Yo Gabba Gabba Quilt

My daughter and I worked on a “family picture quilt” for her school. She just started a new school and everyone gets to make a quilt that tells everyone about the child. We were allowed to put anything we wanted on it. The school gave us a blank 12×12 piece of fabric to work with.

I thought long and hard and decided on a Yo Gabba Gabba theme because my daughter LOVES the show and characters so much. She takes Foofa with her everywhere (they’ve been through a lot together!) So what better way of expressing who my daughter is than a quilt piece with her friends on it?

We kept the quilt piece pretty simple since it was getting late in the evening. I went to NickJr.com and downloaded and printed some fun artwork on white cardstock. (See links below.)

I cut out Foofaland and adhere yellow cardstock behind it, so the quilt was more square. I then added a family photo behind Foofaland, but in front of the yellow background. This gives it some dimension (like it’s sitting behind Foofaland).

Next, I folded Muno and Brobee so they would stick out, and glued them to the quilt.

I then did the same to the image of Plex, Foofa, and Toodee.

On the top left corner, I added a Yo Gabba Gabba bubble that had my daughter’s name in it. I created the image in Photoshop and printed this out.

Last, to put it all together, my daughter and I used various brads and punched them through the paper. I could have used a glue gun, but since I didn’t have one near me, I improvised. We were both very happy with the result!

My daughter was so happy and proud of the quilt, she couldn’t wait to show it to her class.

Here are links to the items you will need:

• Images of Brobee, Muno, Foofa, Plex, and Toodee
• Foofaland Background (as well as the other characters)
• Gabbaland Font
• Yo Gabba Gabba Logo