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