My Quilt

One of Alexa's favorite things to ask me is, "Mommy, tell me a story of when you were a little girl." She asks me to tell her these stories at least 15 times a day.
About a week ago, I told her about the Christmas when my mom and I made a quilt together. We went to the store and I picked out all the fabric. Then I did most of the cutting of the squares using the lines from the linoleum floor in our dining room as a guide. I arranged all the squares and then my mom did all the sewing. I didn't see the finished quilt until Christmas morning and then there was also a matching pillow and curtains as a surprise. I used that quilt until I went to college and it stayed on my bed until my parents moved. After the move, it was sealed up in a plastic container and stored.
Alexa loved that story and she's asked me to repeat it several times already. Tonight I asked her if she wanted to see the quilt and she was thrilled. I brought it in from the garage and she was squealing with delight. She loves the fabric patterns (mostly teal/purple/pink floral) and she said it looks like something that fairies would love!
We talked about how special this quilt is and how she must take very good care of it because we can never go to the store and buy another one like it. I'm going to put it on her bed tonight. She said, "I'm one lucky girl!!!"