Customer Reviews

Alex Toys Knot-A-Quilt

5 star:		(18)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(13)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

My 7 year old daughter spent several hours knotting the pieces of this quilt together on a 9 hour road trip. Everytime she put it down she would pick it back up and say, "one more." She didn't exactly make a quilt, she knottted a "purse" and a "hood" (mistakes turned useful) but she enjoyed it very much. If she'd had an adult's guidance making a quilt wouldn't have been a problem. This was a fantastic change from the constant DVD viewing that typically takes place on such long trips. I definitely recomend this craft.

My teenage neices LOVED it, even tho it seemed a toy for a much younger audience. It was quite beautiful and I considered ordering some for myself. I did have to order two for it to be big enough.

My kids and I worked on this project together. My ten-year-old enjoyed it and was very proud of the results. However, my eight-year-old got very frustrated and gave up. I decided to help and discovered why it was so frustrating for the younger child. The strips of fabric that you are supposed to tie together are just BARELY long enough to make a double knot. We had to work on the quilt in short periods of time because of the high frustration factor (even for me.) Just be aware that he picture on the box, with the perfectly flat quilt and perfectly tied knots is an impossible standard--the quilt we made was puckered and uneven, and that was with an adult helping. (It's still a cute quilt, and as long as my kid is happy, who cares?) Also, you have to be careful because if you pull the knots tight, you can actually tear the thin fleece. Since my older child enjoyed it, I'm going to get some more durable fabric and make a similar kit myself--I'll cut the strips longer so the knots will be much easier to tie. Overall, a good project for just the right child, probably an older child with a long attention span and good dexterity.

I ordered two of these kits as a gift for my niece with the idea that she could combine them and make a nice lap quilt. When they arrived, I was very disappointed to see the fabric was thin - more like something you would make pajamas out of. I was expecting the kit to be made of fleece to make a warm and cuddly blanket. Instead, it was more like knit flannel. I returned the kits and will keep looking.

My daughter enjoys this more than I expected her to. We're hoping to finish it soon.

Order/shipping were hassle-free.

We gave this kit to our 9-year-old daughter for Christmas this year and she has been so busy with it ever since. She is very proud of how well her blanket is turning out and is almost finished. Its simple to make, but not so simple that an older girl or boy would not be proud of the finished product. Fabric is wonderfully soft, colorful and easy to tie. Our daughter will have a high quality finished product and keepsake she'll cherish forever.

I am disappointed with the low quality, poorly cut material. I bought two kits for my daughters. Both kits had many squares with mangled fabric--fringed edges cut incorrectly, some fringed edges cut at an angle or partially cut off, some unraveled or partially unraveled. The material is thin and many of the fringed pieces unraveled when we pulled on them to tie the knots.

Also, the fringe is so short that it is hard for my 8 year olds to tie in a double knot.

The girls made the best of it and worked around the mangled pieces, but if I had known what a low quality, poorly made product this is I would have bought fleece and cut it myself.

My daughters would like me to add, "This is a rip-off."

I bought the Knot a Quilt for my 6 and 8 year old for a long car drive hoping to give them something to do. They loved the idea of making their own blanket, but had a hard time doing it for a long period of time without any help. My eight year old had a little trouble with it, and my six year old needed help with keeping the knots in order, it was frustrating for her.Overall, they liked it but I would recommend it for 9+ age group.

From 10 yo DD: It looked really fun and the colors are really cool. The tabs are short, fat and right next to each other, making them difficult to tie. It's hard to get the knot right: too tight puckers, too loose leaves a hole. Some of the colors are more stretchy than others. Some tabs lose their shape when being tied. From me: This was overpriced for the quality. What should have been a good road trip activity was a bust that took up space.

I found the material to be thin and not satisfactory. I ended up purchasing fleece in a fabric store and making my own quilt.