Another Eric Carle quilt for Kindergarten

This is my next project. I got this material at a a quilt show last Spring when I was working on the Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt. This one goes with the Brown Bear, Brown Bear book by Eric Carle. I hope to have it finished by late fall when Kelly will be talking with her class about animals getting ready for the winter. I wasn't sure what to do with the fabric on the bottom. I was trying to decide how to encorporate it into the backing and Kelly suggested making flannel board pieces out of the big animals. What a fabulous idea. I've been teaching high school for too long, 20 years ago when I taught preschool, I would have thought of that myself!

One Block Wonder finally finished!

I started this quilt in March of '09 so I am really glad to have it a done deal. I didn't want to do the same old stippling on the border that I usually do so I tried a different free motion pattern which is in the picture on the left. It's sort of a zig zag in a 9 patch configuration. The other picture on the right is a closeup of one of the hexagonal blocks. The flowers made me think of the '70s flower power symbol so I tried to use that motif only I doubled it.

Here's a picture of the quilt on the bed in the small bedroom at the shore house. I didn't have anywhere to put it at home and I didn't want to just fold it up and put it in a box. My husband likes the quilt but hates the pillow. He says its "old lady flowers."

The picture below is of some applique pillows that I made last year for another bedroom at the beach. I really love sand dollars as a motif and I drew the seahorse myself which was pretty amazing for me!