Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
“This is so cool!” said a quilting student as she sewed on a machine for the first time. Our group met for the first time today in our sunny room in the Greenleaf where we unpacked our sewing machines and practiced on paper before we begin to sew in earnest next week. Our schedule...
Continue readingAfter a busy day yesterday at the long-arm quilting machines at Olde City Quilts in Burlington, the quilters spent this morning hand-sewing the bindings on their creations. Fortunately, kindergartners came by to try out the quilts, to make sure they really work. I’ve rarely seen so many smiles in one place. Enjoy the photos!...
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So today, most of us finished our quilts. They’re coming out pretty nice, especially Kasper’s and Libby’s. They made their quilt with a diagonal pattern so it looks even more beautiful!!! Also I finished my quilt. I made sure I didn’t use a pattern more than once, so my quilt is very unique. But...
Continue readingMonday morning and we are picking up where we left off. Quilts are beginning to take shape! These guys are going to be experts before the week’s end....
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Today we started by learning the basics of sewing. Some of us made pillows while other kids made laptop cases. A couple of people finished before and started working and putting our skills to the test by starting to make a larger quilt for donation. We also made chocolate fondue and we brought things...
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Hello! I am in the middle of making plans for Intensive Learning. To make the week a little special, I would like to do two things, if you guys think it would be fun. 1. Have each of you bring in a snack for one of the days so we can fortify ourselves as...
Continue readingToday was our last full day of quilting. We finished up the projects we were working on. We stitched our bindings to our quilts to finish them off. We also watched four movies. First we watched Frozen, which Rebecca sang every song to. Then we watched Grown Ups 2, Tangled, and Ella Enchanted. After...
Continue readingAt the Burlington quilt shop we finished our large quilts by adding bedding onto them. We used a giant machine to make seams all over the quilts and to make designs and doodles on the quilt squares. After that we made personalized logos along with our names, the date, and title of our quilts...
Continue readingToday we finished working on our quilts by completing the fabric squares and surrounding them with a background fabric. Each pair created one quilt. After all the squares were sewed, ironed, and cut, we sewed them all together to accomplish our goal of completing the quilt top. Then, we took a break and ate...
Continue readingDay Two Hey guys! Today we made quilts! Everyone improved their skills and can finish quilting more quickly. We were grouped in pairs of two to help each other out. All of us were focused and careful. During lunch, we went uptown and ate at Passarello’s. We then went to Starbuck’s afterwards. All of...
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For the first day of quilting we mostly learned how to work the sewing machine and sew pieces of cloth together. We first learned to sew small scrap pieces of cloth together to understand how the machine worked. We all then attempted to sew a pillow. This took up the majority of our day....
Continue readingStudents will learn to make pillowcases, zippered bags and a quilt. We will donate the pillowcases to ConKerr Cancer and the zippered bags filled with toiletry items to The Ronald McDonald House. The students may decide where to donate the quilts: Quilts for Kids, Dooley House, Project Linus, Home of the Brave Quilt Project,...
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