Turn quilt squares into a memory game

I wanted to post a recipe this Tuesday.  And I did.  But not here.  I was asked by my friend Elle to guest post on her blog Midwest Elle.  So you can find one of my favorite things in the whole world there:  A Homemade Ice Cream Cake recipe.  So meanwhile, I’ll post a project here today…

Shortly after Caroline was born, I got together with some women from my breastfeeding group to work on a sewing project.  I barely knew how to sew at this point but was excited for something to work on.  A woman named Ali found this adorable fabric that had squares of the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle on it.  I am sure a quilt or a book could have been made out of it.  Instead we cut the fabric into squares and sewed the edges.

There is a layer of batting in between the top and bottom layer.  I needed to use pinking shears on the ends so that the material wouldn’t fray. 

And although I started this project 2 years, I recently “found” it and finished it this past weekend.  Which is a remarkable coincidence because the girls are so in love with this story.  So in love, in fact, that we actually have the Brown Bear, Brown Bear game from Target.  Here’s a sample of each of the pieces that I have:

The girls have used these pieces in many way already. 
*They put them in order to tell the story. 
*They “teach” Rebecca her colors, animals, and animal sounds.
*They flip the pieces over and play it as a memory game.

They even took the pieces to church to hold, look at, play with. 

I am now on the hunt for new fabric that has some sort of square pattern to it so that I can make another game like it. 

–k