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Fabric Selection for Quilts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review the parts of fabric, good fabric selection for a quilt, and participate in a lab to determine a good fabric for quilts. They identify the parts of the fabric, how important the parts of the fabric are, and select good...
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Trip To The Quilt Shop

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners and teacher will go on a field trip to a local quilt shop. The teacher will determine the destination, make arrangements for the field trip, and collect all necessary paper work for students to leave school.
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How to care for a finished quilt

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students will learn how to care of a quilt. They will work in pairs to create a report and will present it to the class. This information is found on the Internet. The learners will compose a finished report from research for learning...
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4-H Line & Design Activity Page

For Students 2nd - 7th
In this 4-H activity learning exercise, students will select their favorite activities and projects from a menu of choices. Then they will work with their 4-H leaders and parents to create a project plan for the year. The activities...
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Traditional Crafts and Decorative Arts in Louisiana Worksheet

For Students 6th - 11th
This resource outlines an extensive list of websites about different kinds of material culture in Louisiana. The list covers five categories: outdoor and indoor crafts, Louisiana folk life articles, quilt making, house types, and general...
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SIMPLE FABRIC FOLDING FOR HALLOWEEN

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Study the fabric folding techniques introduced and lead your class in applying them to quiltmaking, home decorating, fashion design, and other sewing projects. This lesson is geared to making items themed for halloween, but could be...
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When I Was Young In Appalachia

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students 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 construction,...
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Focus on Batiks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the characteristics of batik fabrics. Using the fabric, they create a tulip garden wall hanging. They review warm and cool colors and use various stitching techniques for the stems and leaves. They share their...
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Instructors Lesson Plan for Quit the Seasons

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students create quilts. They can create quilts for different seasons of the year. Students can choice what type of projects they want to work on. They are given the choice of taking classes that last 2 months or through the entire year.
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Crazy with Cotton

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils look at fabrics. They discuss how to print/contrast. They demonstrate cutting center. Students are shown how to trim the block accurately. Pupils sew in blocks. They discuss how to finish, including tying, machine quilting,...
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Quilting with Literature: Internet Research and Multi-Media Presentation Skills in AP English

For Teachers 12th
Have your class acquire research skills such as using hotlists and evaluating websites while they study major literary eras. They create multimedia presentation using information from the Internet research.
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Metallic Mosaic

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students engage in a lesson plan about polygons while creating a mosaic pattern. They concentrate upon creating a pattern that is geometric and has the look of a quilt design. The lesson plan includes steps to complete the project and...
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The Art of Making Do

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students 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 to...
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Introduction to Machine Piecing

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discover how to use the rotary cutter, cutting mat, and ruler to make quilt blocks. They make a 4-patch quilt block and write a paper on their first memories of a quilt. They determine how to sew a 1/4" seam and identify bed...
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TWO-FOR ONE FOUNDATION PIECING

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars sew on a line, you can make reversible quilts, clothing, and more using the principles of foundation piecing. With my method, fabrics are placed on both sides of a permanent foundation, a template is used to mark the...
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Keeping Warm with Fractions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study quilts and related activities to illustrate geometry, basic fractions, and patterning skills. They choose a precut piece of pre-cut color/shape construction paper to discuss the pattern, color, shapes, sizes,...
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Color Wheels and Schemes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how to use the color wheel in selecting fabric colors for a quilt. They define and demonstrate monochromatic, complimentary, and analogous color schemes. Lesson plan and worksheets are attached in .pdf and .doc formats.
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Scenario Challenge

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create a quilt, using different patterns. In this geometry lesson, students apply prior knowledge as they use different patterns to help them create a quilt using transformations and geometric shapes.
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Shapes and Introduction to Geometry

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students make a quilt. In this geometry lesson, students discuss patchwork quilts and learn some different geometric shapes and patterns that are commonly used. Students explore designs with triangles and squares and then make their own...
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Transformation, Reflections, Rotations and Translations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students create a quilt, using different patterns. In this geometry lesson, students apply prior knowledge as they use different patterns to help them create a quilt using transformations and geometric shapes.
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Oral History Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Oral history has brought a multitude of lessons, stories, and factoids to our current knowledge of the past. Let us continue to use oral history traditions through a lesson that encourages pupils to discover and appreciate where they...
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Creating Stamps for Fabric

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils create different types of stamps using pressed leaves, foam, insulation tape and small plywood pieces. They decorate various fabrics blocks with their stamps and fabric paint. Individual blocks are then sewn together to make a...
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Elizabeth Fry

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the life of Elizabeth Fry and her contributions to prison reform. They participate in a visualization exercise, listen to a guest speaker, create a quilt as a community service project, write journal entries, and...
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AIDS Fact Quilt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students to gather facts and identify myths associated with the transmission of HIV/AIDS.

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