I have this Snoopy flag that I put out the night before I had to go back to work at school at the end of each August. It’s faded over time, but still cherish it and use it every year!!
I’ll be putting it out today as well as putting my summer decor away and bringing out all my school decor! After 34 years teaching, I have lots!!
But I must admit, I am soooo very glad to be retired from teaching now! I think Yogi likes that I’m home all day with him, too!!
I still had a few places I needed some more Back To School decor to put out in September, so after I made my teacher doll, Miss Goodchild, I decided to make another school doll while all my school fabric was out! Meet the Teacher’s Pet!
She sat on my fireplace mantle under the schoolhouse quilt.
She’s holding a little slate that she uses to practice her ABC’s and 123’s!! She has long wavy pigtails and pantaloons made from the handwriting fabric!
I just put her away along with all the other school stuff that was out for the month of September. All my Halloween stuff is out now! I’ll take lots of photos of my spooky decor and will post it soon!! This is sooo my favorite holiday!
Here’s a sneak peek of someone snoozin’ away on a favorite Halloween quilt!!
but this says it all….
Boy, do I need some quality quilting time in my sewing room!!
Today was first day back for Fairfax county teachers. We had an all day staff meeting…sigh
I kept thinking about how much
I’d rather be at home with
sewing in my studio…
I’ve realized how little “teacher” stuff I have to put out for September. So, I dug out some stuff from my teacher supply boxes in my basement to put out… still not much. So, I’m working on something new for my front door …
I’m about half done… and I can only work on it now after work at night… sigh… so bummed…
I love schoolish things! And that makes sense as I’ve been a teacher for 34 years now!! I have a Snoopy “Back to School” flag that I put out front the night before I go back to school each fall for the last 18 years or so.
It is quite faded, but I love it anyway!!
I also have a fun little mini flag out front that says it all for me regarding education!
And I have this fun flag that goes out on my deck! I love Peanuts, especially Snoopy!!
I’ll be putting them all out on Sunday night as Monday starts the new school year for us teachers here in Fairfax county…sigh!
Where did summer go? :-(
So, I’ll also be taking down and putting away all my summer decor stuff and putting out some other school decorations inside this weekend. Yogi and I decided we needed a mini quilt for my metal stand to go with the whole school theme. Yogi is very decisive, you know!! :-)
So, I sketched out an old fashioned school house then selected some fabrics from my stash to use.
Notice how Yogi is actively helping me audition the various fabrics…
I traced each part of the design on the paper side of the fusible,
then pressed it onto the wrong side of each fabric.
Then I cut out each piece.
I scored the paper on the back with a straight pin and peeled the paper off.
The mini quilt has to be 12” square finished, so I used a school stripe I’ve had for years for the 2 1/2” wide border and made a viewing template in order to preview and then fussy cut four cornerstones for the border.
I need an 8 1/2” square for the center and so I pieced this square with a blue for the sky and green for the grass. After the background is finished, I pressed the fused pieces of the school, roof, steps, door, bell, sun, flag and bushes onto the background.
I used black thread and a straight stitch to stitch around each piece.
I used a light blue thread to then quilt the sky and a green thread to quilt the grass and a red, white and blue variegated thread to quilt the borders and cornerstones.
I added black rickrack on the seam lines of the borders and cornerstones. I trimmed the extra batting and backing away.
I used a solid black fabric for the binding.
I hand stitched the binding down on the back and TaaaDaaa!! All done! :-)
Don’t forget a label on the back!! Oh, and I hate putting hanging sleeves on these little quilts, so I hang it using 4 quilting safety pins!!
So, what are you working on today??
