Quilts for my niece's preschool teachers
 

My niece graduates preschool this year. That might not sound like a big deal for most children, but it marks another milestone for my niece since Kendall has worked with these teachers everyday for three years For once, my sis in law and I finished well ahead of our deadline (the middle of May) so she gave the quilts to Kendall's teachers while having a "home visit" at Cracker Barrel. ;)

Tracy (my sis in law) did all of the piecing and I did the quilting and binding. I love teaming up with my favorite (and only) sister in law! Tracy asked another teacher to find out the favorite colors of Kendall's three teachers. Amazingly, two of the teachers loved colors that matched quilt tops Tracy had already completed! The batik was the only one she had to make this spring.

The first quilt below is my favorite top. The longarm, however, was giving me a lot of trouble, so I quilted this one differently than I have before. Unfortunately, my different approach resulted in some significant puckers in the back and therefore wavy edges. Still, this is the one that I most wanted to keep!

The second one, the batik, quilted perfectly! I knew as I was quilting, that this may be one of my cleanest, neatest jobs. But, the batiks are busy so the quilting doesn't stand out. That's okay though. It was also beautiful to bind by machine. The binding went on smooth and perfect, unlike the first quilt, where I had to repeatedly rip out stitches and start over.

The third quilt was the best of both worlds when it came to the quilting and binding. I managed to finish this one, quilting and binding, in one night. (I'd had a lot of caffeine that afternoon ;) I love looking at the quilting on the back. I starched the binding like crazy so it would have more body, like the batik. It helped immensely!

Thanks for reading all my stories and thanks for looking!

Beautiful!!!
Such a thoughtful thing to do for the teachers.
Know they will love and cherish them.

**Like you, the middle one is my favorite.

nicely done

All three are beautiful! Great job by you two ladies and I'm sure the teachers will love them!

Love 'em all but the thrid one is my favorite...Love those jewel tones.

Beautiful!!!!

Love the last one. It would be my favorite. The teachers will be very pleased with your gifts.

I would grade them: A, A &A!

A beautiful trio of quilts....the teachers will love them!! My favorite fabrics are the red in the center of the first one and the backing on the second one....altho ALL the fabrics in that one are beautiful.

You two ladies did a great job on these quilts. I like all of them, but I agree with you - I want the first one :)

They are all very pretty. You both did a wonderful job.

These are fabulous....

Wow, those teachers will be honored. I would imagine they don't get many things like this.

Awesome job on all three!

What awesome gifts! You both did a great job! I agree you are a great team!

Pretty quilts!

Very nicely done.

Wow, talk about lucky teachers. If you give pre school teachers a quilt, what are you going to do when they graduate high school ??? LOL They are all so lovely but my favorite is the last one - love the colours & the quilting.
Great job by you two.

They are a wonderful gift.

Beautiful!!! A+ for all of them.

What a thoughtful way to express your appreciation to teachers. I like the middle one best, but the others look great too. No doubt the teachers will be or were thrilled to have such nice gifts.

Whty a wonderful gift. This is a gift they will be able to use for a very long time.

Wow! Bet those were some happy teachers. They surely know they were appreciated!

I'm sure the teachers loved them!!

ooh! they're all great, but i especially love the first one! nice quilting, great fabrics...wonderful!

Beautiful quilts. Great job.

All quilts are beauties! They will make fantastic gifts! Bless you two for your generosity!

They are beautiful, terrific job and thank you for sharing
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

Great quilts and 3 lucky teachers, they will remember your neice everytime they use them.

very pretty

They are all beautiful, what wonderful gifts.

The quilts are wonderful and, as a retired teacher I feel I can say that they were blown away! What a beautiful and thoughtful gift for each!

They're all really nice, but I love the first one for the way it sets off the main fabrics. Thanks for sharing the photos.

Love the batik quilt, as they are my favorite fabrics, but I also love the colors in the third quilt. How very nice of you to make these quilts.

All are really pretty and will be loved by the teachers I am sure...

Yummy! So great! The color in the middle one jumps out at me. The magenta inside border makes me feel like I just ate the best tasting ice cream..and the quilting is wonderful!

you did a great job

Great and thoughtful gift for the teachers.

Really nice - what a surprise gift - I bet!