Every year for the last 4 or 5 years, we've had the privilege of working with a local school named Fort Worth Academy.  They have an annual spring carnival, and each grade level does their own thing to help raise money.

Kindergarten is always responsible for a quilt.  Over the years, the ideas have been many and varied.  We've done photo quilts, crayon quilts, applique quilts - you name, and the idea has come our way.  The fun part is that the parents responsible for the ideas very rarely have alot of quilting experience, so we have spent many hours turning those ideas into real quilts.

I have to say, of all the quilts that have been completed, this year's is my absolute favorite.  The parents involved decided they'd like to do a handprint quilt.  If you haven't seen one of these, you have to Google it.  They are adorable!

They came armed with their list of blocks, children that would complete each block, paint colors etc.  I provided the background fabric and away they went.  A few short weeks later, they returned with adorable hand and foot printed blocks. 

I set the quilt, and then quilted it and had it bound.  Then I returned it to them for the final embellishing. Here's a link to a SmileBox creation showing the finished product.  While I can't take credit for the complete project, I sure am happy to have been a part of it!!

http://secure.smilebox.com/ecom/openTheBox?sendevent=4d6a51304e4445794e445a384e5455344e6a6b794e444d3d0d0a&sb=1 

Please note - the SmileBox presentation says I'm the one who created it, and I'm not.  One of those very creative parents at FWA did and emailed it to me!!

Enjoy!

Julie

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