Sew, Mama, Sew! Brings Quilting to the Classroom
March 27, 2008 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
Quilt History & the Fascination of this Art in the Classroom
Kristin, at Sew, Mamma, Sew! blog relates her experiences Teaching Quilting History to Kids (8th graders) and presents ideas other teachers can utilize. Quilters who simply want to share the lore of quilts and quilt history will find this fascinating, too. Since I enjoy quilt history and teaching quilts and quilting to youngsters, I thoroughly enjoyed this post of Kristin’s.
After attending one of Eleanor Burns traveling quilting history shows that brought quilting to small towns, Kristin was inspired.
I worked quilts into my curriculum as much as possible. The math teacher got involved and he used quilt blocks to study geometry and tessellations. I enlisted the help of the English teacher, who used historical quilts as writing prompts.
These are just some of the ways Kristin incorporated quilting and quilt history into the curriculum. Check out her blog to find more creative ideas.
©2008 Mary Emma Allen
