I am sitting here drinking a toast (coffee) to my last day of freedom. Actually, the kids don't get out til Tuesday, but Tuesday doesn't...

Patchwork Quilt Sewing Craft & Activity * This post contains affiliate links for convenience* A few weeks ago, my daughter & I made sew & weave Easter bonnets. She really enjoyed working with the plastic sewing needle. She liked it & took to it so well that I wanted to give her more sewing projects. […]

Learn how to make a classroom quilt! Turn fabric squares into a comfort quilt as an educational and team building community service project. #quilting #craftsforkids #classroomquilt #diy

Class quilt: use for pioneer lesson. each child shows a story of their choice in their quilt square. put it all together and make a quilt to hang on the wall.

Quilt squares are a great resource to have on hand throughout the year for a variety of projects and assignments. Most commonly used for Back to School, creating a Class Story Quilt is a fun and creative way for your students to learn about each other and develop a class community. Display your students' story quilt in the classroom or hallway. Quilt Squares can be used for: All about me Book reports Research project/Biography poster ELA Character Traits Open house Bulletin boards Kindness…

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On Monday we're delivering this quilt to my daughter's 3rd grade teacher. She knows it is coming--it was somewhat of a commissioned project. She plans to hang it, as art, in her classroom near her "peace table". I think she will be more than happy with it. I know I am pleased with how it turned out. (These pics don't do it justice, but the lighting in my house stinks and it was all of 7 degrees outside when we took these.) A big thanks to all the families who contributed so that I could have…

🎨 Empowering Art Projects for Kids on Instagram: "Let me just say, this project packs a punch! 💥 The combination of learning about the collaborative efforts of the Gee’s Bend Quilting Bee and then seeing their own art get strengthened in community with others is powerful. Inspired by the history of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, this paper quilt project combines Social Studies, Art, and SEL! Kids will practice the principles of design when they make their own uniquely patterned quilt blocks out of…

I can see quilt blocks put together like this... each block bound and finished then attached at the corners..... love it! Our classroom's friendship quilt! :)

50 x 62 When I was asked to make a quilt using kids hand prints, I wasn't really sure how it would work. I thought I was going to have to cut and send the fabric to my customer and then work with whatever came back. But she asked for some directions on cutting the fabric and took care of all the hand prints using a 9" square that she was careful to cut straight. I trimmed the blocks to 8.5" trying to center the prints as best I could since she didn't have a rotary cutter. She choose this dot…