Last summer I held a 4 session embroidery class at our local library and the children who attended really seemed to enjoy learning a new skill and putting it to good use.
I have been invited back again this summer and the project I have chosen to teach this time is a 9 patch quilted pillow.
Wanna see the fun fabric I picked out for this project?
The four print fabrics in the lower part of the picture were part of my fun purchase recently when I was looking for black and whites for my sister's pin cushion bag. The other five fabrics are from my stash. I cut 5 1/4 inch squares of each fabric, so after hand stitching them into a 9 patch, the finished block will be 14 3/4 inches. After quilting and stitching to the pillow back, this should be just perfect for covering a 14 inch pillow form.
Now the only question is ... can 6 children, ages 10 to 12, get all this done in four 1.5 hour sessions? We'll see!
More pictures of the sample in progress to come!
Happy Stitching!
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I have been invited back again this summer and the project I have chosen to teach this time is a 9 patch quilted pillow.
Wanna see the fun fabric I picked out for this project?
The four print fabrics in the lower part of the picture were part of my fun purchase recently when I was looking for black and whites for my sister's pin cushion bag. The other five fabrics are from my stash. I cut 5 1/4 inch squares of each fabric, so after hand stitching them into a 9 patch, the finished block will be 14 3/4 inches. After quilting and stitching to the pillow back, this should be just perfect for covering a 14 inch pillow form.Now the only question is ... can 6 children, ages 10 to 12, get all this done in four 1.5 hour sessions? We'll see!
More pictures of the sample in progress to come!
Happy Stitching!
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Labels: children's quilting class, fabric, pillows, quilting
posted by Mary Grace McNamara on Monday, June 22, 2009
2 Comments:
Hi Mary Grace,
Oh, this brings back memories of when I taught quilting to the children at my shop. I would embroidery the initial of the first name on one of the squares and let them put a patched pillow together. Loved seeing it come alive through the eyes of the kids.
Keep Stitchen'
Bonnie
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Calamity Jane's Cottage, Bonnie, At
June 23, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Hmmmm...? Are they aloud to bring it home to work on? It might be a tights squeeze for finishing it up time-wise...
I look forward to the progress on this MG! 8-)
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Myra, At
June 23, 2009 at 1:32 PM
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