Man, I seem to be posting a lot lately about quilts! I seem to have been doing a lot of them lately!
And this is one that I love! I wish I could have kept it, but it went for a nice chunk of money that I couldn’t spend on it!
Our pre-school has an auction every year, like most pre-schools in Seattle. Do the ones near you?? Anyway, our school has two classes and each year each class does a project to be auctioned. This year my son’s class decided to do a quilt. And no, I didn’t have anything to do with the idea! But… They did ask if I’d put it all together! And what could I say?
Of course I did it! Of course I said yes!
We cut all the shapes, each one in different colors. Then I made all the pinwheel blocks while I was waiting on the pieces from the school kiddos. And then they all went together quite nicely.
As each one was drawing their blocks they told a little story. You have to hear some of my favorites!
Daniela said ‘It is a house. It has people inside. The people want to go for a walk, but they can’t because it’s very rainy.’
Ardin, Max’s best school friend, drew one of my favorite pictures and said, ‘It’s a monster. It has two claws on it’s feet.’
Max’s picture, ‘Is a wolf kingdom. I forgot to draw the wolf.’
Nevia doesn’t have a story, but I loved her very orderly picture!
And Max’s other ‘bestie’, Ali, says, ‘It’s called a red rocket. It has rockets. It doesn’t go into space, only clouds.’
And then on the back we had the teachers draw their own blocks.
And I made my own block. You can get the pattern pieces here. The pieces include a quarter inch seam allowance. Sew together pieces 1, 2 and 3. Then sew together pieces 4, 5, and 6. Then sew the two halves together. And lastly, I trimmed them down to 6 1/2″ blocks. Changed the colors around in each block and randomly rotated them in the quilt. I love the overall effect!
I wonder what next year’s project will be!
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