19 December, 2012

The Math Facts Quilt

Math facts quilt for Hazel's teacher

Phew! Done in the nick of time - last day of school tomorrow and I handed it over this afternoon. It's been awful weather for even standing next to a quilt, very hot and humid, and even more so when I gave it to her teacher, but it'll come in handy in the winter I'm sure!

The pattern is by Crazy Mom Quilts, but I added in the minus and division signs (forgot equal until it was too late!) and it's a bit smaller than the pattern calls for, more lap-sized.  Although you can't really tell from this photo, there are four different reds used in the quilt which gives it a nice mottled look. The differences are more subtle than in the pattern example, and they're all solids. Two I already had in my stash and two are Moda Bella - Betty's Red and ummm... (Helen, help! what was the other one?)

The back is a very cute blue gingham, and it's bound with a larger red gingham by Riley Blake, both from The Little Craft Store. They definitely saved it from looking too Christmassy - a natural hazard for anything red and white at this time of the year!

Hazel did the dedication to her teacher in fabric pens, I think it's sweet - love how she mentioned guitar first rather than two years of being her teacher! She's had Ms. N. for two years and is moving on to a new teacher next year, again for two years. It's a wrench for all of us because Ms. N is a delightful, inspiring and genuinely all-round very cool teacher and I know that Hazel has been lucky to have her. She's getting married over the summer too, so this quilt is also part wedding present.

Math facts quilt for Hazel's teacher

 The null set square came out well too

 Math facts quilt for Hazel's teacher

It didn't all go smoothly though, mainly because my walking foot seemingly stopped working after about four lines of quilting. It's been a bit dodgy since one of the plastic prongs that hold it on to the foot post broke, but it started slipping off and so I gave it up and went on with the regular foot. Big mistake! I didn't realise until I was done that despite my best efforts it was pushing the top around and I ended up with wrinkles and a bit of distortion. I tried the walking foot again for the binding and of course it was fine! Oh well. It's not too awful on the whole, and it definitely doesn't look as bad as the photos suggest!

13 comments:

  1. It looks fantastic Jacqui, well done!

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  2. It looks cool. Love the backing and the binding too. Lucky, lucky teacher I say! I like how Hazel separates learning guitar from regular school learning.

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  3. Oh that's truly lovely. Im sure she will love it. Good on you. I love how you always make things that look so genuinely chic, you make it look effortless. I'm in awe.

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  4. Good to see that it's not just all crochet! Great pattern - wonderful gift for a teacher!

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  5. Love it..............you are very clever.

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  6. Fantastic Jacqui! I love your choice of gingham for the backing and binding - perfect! It looks like you painstakingly quilted around the edges of all the symbols so you must also be incredibly patient!

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  7. It is a great pattern, I knew I had to make it for her when I saw it!

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  8. What a lovely comment! Thank you, you made me smile. But as a crafter yourself I know you know it's not effortless ;)

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  9. Thank you! And yes it's funny how she wrote that, but it might be just that I suggested a few things to say and she seized upon the guitar bit. I had to remind her about the teaching her for two years bit!

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  10. Oh, that came out well! And I love the little extras, the division and subtraction signs.

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  11. Lovely quilt, what a credit to you. Lovely and bright.

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