This month is Autism Awareness and next week is Teacher appreciation. Since my children attend a Charter school for children on the autism spectrum I wanted to make my teachers gifts have a slight autism theme to them.
Since the symbol for autism is multi colored puzzle pieces I decided to make those my centerpiece, and found a fun puzzle quote that seemed teacher appropriate as well.
I used my sihouette machine and fabric interfacing to cut out puzzle pieces from some riley blake fabric squares I had is some fun bright colors
Then I ironed them onto the canvas (I placed a piece of cardboard underneath while ironing to get it nice and stiff)
Then I cut out the teachers name and the quote in vinyl (also using my silhouette), since I want the vinyl to be a stencil pull OUT the words.
I received a bag of some AMAZING Plaid- Martha Stewart collection products for my mothers day project (More about that next week) and inside were these AMAZING brush tops that attach right onto the paint bottle. AMAZING I love love LOVE these tops!
So I pressed the vinyl stencils onto the canvas (again use the cardboard underneath to get crisp lines) and painted right over the vinyl.
peel off the vinyl and your done! I love how they turned out! And my kids are excited to take them to their teachers next week! What are you doing for teacher appreciation? Don’t forget to go link up to this month’s Point of View!
Jenny
April 29, 2012 at 12:28 amThis is such a good idea! I am so glad I found your cute blog and can’t wait to meet you at Breathing Space!
Modern Modest Beauty
Ashlee
April 30, 2012 at 1:51 pmThanks so much! I look forward to it, it’s so much fun to meet fellow bloggers IRL and connect!
Gwen @ Gwenny Penny
April 29, 2012 at 4:13 pmThis is fantastic, Ashlee! I love the fabric you used. The teachers will love these.
Ashlee
April 30, 2012 at 1:55 pmThanks so much! It was a small free sample pack from Riley Blake at a blogger meet up last summer. It has been sitting on my sewing table just waiting to be used for something fun!
Kaysi @ Keeping It Simple
April 29, 2012 at 8:00 pmThis is such a fun idea!!! I love the puzzle pieces!
Ashlee
April 30, 2012 at 2:04 pmThanks so much!
Lyuba
April 30, 2012 at 7:55 pmLove it! Pinning it!
Ashlee
May 2, 2012 at 1:37 amAww thanks! What a great compliment!
Alison
May 9, 2012 at 12:14 amI love the quote, and the puzzle pieces are stunning Ashlee! Love this. Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!
Ashlee
June 11, 2012 at 3:11 pmThanks so much!!! It was hard to find the quote, I thought it would be easier, but I love what I ended up with!
Beverly
May 12, 2012 at 12:59 pmlove it, my daughter is autistic also! I am sure they will love that.
Ashlee
June 11, 2012 at 4:30 pmI think they did! I forgot to make something for the assistant teachers though and I feel bad!
Jill @ Create.Craft.Love.
May 13, 2012 at 7:28 amAdorable! I love the puzzle pieces and the colors! Great quote!!
Ashlee
June 11, 2012 at 4:34 pmThanks so much! I hadn’t worked with cutting fabric with the silhouette before so it was super fun to try! I love the puzzle pieces as well!
Eva Scott
May 17, 2012 at 7:47 pmI love this idea. I’m sure she loved it too!
Ashlee
June 11, 2012 at 4:45 pmThanks so much! the teachers all seemed pleased, but in the end they deserve so much more!