Jun 27 2009
Neat Teacher Gift
It’s always hard to figure out what to get or make for your child’s teacher especially when they’ve been teaching a long time and even when they’ve just started teaching. It hit me a few days before school was out that I needed to figure out what to make them! I had two days to do this in. I had to act quick! I decided to make them a flag!
You’ve seen the flags I’m talking about. You usually see them in gardens or hanging outside people’s houses. I made these out of cotton, not meant for hanging outside, but maybe they’ll put it on their door or hang them in their room. It’ll be interesting to see next year!
These took awhile overall to make. I’m not sure how long, I worked on them for hours, but mainly because their letters were rounded. They aren’t the same dimensions either. I didn’t really measure, I just worked with what I had. I did use a coffee can lid and the coffee can to make the circle in the ‘Q” and freehanded the “D”. I layered the “D” for effect since the background was busy. I didn’t layer the “Q.”Also, the “Q” is on a fat block.
I do have a contrasting fabric sewn onto the back of each flag, I just forgot to take a photo of the back! I sewed a dowel rod into the tops of each one and sewed ribbon to one for a handle and cord to the other.
I think they turned out cute, what do you think?
