Last Friday, my mother-in-law came to my clasroom to give my students the quilt she made with them this year. Last year when she thought of the project and came to my class, I was interested in quilting and after she was finished with my classroom quilt, I asked my mother-in-law if she would help me make quilt. Yeah, that was 1 year and 20 quilts ago.... You think I'm addicted???
Anyway, the kids LOVED their kite quilt! They set up museum "exhibits" about quilting - student made websites, book reviews about books about quilts, presentations about secret codes in underground railroad quilts, the tools you need to make a quilt, and more. Students, faculty, and parents came to visit our "museum" and were just blown away by the kite quilt. Here are some pictures of the quilt:
Each student wrote a "diamond" poem on a kite quilt block. Some blocks were embellished like the one with all the students names...
A special touch was added by using fabric you can print on to add a picture of our class...
The kids loved it! It is such a wonderful experience for them to be part of something that is hand-made. I feel so lucky to have such a crafty, talented, and loving mother-in-law!!! Here are pictures of my class looking at their quilt and my mother-in-law with my class...
See, I told you I have to catch up! Tonight I made a rag quilt with some scraps I had. My mother-in-law bought the Accu-Cut at the quilt show a few weeks back so I bought the template for the rag quilt. Let me tell you - what a timesaver!!! After it was cut out, it only took me about an hour and a half to make this whold quilt. It was even, easy to sew, and "ragged" beautifully! What a great investment - I can't wait to use it again!
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