I have been rather quiet on the blog, but the sewing machine has been humming as usual. I wanted to get the most recent quilts finished before I took the time to blog. I have been working on Teacher Quilts.  I have thought a lot about why I do teacher quilts lately, and I have figured out what it is.  I like giving quilts away.  Also, I like trying out ideas that I see either in a book or online.  As long as I can find a design that I think the teacher will appreciate and I have wanted to try out, then it is a win-win.  I get to make the quilt I have always wanted to make, and she gets a quilt to remember her students. Some people might wonder why I do a double-sided quilt, with the kid signatures on one side and a quilt pattern on the other. My mother-in-law is a 6th-grade teacher, and she actually has received a few quilts from students and their moms in the past. She uses them when family comes over and extra blankets are needed. But I started thinking, wouldn’t it be great to have a teacher quilt that [...]
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