Shape Bingo

As I struggle soar my way through my second placement...I thought I would share one of the activities that I made for my first placement.  I was teaching a kindergarten math lesson and wanted to do something fun with shapes.  We had also been learning about colors so I incorporated it all and made a shape bingo game.  I looked for a freebie on the internet first, but no one had all of the shapes I needed (circle, oval, square, rectangle, triangle, diamond, trapezoid, and hexagon) so I made one my self. Well really I made 20 - they had to be different you know.  If for some reason somebody wants them click on the words below for the pdf (well at least I think I loaded it right, let me know if you want it and I didn't). 

 Shape Bingo

Help me make a quilt...Please.

So I need some help.  I have cut squares and am all ready to sew them together with one small exception: I do not know what pattern I should use.  Here are some ideas I stole from the internet thought of, please let me know which one you think would be pretty or work best. 

pinwheels

hourglass

hourglass with a random mix of fabric

Diamonds

random triangles

descending triangles (not sure if I have enough of the same fabric for this one)

Sorry about the bad pics and even worse lighting...I work in a space with no windows and yellow walls (it hurts the eyes at times).

Please let me know what you think!  comment here, on the blog or on facebook.  I need some advice before I can sew!
Have a fabulous weekend!

My Baby Brother is Coming!!

Well he is not such a baby now.  He is 24 yrs. old with his own baby actually.  But I am SO excited.  Andrew is coming home for a super short visit and then while he goes to SERE school Sarah (his awesome wife) and Isaac (the previously mentioned baby) are going to stay here and witness the craziness that is student teaching.  I started my new placement yesterday and am liking it so far.  I will let you know of any cool stuff that happens. 
But back to the family...
They are coming TODAY!  I am the only family member (besides Wendy and her bunch- and they live in Germany so that makes more sense) that has yet to meet Isaac.  So I am super excited!  I know that he is a baby and might still be boring...but you never know:). 

Some older (like last month) pics of him:

Precious, Right???

2 months - I think

MY baby brother and Isaac

 Yay for family!  I can't wait for Sarah to get here and we can bond over my cool school new sharpie pens...they are great!

Triangle Blocks

So I found a really easy way to make triangle blocks...

I used two 6" squares. One flower pattern and one from the main fabric (mine is the green).

Then I pinned them together, right sides facing.  It is pinned on two sides...

Then I drew a line down the middle of the square at a diagonal, using a disappearing ink sewing marker.

Next I sewed 1/4" away from the line on both sides...

After that I cut down the line (the one I had drawn), and now I have two triangle blocks.  My next step will be to iron the seams open, but I have not done that yet.  lol. 

I am so excited that I found out how to make the triangle block this way, because I would be the crazy person to cut each of the eighty-odd squares in half and THEN sew them together.  Yay, for time saving!!!