Pillows Made For My Son's Classroom

At my son's school, they are introduced to quilt by making a small piece of art. Staff/Volunteers from the San Jose Quilt Museum came to the classroom and introduced the art of quilting to the children. I was not there in the classroom when it happened. However, I could see, from the children's work, that all started with a piece of fabric that each child chose, and came up with a theme from that small piece of fabric. The fabric had a geometric shape.

I was lucky to be in the classroom at the end of that school day, when the work was on a table. Being a quilter, I just loved every single piece of art that the children made. And by being a quilter, I just could not see that art being just left as is. So, I suggested to make a pillow for each child, and do just enough quilting so the geometric piece would stay when the pillow was washed.

All is going well... However, there are 20 children in the class. That means making 20 small mini quilts, cutting 20 pillows, putting together 20 pillows, and attaching 20 mini quilts. Next time, I will think twice :-) (may be 20 times too LOL)

The teacher, not knowing my work, let me take my child's art at home. I made his pillow, and he loved. That was a good start. I took to the school and the teacher also liked. I used organic cotton, thick enough to be a pillow. Here is my son's pillow:


So off I went to make the other 19 pillows. Here is a picture of the pillows just before I could reveal them all.


I rounded the corner of the pillows so they will not have the pillow "ears". Attached the mini quilt to the center. The back of the pillows overlap quite a bit, so buttons are not necessary, but you are still able to put a 14 by 14 pillow form. Here is the result.




What do you think?