From the Customers of Storybook Quilts

Nancy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:00:21 +0000

No matter what we write or say about our Storybook Quilts in this blog, on our website, on Facebook or Twitter, or anywhere else, it’s only our opinion. “Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they?!” often is any reader’s or viewer’s response to any company’s claims.

So, to make it a bit more real, below are just a few of the unsolicited comments Storybook Quilts owners have sent in. We’ll include others in subsequent posts.

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This mother’s two daughters each received an SQ for Christmas last year from their grandparents. The quilts were Amos the Bear and Maggie the Dog.

“I think the idea of the personalized quilt and book is a great one. The quilts themselves are really beautiful and obviously made meticulously by a talented artist. I absolutely love the different printed fabrics–really vivid, unique patterns and just so interesting to look at even without the story line to follow. A real feast for the eyes!

“About the stories: Chloe and Hannah loved that their names were in the stories. Their eyes lit up when they heard the stories were about them. They also really liked listening to the story and looking at the quilt so they could point out when I was reading a part that matched a quilt square. (We have both quilts hung up in the nursery so they are looking at the quilt on the wall as I read.)”

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An fully customized version of Winnie the Frog was made for a boy’s fifth birthday. In addition to the special square on the quilt, the story was revised to include family details and use his name for the main human character. It was a gift from his aunt and her family.

“I’ve been meaning to send you a note for weeks — Thank you for the beautiful quilt! It is really very lovely and Rafael enjoyed the story very much. I’ll remember to keep you in mind when friends ask about a special gift to give someone.”

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Most recently, we heard from Kelly, who won the contest this summer to name the turtle character in our Captured by Pirates Storybook Quilt.

“Nancy, I can’t tell you how fun it has been showing off your quilt and book to our friends and family. Everyone agrees that this is such a beautiful gift and we are so very fortunate to have this lasting representation of our summer with lunas. [The family raised luna moths, an experiment for their 4-year-old daughter.] Your book has been so fun! Our favorite part of the story is when the crabs come in to tell Adia a rescue is being planned. It might have *something* to do with the crazy whispery-voice-with-foreign-accent we’ve created just for them, but it sends the girls into giggles.

“I also love that you’ve ended the story with the question about whether it was a dream or real. This has been a fun discussion with Adia at each story’s end.”

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Don’t you think it’s time you ordered a Storybook Quilt for the child in your life?

Orders are being taking for Hanukkah until mid-November and for Christmas/Kwanzaa/New Year’s until early December. Order now to be sure your SQ is in the production queue.

Contact us through our website or on our Facebook Fan page or on Twitter @StorybookQuilts. We look forward to making your Storybook Quilt!

The Lifelong Comfort of Memories

Nancy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:21:22 +0000

We all doubtless possess objects that reminds us of times or people that have provided comfort in our lives — perhaps this is something as simple as a favorite coffee/tea mug, a winter scarf, or a storybook that we were read as a child. I still have a coverless, tattered book of children’s poems that I cherish because, reading it, I nearly can transport myself back to hearing my mother’s voice. She had been an actress in college and when she read, it was dramatic and wonderful.

More recently, well, 23 years ago!, a friend surprised me with a beautiful quilt; she’s an expert quilter and one of the judges in the Name the Turtle Contest. It’s that quilt that I warp up in when I am upset or ill or otherwise need comforting.

The power of stories and quilts to both comfort and create lasting memories is built into each Storybook Quilt. I see a child being held on the lap of a close relative, cuddled up under the quilt, listening to a familiar and soothing voice. The tale the voice is telling plays out in the fabrics in the quilt squares, which both the reader and the listener seek out as the story goes along.

Maurice the Cat Storybook Quilt

The child’s and relatives’ names, expressions and other familiar details are incorporated into the story itself. So, the story becomes not just a story, but an adventure in which the child participates. After a reading or two, the quilt develops a life of its own. As the child looks again and again at the quilt squares, bits of the story spring easily to mind and new twists in the story are imagined.

Perhaps best of all, that wonderful, comforting feeling of being held and read to becomes an integral part of the quilt—always there, now and for years to come.

Win a Storybook Quilt for the treasured child in your life by entering the Name the Turtle Contest, now though August 30th.

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From the Customers of Storybook Quilts

The Lifelong Comfort of Memories