An apple for the teacher

This is a quilt I made last year for Stuarts Pre-Primary teacher Miss Cooney. I made the crazy patch apples on the October school holidays then over the next few weeks did machine blanket stitching around the apples, added borders, joined together, added outer borders then I backed it, put the label on it, quilted it, lol, finally completed the hand sewing on the last Monday afternoon of school then raced to the school with it, couldn't wait till the Friday.
It was so worth it, every second I spent working on it over the last 10 weeks, I think its the biggest thing I have ever completed! It turned out a bit bigger than planned, they always do, its about a queen bed size top (not down the sides iykwim?) but I put a sleeve in it so it can be hung on the wall or used as a quilt.
I really wanted to make something special for Miss Cooney as it was her 1st year of teaching and she is just so kind and nice. According to her, there are no naughty children, just some who make the wrong choices sometimes
So she absolutley loved the quilt, loved how there was one apple for every child in her class, loved that I put the class photo onto the back as a label and my son wrote his own name, she loved my quote "a good teacher deserves an apple, you deserve the whole tree" awwww.
Anyway, she was delighted, I am delighted she loves it so much (don't want to brag but she did say it was the best present she has ever recieved :-) )
And, we are having a quilt and sewing display in March for the Baptist Church and Miss Cooney has kindly agreed to lending it to me for the display, as I finished it so quick no one got to see my finished master piece!
Close up of the apple.

Stuart and Miss Cooney

Cate and the finished quilt