Quilting – Intensive Learning @ MFS

We finished our quilts!

March 27, 2014October 13, 2015Quilting

Today 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...

The Quilt Shop: Adding bedding and seams

March 26, 2014October 13, 2015Quilting

At 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...

Sew much fun!

March 25, 2014October 13, 2015Quilting

Today 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...

Quilting: Our skills are improving!

March 24, 2014October 13, 2015Quilting

Day 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...

First Day of Quilting!

March 21, 2014October 13, 2015Quilting

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....

Quilting!

March 10, 2014October 13, 2015Quilting

Students 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,...