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Incorporating quilting into the various 6th grade classes in one school has resulted in the students actually producing quilts for needy babies. This started out as a project for AIDs babies, but now has grown to involve any needy babies in hospitals in the area.
The project involves social studies, math, language arts and reading. It […]
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Quiltmaking and it’s history lends itself in many ways to the classroom, whether simply in one class or across the curriculum. Some of the classes include: math, social studies, reading, art and music
I’ve taught about quilts and quilt history in several schools by:
*Introducing quiltmaking to a 6th grade social studies class that was studying colonial times in […]
I never realized there was so much to learn about needles and thread until I began to read the Superior Threads newsletter and browse around the site. Thread was thread…perhaps with a few variations…for a long time for me.
Then I began to realize different threads gave various effects and some lasted longer than others. The needles […]
Have you ever been dissatisfied with a quilting or fabric art project and thought it might be wasted effort? What about turning it around?
That’s what my daughter did with the piece pictured below. Beth called this her “ugly” fabric. It was a piece she had dyed but didn’t like the results. Then for one of her […]
Quilt restoration expert, Nancy Kirk, holds free quilt restoration teleseminars for those who want to know more about this topic. She has one scheduled for Tuesday, May 15.
Also, if you can’t join Nancy at the teleseminars, she has replays available here. Nancy also teaches live quilt restoration workshops.
This is one of the neat aspects of today’s […]
Nancy Kirk, a specialist in quilt restoration, quilt dating, and appraising, conducts workshops and teleseminars on these topics. Recently she held a free teleseminar and I was disappointed that I was away that evening.
So imagine my delight when I received a message that Nancy has, online, an audio recording of this teleseminar here……
Nancy also has available on […]
Daughter Beth has experimented with another stitch this week for her Take a Stitch Tuesday lesson, the buttonhold stitch. It’s interesting to see how she uses the stitches in different ways to produce varying effects.
Also, Beth utilizes different fabrics as well. If you’re participating in Take a Stitch Tuesday, let me know where we can […]
Cyndi Lavin collects old fabrics, something I discussed in a previous post. So I asked Cyndi what she did with these old fabrics and found she has some interesting ways to utilize them, whether in quilts or mixed media art work.
Cyndi also writes a b5media blog about multi media art, Layers Upon Layers (www.layersuponlayers.com) She says […]
Linda Cantrell’s workshop, Still Life With Bottles, at the World Quilt and Textile Show sounded fascinating to my daughter, so she decided to take it. The hanging she started at the show is coming along nicely and is something different from anything I’ve seen.
I mentioned Linda Cantrell’s workshop in a previous post (http://www.quiltingandpatchwork.com/2006/08/21/quilters-private-retreat-attending-a-quilt-show/ ), but I didn’t […]
My daughter experienced what she called her “own private retreat,” consisting of two days at the World Quilt & Textile Show. She attended a lecture, took a day-long quilting workshop, browsed through the displays and vendors’ booths, and enjoyed a relaxing overnight at the hotel.
This is the type of excursion only quilters understand, an opportunity to […]
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