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Purposeful Act of Kindness
Pupils define a community need and explain a purposeful act of kindness. In this community kindness lesson, students identify a community need before making a quilt that depicts acts of kindness that can be extended to remedy that need.
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Exploring Machine Trapunto
This machine quilting class will teach you how to add beautiful trapunto effects without having to make tiny slits in the back of your quilt. (Shops and teachers may use this description in their announcements, flyers, etc.)
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Keeping Us in Stitches Activity: Appliqué Bedcover Design
Students explore patriotic and classical motifs in applique design and technique. A bedcover or quilt is produced using appropriate symmetry, color,proportion and composition.
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Piecing: Expanding the Basics
Students review and discover new techniques to use on their quilts. As a class, they watch a demonstration on piecing fabrics together and the different stitching that can be used. They share their designs with the class and receive...
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Pieced Flowers
Young scholars practice making pieced flower blocks to be used on their quilts. As a class, they create simple and complicated templates to be used as a stand alone wall hanging. They share their creation with the class and receive...
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Family Folklore
Students complete activities to explore family folklore. For this folklore lesson, students define in writing family folklore, identify aspects of family folklife through discussions of their own traditions. Students identify examples of...
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Metis- Grade 9
Ninth graders investigate aspects of Metis life. In this Canadian history lesson, 9th graders research Metis life and use their findings to create time line quilts.
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The Keeping Quilt
Students discover story analysis by discussing a book the class reads together. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the book The Keeping Quilt and discuss the different characters and plot points among the class. ...
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TRADITION WITH A TWIST
Learners come prepared with their strips previously cut and sew some strip sets together and have them cut the completed strip sets into sections. They stack the needed sctions for the required blocks of units and set all units together.
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Patchwork Paper Stockings
Youngsters create holiday stockings from construction paper and pieces of wrapping paper cut into squares. It's always nice to have a holiday craft, or two, up your sleeve during December. This craft is easy to implement, and the...
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Lesson Plan on Family History and Past Generations
Second graders listen to The Keeping Quilt and through class/small group discussion relate this story to beliefs, customs, and traditions of their own families. They make a class quilt based on these discussions.
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A THIMBLEBERRIES HOUSEWARMING
Young scholars can choose from 22 projects in A Thimbleberries Housewarming utilize simple quiltmaking techniques appropriate for a single class or a short series of classes. Directions are clear and complete and contain specific fabric...
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Family Lessons in Philanthropy: The Drive
Young scholars investigate family philanthropy. In this family philanthropy lesson plan, students review vocabulary such as community, family, service, volunteer, tradition, and caring. They listen to Valerie Flournoy's, The Patchwork...
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SIMPLE FABARIC FOLDING FOR CHRISTMAS
Students explore easy techniques for creating folded shapes with Christmas-colored fabrics to make quilts, stockings, table runners, placemats, pillows, or count-down calendars
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A Day at the Fair
Students explore the American tradition of state and county fairs. In this American fairs lesson plan, students read an article about American fairs and complete a five senses table for experiences at fairs. Students role play a family...
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We Are Family
Students explore art and stories that depict families in different cultures. They examine how family members help each other, create traditions, have fun and change or grow. They describe their own families and create a class family...
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Philanthro What?
Students discuss what it means to be a philanthropist and how important philanthropists are to the community. They discuss the tradition involved in philanthropy and create a show and tell "Philanthropy Teaching Quilt" using the various...
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Colonial Living: A Look at the Arts, Crafts, History, and Literature of Early Americans
Sixth graders examine the different aspects of life in Colonial America. At home, they make traditional colonial recipes to share with the class. In groups, they read a book about the purpose and act of quilting and create their own...
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Metis
Fourth graders examine the Metis culture. In this Metis living lesson plan, 4th graders read Things I did Last Summer by Martin Shulman and discuss the life of the main character, Bonnie. Students recreate their favorite scenes of the...
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The Art of Making Do
Young scholars learn how to understand and use fabrics in a scrap quilt. They will gain the most if they can actually compose a quilt (or the beginnings of one) within class time.Quilting is a skill that is difficult for younger children...
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Embroidery As A Form Of Art
Pupils create a "class quilt" using techniques learned from the study of Asian textile practices in this six-day lesson for upper-elementary school. This lesson requires parent volunteers.
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Silk Dragons - Activity 1
Students investigate and discuss Japanese art and culture through an online video and a KWL chart. This lesson is an introduction to Japanese art with two supplemental lessons provided for further activities.
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Georgia O'Keefe - A Unit for Grades 9-12
SStudents view examples of O'Keef's work and watch a video about her life. They use colored pencil to create a 6" x 6" reproduction of a 2" x 2" square cut from a magazine picture, finding and using the most interesting shapes in the...
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When I Was Young In Appalachia
Young scholars comapre and contrast the lifestyles of the people of the Applachian region with their own community through in-class discussions, creative projects, hands-on activities, food preservation, homemade remedies, home...