Happy Birthday, Jordy!  I’m always looking for the next best gift idea to make for my grand nieces and nephews.  After seeing these at a craft show, I decided to make my own.  Of course.  This is actually the 5th version!

My friend, Candace, auditioned the first two with her grandchildren.  I made one with batting and one without.  The consensus was that the batting was easier to write on.

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After that, I worked on how to border it

Here’s a version with turned up edges.

The chalkboard fabric is so slippery, it was very hard to do this without puckering.

For the next version I added borders, using the quilt as you go method.  The binding is 4 strips with the ends turned under.  That was easy.  On a side note, dark fabric shows the white chalk residue.

The final version is Jordy’s Hot Wheels fabric and I found a long piece of gray for the binding, which I attached like I would for a quilt.  The chalkboard fabric wasn’t laying flat and I took chance and ironed it from the back on low, which improved it.

I didn’t get a picture of the kids playing with them, but they loved them!

I’m linking up with A Stitch In Time for a November finish!  I need to be finishing some quilts, but this will have to do for know!  Check out the other November finishes!

Thanks!  Linda 🙂