The End Of 4th Grade

This school year was a tough one.  There was the start of the "tween" phase.  Which consisted of having a smart mouth because we, the parents, asked him to finish up his chores and he wanted to read.  He has goals after all.  And he hit them.  He has the highest reading points in his class.  And he was so upset that his teacher made him turn in his library book before he was done.  "I ONLY had 341 pages to go."  It was also the busiest year to date.  Karate, soccer, basketball, 4-H(dog project, record book, club historian, arts, crafts, sewing, community service, fair).  And then there was Jet's stuff.  But that's a whole new post.

Luckily, we landed with a great teacher.  I was a little skeptical.  His teacher was part of a big scandal that almost tore the town apart.  Thanks in part of misuse of social media and wrong information being spread around.  And she used her expertise to handle my child.  He's not difficult if you get past the talking.  But he's too smart for his own good and it definitely can get carried away if he lets it.  And she taught him how to deal with it and let it be part of his homework.  He may just become a writer from this year.

So as I have since I started school, I made this year's teacher a thank you quilt.  And I must admit, it's probably the best one that I've done so far.  And it's definitely the biggest one that I've made for a teacher so far.  So let me start talking about this quilt.  She loves Dr. Who.  And I found just enough Dr. Who fabric to make a quilt for her.

And since I could only find 3 prints, I decided to do a somewhat of a take on the stack and whack pattern I used for his 2nd grade teacher.  So I decided to make 5 inch squares out of the whovian fabric. Then use the blue glitter fabric for a wide border,  Then a small border with the white and silver polka dot fabric.  I wanted the squares to be a finished size of 8".  And well, I don't do math well when I'm exhausted and tired.  So I started cutting and the squares ended up at 10.5".

After some math redo, I came out with 6 rows of 5 squares.  It actually ended up being bigger than I originally planned on.  And that was ok.  I had bought some gray mottled 108" backing fabric for the back.  So I had room to spare.

                                    

And for the quilting.  I just a basic lattice motif.  I had to get this done.  I mean, I was coming on the last week of school.  Which was only 3 days this week.  

I also just did the binding by flipping it over the top and folding it a couple times.  And then zig zag stitched it closed.

She loved it.  I helped with the year end party and she had it out in front of the class.  She was so thankful for it.  And so excited about it.

And at the close of 4th grade.  He got on honor roll and perfect attendance.  And had the highest reading level in his class.  And close to the highest in the grade.

And with this, here's to a great and relaxing summer.