My daughter Beth has taken online quilting classes for a number of years and finds them ideal to fit into her busy schedule.  She can work on her lessons at home, when she can find time.  Online classes are generally within one’s budget when you consider the cost of classes away from home, travel and often lodging and meals.
Currently Beth is taking  Jane LaFazio’s class, “Mixed Media with Paper & Cloth,” from Joggles.
Here is one of her pieces with the leaves stamped onto the background.  She experimented with freezer paper stencils.
You’ll find more of Beth’s class work at her Meandering …read more

Jean Murray mentioned as one of her goals, in a comment to my Happy New Year’s post,  that she’d like to take an online quilting class at Quilt University.  I’d asked, in this post, for quilters’ goals for the coming year.
My daughter has taken online classes at Quilt University and other online sites.  She has really enjoyed them and felt she learned a great deal.
*You can work at your convenience although it’s best to keep up with the weekly lessons.
*You can work midst family and business interruptions.
*You can work on your schedule…morning, afternoon, evening, during the wee hours of the night.
*You don’t have to …read more

QuiltingAndPatchwork.com 
 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 …read more

QuiltingAndPatchwork.com 
Quiltmaking and it’s history lends itself in many ways to the classroom, whether simply in one class or across the curriculum.  Some of the classes include:  math, social studies, reading, art and music
 I’ve taught about quilts and quilt history in several schools by:
 *Introducing quiltmaking to a 6th grade social studies class that was studying colonial times in America. This was a morning workshop, and the teacher followed up on the projects I started.
*Reading stories about quilts and quiltmaking in 4th grade reading and literature when I do substitute teaching.
*Designing and overseeing the making of a quilt with third and eighth graders.  The quilt …read more