Quilts for My School

A week ago I was really busy quilting, but it wasn't for me.  I was working on two quilts for my school's fund raising auction. 

Unfortunately, I did not get very many pictures of the first quilt.  This one is from my during-the-day classroom, with a kite theme.  I worked on this one with the other two teachers in my classroom, and the children helped sew the buttons onto their individual kites.

The second quilt is from my After School program.  This is using the same idea as the quilt I did last year, but this time I cut out the shapes because the younger children are not as adept with the scissors yet.  Even so, the children exceeded my expectations on what they created.

 

Two days before the auction, we hung up the quilt outside so we all could admire it.  The children set up chairs right in front of the quilt, and spent quite a bit of time just looking at it.

The quilts ended up raising over a thousand dollars for the school!  The After School quilt ended up being in a bidding war, and they had to go to a second sheet of paper for the silent auction bidding.  I was so excited.  I think it's so wonderful that something I love to do ends up being so valuable to the place I work.  Yay.

Comments

[Stacey]

Wow - it is amazing what children can be inspired to do with the "right" grown-up for the job. Thanks for being one of those grown ups:)

[whitney]

Wow, those are both incredible quilts! And that's fantastic, that you were able to raise so much money for the school!

[Laine]

Oh, those are wonderful, & I love the photo of the lil shorties in their chairs, admiring their handiwork. :)

[Paula Boren]

Someday one of those children will look back and say that his or her creative inspiration began in a classroom making a quilt under the guidance of a very talented teacher.
Congratulations Kristy! Not only are they beautiful, you are also inspiring future creativity in those young lives.

[cauchy09]

wow, those are amazing quilts, Kristy!

[Walden]

That is wonderful! Such a nice thing you did.

Both quilts are beautiful! Congrats to you and the children for creating such wonderful art.

[Court]

That After School quilt is GORGEOUS.

[Jillian]

What a great way to combine your creative energy and work. The quilts are beautiful.

[Brenda]

What great quilts! It's great that you can combine your talents with the childrens' to create such meaninful and beautiful quilts.

[Neodlense]

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