Other than THIS pumpkin, I've been working furiously on a Phoebe's class quilt for the Fall Festival that was Friday night. Every year, someone in the Pre-K and Kindergarten classes makes a quilt with all the students handprints on it. I made Eli's CLASS QUILT the year he was in kindergarten. It was the first quilt I'd really ever made start to finish.
This year, I was ready to hit the ground running when school started. I told Phoebe's teacher I'd make the class quilt at Meet The Teacher so I'd have lots of time to get it done. And while I didn't have it finished super early, I didn't feel super rushed either. I got it totally finished a day or so before it was due. Go Me!
I didn't make their handprints into anything like an owl or a spaceship. I went with simplicity and chose the school colors instead. Since we're a small district (one elementary, one middle school, one high school), all the schools share school colors so it's a quilt that can really grow with them. I even put their graduation year at the bottom. Doesn't 2025 seem like such a long time from now?!
To make it extra special (and so mamas would shell out the big bucks for it at the live auction), I had each child write his or her name and I hand-embroidered it on the quilt just like they wrote it. It took a little time, but it was totally worth it.
Seventeen little name and handprints on a class quilt. All Phoebe's classmates were appropriately impressed. Well, as impressed as 5-year-olds can be anyway. And her teacher isn't this tall. She's tall, but she's standing on a chair in this photo so the quilt could reach the floor and we could still see her face.
While my quilt didn't bring in the major big bucks (one mama paid $625 for her pre-kindergarteners quilt!), it didn't do half bad. (I don't remember how much exactly, because I was cleaning up the uber-successful bake sale I was helping with.) I was proud of my work and we made a little money for the school. All's well that ends well. :)
I'm linking this quilt up today at MOPPING IT UP MONDAYS. Be sure to check out all the other amazing projects bloggers have "mopped up" this week!
3 comments:
Beautiful quilt!
that's gorgeous, what a great touch with the names and grad year! I have a great pattern from someone I need to start on in the spring!!!
Have you ever made a quilt for someone and charged them for it? My husband is on the FWFD and we have a ton of old FWFD t-shirts that I want to use to make a quilt for him. I understand that making a quilt for someone you don't know may not be high on your list of things to do before Christmas but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. I hope I haven't posted this twice. Meant to comment sooner but got distracted mid post. If you are not interested, could you refer me to someone?
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