Quilting Across the Curriculum with Quilts for Needy Babies
March 26, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
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 culminates with students forming groups of 2 or 3 to design (determining size and pattern of blocks) a quilt and cut out the blocks. They then mark seam allowance lines.
The teachers bring in sewing machines and stitch together the students’ squares. In preparation for “Quilt Day,” they try to have as much of the fronts together as possible.
On “Quilt Day,” generally one or two Saturdays, volunteer parents, grandparents, and other teachers help attach the fronts, backs, and batting. Then students help tie the quilts.
For several weeks, until the quilts are distributed to the designated hospital, they are hung and displayed in the school library.
Do your schools or youth groups become involved in quilt projects?
©2008 Mary Emma Allen
