My son had a wonderful first grade teacher this year. She loves her students and they love her. Heather and I both sons in her class and we wanted to do something special for their teacher. We worked with the art teacher to have the each of the children draw their own self portrait on a piece of fabric. We really wanted the quilt to be a surprise. The portraits turned out pretty cute. Each of the children's personalities shine through their artwork.
Heather sewed the quilt top together, we basted it, I quilted it and made the binding and then Heather hand stitched the binding on to the back of the quilt. I added a label. The quilt turned out cuter than I had expected. I was ready to chicken out and give up on the idea of the quilt, but Heather kept me on track. It was very well received. (yay!) And the kids kept it a secret. (again, yay!)
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Love it! You and your gal pal rock!! Lucky teacher!
dude that's really great. she'll never forget that class of kids!!!
That is too cute! Love Z's with his red hair! Just too cute! I'm sure she will treasure it!
no way! you and your friend, simply rock. I bet this is the best gift she has + will ever receive. nice job.
(Oh, I'm trying to figure out which one is your son!)
I'm a teacher and I would LOVE to get something like that! What a thoughtful gift!
So cute! I'm sure it will be a treasured memento. What medium did the kids use for their portraits?
What a stupendous gift! As a teacher I would be IN LOVE with such a meaningful present! She will be delighted and you and Heather are wonderfully thoughtful.
What a great teacher gift!!! It's so cute!
What a fabulous gift. I am sure the teacher loved it.
What a cute idea! Not only is it a unique gift, but she will always remember each and every one of them. :o)
Wow! What a wonderful teacher gift - makes a change from a box of chocolates!
I'm sure she'll treasure that for years to come.
quiltin' jenny,
the kids used sharpies to draw their portraits on a medium weight fabric. they bled a bit on the fabric, but not too bad.
aj
What a great idea! I'm sure she will treasure it.
That's such a beautiful quilt. I think my kindergarten class did something similar when the teacher had a baby. It's so personal, and I'm sure it will be treasured.
Your son's teacher is one lucky lady to receive such a beautiful and heartfelt gift from her students (and thanks to the talented quilting mom duo ;o)
What a cute idea! Now, she needs to get them all together when they are seniors in high school and compare pictures then!
WOW -- that's very nice. Nothing like a handmade gift -- like someone else mentioned, I bet this will be one of the best gifts this teacher has received.
Great idea, great quilt!
How wonderful- I bet the teacher was overwhelmed! (and what a lovely small class your son's in- there're 30 in my daughter's class!)
What a wonderful gift!! WOW! I´m sure that'll be a favourite at her house :-)
That is a sweetest teacher gift! So perfect.
Sharpies, eh? This is so great!
I wonder if it would be even more stable (no bleed) if the fabric were pretreated with Bubble Jet Set.
thinkthinkthink
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What a great teacher gift!
Great gift - I did that for my daughter's teachers one year (she had 2 that year) and all the other teachers are fighting over who gets Jessie in their class so I will make them one. It's a really great keepsake for the teachers.
Kris
That is such a thoughtful gift!
Such a cute gift. She'll remember this class for a long time to come. Great idea!
That is beautiful. I'm so happy you shared it with us. The kids did an amazing job of drawing themselves and keeping the secret.
What size is the quilt?
That's the most awesome teacher gift EVER! I'm sure she will treasure it always. Good for you!
that is awesome. The quilt and the idea and the children's work.
Wow! What a great idea! I'm sure the teacher loved it.
I think that's the best teacher gift I've EVER seen! So cute!
such a sweet gift. i bet she will love it forever.
I LOVE it! Great job :)
adorable quilt, yet sad to see no diversity in your son's class... :(
That's so cool! What a great gift for his teacher!
WOW...when I was a teacher, I'd have been so touched with a gift like this and I know the tears would have been flowing. How wonderful that you and your friend made such a special, meaningful gift for this teacher. I can assure you she is very grateful to know how much you value her work with your children. GREAT job (by you with the quilt and by HER, obviously, with those kids).
I'm sure the teacher will absolutely love this cute quilt. What a nice thing to do. The kids must have enjoyed helping!
How neat is that! You & Heather & all the students did a wonderful job. I'm sure that lucky teacher will cherish it forever. Very cool.
Hi Amanda,
I've never commented on here before, but I found your blog this winter when I was just starting to quilt, and I've been working on the original quilt-a-long for off and on for the past several months. I finally finished the top, and I just had to say "thank you" - I learned a lot and your tutorials are awesome! I just started a blog too...my husband thinks I'm a little crazy :)
that is just plain awesome!!! what an amazing gift!
What a wonderful gift, I bet she was so happy! Something she will always treasure I'm sure.
We made one of these for grandma with all the grandkid's self portraits. Yours is great!
Oh, I'd be in tears if I ever received such a thoughtful gift from my students. This is truly one of the sweetest teacher gifts I've ever seen (and I've seen my share)! She must have loved it.
What a truly lovely gift! I am sure that the teacher will be thrilled by this very personal, creative and thoughtful gift!
~Emily
what a great and memorable teacher gift!
My first stop on your blog... and I'm so impressed. Love the teaching steps (so clear) but love this quilt and the thoughtfulness behind it. The teacher will love it and fondly remember you and each child for the rest of her days!
I'm a teacher too...
that is one beautiful teacher's gift! it was so nice of you to make that.
Cool quilt.
i love these quilts - such a fantastic treasure for the teacher to keep. I have finally, finally, finally finished a quilt - will post later today!!
Looks great! I did something very similar for my then 2nd grader last year.
What a great quilt and wonderful idea. I'm sure she will treasure it forever.
What a wonderful idea! I am sure that teacher was happy to get this!
I am positive the teacher adores this wonderful gift. Splendid!
that is fabulous! wonderful gift for her teacher
what a darling idea and the quilt turned out smashingly!!!!
i just barely found your quiltalong that you already finished, thanks for leaving it up because i'm going to copy it and i'm starting in with your star quiltalong too!!!! you are so nice to do this for us kindergartners!!!!
brigette
I would like to use your idea to make a quilt for my son's 3rd grade teacher. He has struggled in school with friendships and his teacher this year has been so compassionate to both my son and my husband and I. I am a self taught sewer and am highly motivated to make a quilt similar to this. Can you provide some guidelines on the size of the muslin squares, the stirs and the smaller squares as well as the overall size so that I can get started? I suppose that I could muddle through with the math, sigh, but would be very, very grateful for any help on fabric measurements / quantities. I was thinking about using fabric pain in lieu of sharpies. Thanks, so, much. Stacie
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