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Quilting and Patchwork

February 28th, 2006

Student Patchwork Projects

 
As I walked along the hallway of a school where I do substitute teaching, I noticed a display of patchwork on the wall.  These were small patchwork puffs and beanbags made in the 4-patch design.  (Four squares of two different fabrics sewn together.)
 
The accompanying notice indicated these had been hand stitched by children in grades […]

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February 21st, 2006

Teaching Quilting in Schools

Weaving the history of quiltmaking with American history can be a fun project for a teacher.  If you don’t do quilting yourself, see if a local quilter will visit and share with your students.
I first quilted with a sixth grade class when my daughter was in high school…quite a few years ago, considering that her […]

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