I wanted to share some of the pictures of the charity quilt I helped the kids do for Fox Valley Montessori. This art quilt was made with direct input by about 22 (3-5 year olds.)
We cut 200 1 inch strips of blues and let the kids lay those out the way they wanted the water to look. Later on, I cut and ironed steam a seam paper to white muslin. Using lots of free coloring book downloads, we printed out two fish and some coral for each child to color. They painstakingly colored in the fishies with non-toxic Shiva Paintstiks. Later on they glued glitter and beads and tiny bits onto the fish to decorate. Each child's fish was labeled with their name.
After cutting out the fish, the children used a large flannel piece to layout the fish and coral on the background strips. Other than a few small adjustments, I sewed exactly as they laid them out. I later quilted the piece with aqua, blue and silver metallic threads to look like the water.
The bidding took off at auction and the piece was auctioned for $1000.
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