Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Today was the day we finished up our quilts. As we put the binding and finishing touches on our sewn on objects, we completed some rad quilts. Along with our now extensive knowledge of Alzheimer’s and quilting, we also watched Still Alice, a movie about early onset Alzheimer’s to educate us on the realities...
Continue readingToday we visited Harmony Village where we gave our quilts. We were able to meet people in different stages of Alzheimer’s. Although we had heard about it all week, it was interesting to see it in person and get the experience. A woman who worked there, Lauren, took us to different rooms each with...
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Today started out with continuing our fidget quilts. We learned how to bind our quilts and how to attach extra items. Ms. Casne’s friend, Delia, arrived early to accompany us on our journey through our projects. Our morning was briefly interrupted by a fire drill, but we quickly regained focus. After...
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The second day of quilting was just as fun as the first. Today we started off with a speaker from the Harmony Village, which is a nursing home for the memory impaired. Lauren the speaker who came talked about the causes and effects of dementia. Before starting her presentation on dementia, she gave us...
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After diving into the rigorous yet intriguing waters of quilting, I can say with confidence that this is going to be one of the best Intensive Learnings. The day began with a lesson in the history of quilts, how it was a pastime for many women of the 19th century (this was obviously quilting...
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This morning our small group of quilters hurried to get our fidget quilts done. After making sure everything was sewn on correctly and nothing would fall off, we made our way to Harmony Village, which is in Moorestown. Harmony Village is a space dedicated to serving those living with Alzheimer’s disease and other memory...
Continue readingOn this last day of Quilting, we spent the day cleaning up and finishing up some projects. We saw a 7th grade Intensive Learning play. Afterwards, we went home with our mini individual projects, such as: pin cushions, pillows, etc. Our long week of hard work has finally come to a close....
Continue readingWe spent most of our day using our sewing machines or hand stitching the binding onto our quilts. The pressing of fabrics and cutting of cotton also occurred at various points during our day. We were rewarded in the end with pretzels and Starbucks from Main Street....
Continue readingToday was our third day of quilting. We spent most of the time working on our fidget quilts. Using our newfound knowledge of sewing, we were able to finish most of our projects. Some people even started new quilts for themselves! Unfortunately, it was raining the majority of the day. Let’s just say, walking...
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On Monday morning, we started off the day by dying wool. After working on that for a bit and working on our quilts, we took a bus to the Lonni Rossi fabric design studio in Ardmore, PA. Lonnie taught us how to silk screen and stamp fabric. We got to design our very own fabrics...
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Today was the final day for the quilters. Over the course of this week, we have learned many valuable skills. Students have learned how to use a sewing machine, hand-stitch, and even use a professional long-arm machine. It has been a wonderful and laughter-filled week for our little group of 6!...
Continue readingToday we finished making the bindings, which included ironing and sewing them to the quilt. We had a nice lunch of leftover pizza and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. After we had lunch we migrated to Hartman Hall and started the challenging process of hand sewing the bindings onto the edge of the quilt....
Continue readingWednesday was the third day of Quilting for Intensive Learning, and we went to Olde City Quilts in Burlington to quilt our projects. We used long-arm machines to sew the three layers (the top, the batting, and the backing) of our quilts together and make it more like a complete product. The task looked daunting at first,...
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Today Shelby and Jessica completed the first quilt. All of the groups are working incredibly hard to finish their projects. So far the day has been filled with laughter and smiles. I can’t wait to see what’s yet to come for the new quilters....
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On our first day of quilting we started off the day with a little bit of show and tell with the quilts that Mrs. Casne and Mrs. Reilly had made. After that we watched a video on how to make the pattern for the quilts. The pattern is called the Missouri Star. The first...
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