Comments on: Quilting in the Classroom http://www.blisstree.com/articles/quilting-in-the-classroom-79/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:56:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Student Makes Quilt Depicting Slavery & the Underground Railroad http://www.blisstree.com/articles/quilting-in-the-classroom-79/comment-page-1/#comment-53595 Student Makes Quilt Depicting Slavery & the Underground Railroad Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:43:47 +0000 http://www.quiltingandpatchwork.com/2008/03/06/quilting-in-the-classroom/#comment-53595 [...] I wrote the post, Quilting in the Classroom, Marijke Durning shared with me her daughter’s experience making a quilt for a school [...] [...] I wrote the post, Quilting in the Classroom, Marijke Durning shared with me her daughter’s experience making a quilt for a school [...]

]]> By: Mary Emma Allen http://www.blisstree.com/articles/quilting-in-the-classroom-79/comment-page-1/#comment-53661 Mary Emma Allen Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:38:25 +0000 http://www.quiltingandpatchwork.com/2008/03/06/quilting-in-the-classroom/#comment-53661 Thank you for sharing your daughter's experience, Marijke. What an interesting project. Does she still have the quilt? Did you ever take a photo of it? This would be something to treasure. Thank you for sharing your daughter’s experience, Marijke. What an interesting project. Does she still have the quilt? Did you ever take a photo of it? This would be something to treasure.

]]> By: Marijke http://www.blisstree.com/articles/quilting-in-the-classroom-79/comment-page-1/#comment-53737 Marijke Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:09:03 +0000 http://www.quiltingandpatchwork.com/2008/03/06/quilting-in-the-classroom/#comment-53737 When my now 19-yr-old daughter was in grade 5, she was studying slavery and the underground railroad. She had read about the quilts that may or may not have been used for escaping and the idea intrigued her. What she did, with a bit of help from me, is made a picture quilt of what slaves may have had to come across while escaping. She glued fabric to a larger wallhanging size. If I remember correctly, she made a cabin, a river, trees, a clothes line, stuff like that. I helped her sandwich it an put a few stitches in here and ther so it looked quilt-like. The project was displayed and she was very happy with it. She's never made another quilt, but this one was very special, I think. When my now 19-yr-old daughter was in grade 5, she was studying slavery and the underground railroad. She had read about the quilts that may or may not have been used for escaping and the idea intrigued her.

What she did, with a bit of help from me, is made a picture quilt of what slaves may have had to come across while escaping. She glued fabric to a larger wallhanging size. If I remember correctly, she made a cabin, a river, trees, a clothes line, stuff like that. I helped her sandwich it an put a few stitches in here and ther so it looked quilt-like. The project was displayed and she was very happy with it.

She’s never made another quilt, but this one was very special, I think.

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