September OPAM & a farewell

My September finish & the only sewing I have done for a while was a farewell gift for our school Principal.  Mrs Hutton had been part of the school community for 10 years, seven of those years she was directly involved with my family.  This quilt was fun & frantic.

We had 5 weeks notice that she was leaving.  1 week in shock, 1 week planning & prepping the quilt, 2 weeks of children drawing & 1 frantic week of sewing and quilting.  The result, a quilt she loved made by 354 children & approx 30 staff.

 The Whole quilt

Block Closeups

Staff bottle tree

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Adorable Prep raibow

 Year 2 stars

 Year 2 tree

 Year 1 butterflies

 Year 1 lots of love

 Year 1 personalised grid

 Year 2 beehive

 Year 3 garden

 Prep H and Elmer the Patchwork Elephant

 Year 2 flower

 Prep ladybugs

 Year 3 personalised grid

 Year 3 balloons

 Special Ed Unit bees

 Prep Rainbow fish complete with sequin scale

 Year 1 love

 Year 3 personalised grid

 

The label

 The presentation, complete with a police escort

 The happy recipient.  She loved it.

I love making quilts with children. They get so excited about the process.  It reminds me why I love what I do.