207: we *heart* teachers

If you have school-age children, you know that teacher appreciation week just went by.  I'm class mom for Aurora's second grade class this year and we just love her teacher.  Really we've been so lucky to have great teachers for both kids so far.  And we do truly appreciate them.  

This year Aurora's teacher is pregnant and due this summer.  When her class decided to throw a baby shower for her, I knew I wanted to make her a baby quilt.

I always think to myself how easy it will be.  I'll keep it simple.  Yeah, right.  Inevitably, I get carried away.  This is the pretty quilt I came up with:

 

Actually, it's not super-complicated or anything.  I've been doing a ton of half square triangles lately.  And all I had to go on were that she likes bright colors, her favorite color is turquoise, and she's having a girl.  But I did add some time-consuming details, that, I hope, made it really special for her.  

I had each of the kids in her class write their name.  Then I traced them and stitched them (by machine) into rectangles around the border.  I wanted their personalities to be there in some small way (without becoming too childish or overwhemling), so it's neat to have the names in their own handwriting.

I also couldn't stick to simple straight-line quilting (yes, there's a pattern developing here) so I came up with a flower motif for in each star.

As you can see, she really loved it and I know she can treasure it and know that she's made a difference to every child in her class.

JT

Comments

[Alessandra]

it's beautiful!!! I love the border with the kids' signatures....lovely!!
XXXX Alessandra

[Fleur Cotton]

How beautiful...and so personal.

We don't have 'teacher appreciation week' in the UK. Is it just about giving gifts? I think this teacher definitely won the 'best gift received' prize in the staffroom.

Have a happy week.
Fleur xx

[duff]

What a thoughtful gift! She'll treasure the quilt every time she looks at it. lucky teacher! I wish I received gifts like that!! (I'm the one who ends up making them for my preggers students!)

[Donna Baker]

Wow that was so thoughtful of you---I think it came put wonderful!!! love to see new ideas using hst!! Will pin this for future reference!

[Denise in PA]

Oh, Jessica, it's so beautiful! I'm sure she was thrilled with it. The kids' names was a perfect touch!

[Johanna]

So sweet!

[Jess]

I love that idea for the name stitching - you did a beautiful job :) As a teacher I would be so grateful to receive a quilt like that!

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[joyce & sarah]

Such and adorable and thoughtful thing to do. We love the quilt too!

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what a thoughtful gift! I think this teacher definitely won the 'best gift received' prize in the staffroom.Have a happy day.