I knew all school year that I wanted to make all four of my girl’s teachers quilts BUT then I waited until the last minute to make them. I have come to realize I like the pressure I think. I work well under pressure. So I used Jeni from In Color Order’s Giant Start tutorial for all of the quilts. I knew it would make a big quilt and I think the star makes a big impact. I used a mix of printed fat quarters and also white fabric to make them.

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Not the best picture in the world but this is what a parent sent me when I asked if she had a picture. She said this is the back of my camera but I will email them to you but it was at this moment I saw the mistake! I am so over it now but I had handled that quilt so much and even photographed it (see below) and hadn’t noticed at all that star point. I called the teacher, who happens to sew as well, to let her know how sorry I was about the mistake and she said Stephanie I love it even more now. I have to say my heart smiled. Sometimes my friends life isn’t perfect but making the most of it is what it is all about.

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For the first three quilts I used one line of fabric but split up the color ways. I sent one teacher a text asking her to pick between pink, yellow, and blue but NOT telling her why. The teachers had NO IDEA they were getting quilts. She picked yellow so she got this one which I was able to back with one fabric. I pieced that backing and you can see it in this picture but not when you are up close. It was so pretty and she LOVED it so much. She was such an amazing teacher to both of my girls and I am so happy she will now have this to remember the girls by.

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The other teacher who had both of my girls got second color choice and she picked blue. This teacher also sews and the WHOLE time I thought okay I want hers to be perfect. Yes funny how that played out. I didn’t even notice the mistake when I was taking this picture. To my defense I was rushing around getting everything in order for the end of the year program and had a dad hold these for me to get some quick pictures. I had JUST finished binding all of them that morning!!!

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The third quilt was actually the first one I quilted on my friends long arm that I have at my house for a little while. I cried a lot of tears getting the hang of it and had to take out a lot of stitching but in the end it all worked out. This teacher loved that she ended up getting pink and she was the one that went home washed and snuggled hers that night. I love that. She didn’t have my oldest daughter but she was an amazing teacher to my youngest this year. I am so happy I got to give her a quilt as well.

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This was for my oldest daughter’s kindergarten teacher. She was such an amazing teacher for my oldest to have for her first year of BIG school. She was such a kind and caring teacher and she really let the kids be kids which I thought was such a magical thing. She is moving after the school year is over back to Pennsylvania to be closer to her mother, which I totally understand, and she needed a reminder of Florida. I used this super bright citrus themed fabric. I loved this quilt so much. It was super bright and happy! And my daughter kept telling me how much her teacher loved yellow so it worked out perfect. Her teacher LOVED it and the label made her cry. It had lots of info but also a quote about it takes a big heart to shape little minds. It was so perfect for her. She was amazing.