I’m not even going to bring up the fact that I haven’t blogged since Valentine’s Day…wait… Never mind. Anyway, it’s not for lack of making. Plus, there was this brief interlude:

That’s me in the orange! No, really. Here’s my ticket and everything.

Okay, that one was supposed to be portrait and I’m still getting used to taking pictures with my new Mother’s Day iPad mini (which is super cute btw). I digress.

School’s out next week and I actually have teacher gifts ready one whole week in advance, which is a first for me. The last day of school won’t involve buying gift cards in the Starbucks drive-thru on the way to school (which isn’t actually on the way to school at all). No, none of that this year. I decided to take a different approach because I think teachers end up with a bunch of crap they can’t use – there goes my filter again, sheesh. Plus, one of my friends who teaches preschool confessed that she received like eight insulated cups at Christmas. I figure that if its been on Pinterest; teachers will receive at least ten of them.

So, for the Kindergarten teacher who has three tiny grand kids, I made these cool “I spy” quilted placemats that include a little monogram for each kid. (Inspired by these that i made for my two.). I’m referring to them as “Grandma’s house placemats” so she can keep them at her house. I hope she likes them. I do.

Sticking with the kid theme, I made the first grade teacher’s two very little ones each a snack tote with snack goodies inside. (Actually, I shopped in my own etsy store for the totes, so that one was easy, but I did make a bib for the littlest one.)

And, finally, I stayed up last night making these skirts for the girls because word got out that they were in the works and could possibly, maybe get made in time to be worn to school today and at that point, there was no turning back. Plus, we just finished our first Nancy Drew book last night (while one kid flopped all over the couch and nearly died of boredom and the other one was on the edge of her seat until the last word).

Luckily, they were super easy and I love how they turned out. I used these fabrics, half of which I already had, so I only spent about twelve dollars to make it happen.

I used the Missouri Star Quilt Company “Adorable Charm Pack Skirt” video tutorial and it was wonderful. She even uses a gathering trick that I’d never seen before. Anyway, if you like precut fabric (I have recently become kind of obsessed with it), check out their tutorials; you will not be disappointed. Or, you could be I guess…