Boys' Bedspreads

This is a project that has been years in the making.  I started collecting old jeans way back when Arthur and I were first married, with the intention of making a denim quilt from them.  Well, until last year, they were all in a box, still waiting to be cut up.  In fact, at one point I almost just donated them all to Good Will just to be rid of them.  But I thought it would be fun to do Americana colors in the boys room with Norman Rockwell pictures as sort-of the theme.  (stuff like these:)

So last year, a friend of mine helped me cut up all the jeans.  (Thanks Amanda!!! If you check up on me once in awhile, you'll be happy to know your time wasn't wasted!)  And when my mom was here, she helped me cut up the rest of the fabric, and get the first one pieced together.

So I'm happy to report that the first bedspread is finished!  

Until now, the boys have all just been using a hodge podge of ill fitting blankets.  They probably don't care very much about matching, but it bothered me every time I walked by their room and glanced at their beds.

Dallin was super excited to have a new bedspread, and even helped make his.   He helped lay out the pieces and also did a lot of ironing!  And I love looking at it up there on his bed.  It feels so good to finish something!

Sean's and Hayden's are up next.  All the pieces are cut, so I just have to assemble them.  In all my free time.  Hopefully it won't take me five more years.