Square 12
Stanford Infant School

Designed and made by Sara Cook

I chose to represent the School as my first daughter had just stated there. Looking at designs from various Oxfam quilts that I had seen inspired me. I wanted to have one child from each class in the school with the head teacher Mrs Wicker at the centre.

The school playground is dominated by large trees, which shade the children in summer. The swan is the school emblem but no one has ever been able to tell me why. I traced the shapes onto bondaweb and used machine techniques to apply them. I particularly enjoyed embroidering the children's hair, which like them was not always as neat as it could have been.

I struggled to find the right shade and size of print for the Gingham dresses then at the last minute I got a phone call from a lady who wondered if she could donate some fabrics and there amongst them all was the green gingham I had been searching for.

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