease bulk.

The coolest thing about this quilt is that Keegan, age 3 1/2, quilted the quilt.  He was wild with the Gammill quilting machine.  But he only broke the thread once.  We pushed two chairs together up to the belly bar of the quilting table and Keegan walked from one chair to the other chair to move from side to side on the quilt.  Quilt density is all over the place.  In some places he quilted a lot.  Other places, he quilted a lot less.

When Keegan gave the quilt to Melissa, she was very gracious.  Then Keegan asked if it was making her happy.  Funny Keegan.  I don't think he fully understands the concept of passing away yet.  No need to rush into that understanding though.