I can't believe that the 6 weeks hols are so nearly over.Can it really be that long ago that I had to drag my girls out of bed for the last school run?
It means aswell that it must be well over 2 months ago that I took into school 30 little squares of white cotton and a packet of fabric pens...
...and came back with 30 beautiful quilt squares.
I asked the children to draw a picture of themselves that told us something about what they liked to do.So there was plenty of football pictures from the boys!
I love Jake's football spikes and yes he does have bright red hair!
Originally I was just going to piece the squares together with a couple of cotton prints but...kids being kids they drew right upto the edges and left me no seam allowance!
So I improvised and hand-stitched them onto the same white cotton and then machine quilted the whole thing.I think that the binding,which I can't for the life of remember what it is, really compliments the backing which is from the Cake Rock Collection . It definitely had to have a boy vibe which I found quite hard with my normally girly tendencies.
The photo was taken very late at night just before it went in the washer and the drier.I had my fingers and toes crossed that the fabric pens held fast and that the patches didn't fray too much. Thankfully everything was fine and the children were over the moon with their creation. So was their lovely teacher Miss Ffye who received the quilt for her new baby Louie.
I did enjoy it but I am kind of hoping that none of the girls teachers get pregnant this year!