Saturday, June 12, 2010

Ticker tape quilt done


Ticker tape quilt done
Originally uploaded by mamamary2
I made this quilt with my son's 5th grade class. I went in and had them design the blocks with pieces of fabric that I had put fusible webbing on. We ironed on the designs and I took it home and sewed it together. This will be presented to the teacher as a gift for their last year in elementary school. It is 56/56. Thanks to ScrapHappy-Quilter for the suggestion on the border and banquopack for the quilt inspiration. I love the idea of a space to designate a border of the s

Pillow for PTS


Pillow for PTS
Originally uploaded by mamamary2
Here is my pillow for the Pillow Talk swap. It is a tree/bird in a pieced in circle surrounded by wonky stars. It is linen and scraps of other projects for the stars. I was going to do half squares, but when I made the stars I liked them so much I thought they would be better in the border. It is 20/20.

Back fo ticker tape quilt 2

I went to my daughter's class and each of the students designed a square. I took the squares home and sewed them together. This time I wanted to sew them on point to make it a bit different. She liked orange/turquoise so I had the orange around the border to keep the turquoise in the middle.

This is the back of the quilt. I tied in the orange/turquoise here.
These will be end of the year gifts for the teachers, from the students.

What you get when you are good at something

Ok... I made another quilt for my son's teacher. Some of the parents got wind of it and asked me to make one for this other teacher. I wanted to do it a bit different and did it on point. This is for my daughter's teacher...