Crafty Creations

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Unlike Stephen, Nathan has had the same teachers all year since he is in a special education classroom. He has two teachers and an aide in there with him and they have done a fabulous job this year.

I wanted to make something to bless them so I ended up creating a table runner for each of them.

Here are the finished products.

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This one definitely needs to be ironed.

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I'm making Emily's teacher a baby quilt and I'm under the gun to get it done by next Friday. I'll show the finished product next week. I'm going to try to set this up as a linky thread each week so others can participate as well. Stay tuned for more details.

Comments

  1. Debbie JJune 18, 2010 at 3:02 PM

    So very pretty Terri and you are so very, very sweet to make all those gifts. The teachers will love them.

    BTW, I recognize some of the fabric in one of those runners. I have some scraps from a totebag. just like it. In fact some of the scraps just went into a scrap quilt block I made this week!

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  2. TracyJune 18, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    You're very sweet to think of your children's teachers this way. I'm sure they'll be blessed by your work!

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  3. E LivingJune 18, 2010 at 5:36 PM

    LOVE the music on your blog! :-) Beautiful quilting too. I want to learn so bad, but I guess you have to pick and choose what you create or you don't master anything.
    _______________ also...
    I did Foto Friday at Rebecca's blog and posted on mine for Foto Friday. I want to continue it, so if you ever want to come by and post your photos, you are so welcome to! I did "Family" today and will be doing "Hope" next week. Hope to see you there!
    -Elisabeth

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  4. AnonymousJune 19, 2010 at 6:39 AM

    Beautiful work Terri! :)

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  5. ElizabethdJune 19, 2010 at 11:52 AM

    They are so lovely Terri, and the teachers will, I'm sure, be thrilled with them. I never had anything quite so exciting when I was teaching, usually chocolates!

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