A Quilt for a Teacher

My daughter finished Kindergarten last week. I know everyone says it, but time goes by so fast! I feel like she was just a baby, and here she is, done with her first year of school. I guess there is no stopping the growing up.

She had such an amazing year at school. We were blessed with just the best teacher. She made school fun and constantly challenged the kids. I am blown away as I sit next to my daughter reading chapter books, when she really couldn't read much at all only 9 months ago! I really wanted to make something special as a "thank you" for being a hugely important part of my daughter's life over the last school year.

I completely copied Kelly's quilt idea this time. The only difference is that instead of cutting 4.5" squares for the corners of the blocks, I used 5" charm packs. So this quilt top was made from 1 layer cake and 2 solid charm packs. The fabric is Kate Spain's Honey Honey. My daughter said her teacher likes orange. That's all the direction I was able to dig out of her. haha

The backing is a gorgeous floral print from the same line. The binding is an aqua print from Bonnie and Camille's Vintage Modern line. I quilted a meandering free motion design. I ended up washing it after taking the pictures and it came out nice and crinkly.