3 Cups of Tea School Quilt

I blogged a few months ago about making a quilt with my entire school. I have pictures of the finished product! The quilt is based on the books "Listen to the Wind" and "Three Cups of Tea" which every child in our school read. The art club made three dimensional dolls that look just like the ones in the illustrations of "Listen to the Wind".  The quilt is quilted with a teacup pattern.  I think the kids are going to love the quilt - a few kids in my class are working on a presentation about it that I will post laster.

Also, our classroom quilt is finished! My mother-in-law did a beautiful job and I can't wait for our "classroom quilt show" on Friday where it will be shown to the kids for the first time. I will post pics of the classroom kite quilt after Friday!!!

Dolls made by the art club

Student signatures...

 

Middle panel

The finished quilt...

Check out this link to read more information about the book...

Mom's Birthday Quilt

I can finally post a picture of quilt #14 (there have been 5 more finished since then) because I gave it to my mom for her birthday today!  I made my mom a quilt for Christmas but it was a Christmas-y quilt and I wanted her to have something that she could keep out all year long.  So here it is...quilt #14 - Full Bloom!

Quilt Show!

Tomorrow is the HUGE quilt show in Rosemont, Illinois.  I took a personal day and me and the mother-in-law will be shopping till we drop! Can't wait!!!

Yummm....Coffee!!!!

I had so much fun making this quilt top and drinking coffee while I made it!  I finished the main part of the quilt top and laid it out on the floor so I could figure out how thick to make the border.  The fabric I had for the border is teal with coffee cups that match the ones on the blocks.  As I had it laid out, my husband told me he didn't like the border and he thought it looked better with the blocks bordered just in black.  Now I can't decide!  I can always use the teal fabric for the back...

I love these coffee cups!!!!

Without the teal border

With the teal border

Wordless Wednesday - Coffee Anyone?

A Quilt for Grandma

I gave my grandma the quilt I made her today and she loved it!  She loved looking at all the dresses and loved the little girls on the front.  She kept pointing at the dresses and changing her favorite one!  She seemed to remember that she used to sew.  I was very proud to give her something that I made because she was the one who taught me how to sew.

Enjoy the slideshow.

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