I did my student teaching at a preschool this spring. My mentor teacher was fantastic so I decided to make her a quilt as a thank you. I made a photo quilt and made sure that all of the children appeared in at least
2 of the pictures. The director gave me the name of the company where the kids starting in kindergarten get their uniforms. I talked to the uniform people to find out the cost of the fabric. They liked my idea so much that they sent me the fabric for free! i did all of the sashings between the pictures with the school's plaid. I even had enough to use as the backing.
I will say, the fabric was a total PITA to work with. Shredding is putting it mildly.
I presented the quilt on Tuesday which was my last day. She started crying and the children were having the time of their life finding the pictures of themselves.
I used MS Office and picassa to set up the pictures. MS Office gave me nice frames and made the pictures look like they were pasted on to the fabric.
Debbi in SO CA