Project Examples from Creative Quilting with Kids
Illustrations and Writing on Fabric
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Bainbridge Island Past and Present
52” x 56” (155 x 140 cm)
The Family Classroom, Alternative Elementary School, Grades 1-5, Bainbridge Island, WA.
Spring 1997. |
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Endangered Species
45” x 51½” (115 x 129 cm)
Wilkes Elementary School, Grade 4, Bainbridge Island, WA. Spring 1994. |
Fish Prints using Fabric Paints
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Under The Sea
49” x 88” (123 x 220 cm)
Blakely Elementary School, Grade 4, Bainbridge Island, WA. Spring 1997
After the lift-off! Yes, we printed a real octopus! |
Resist Stencils using Freezer Paper and Fabric Paints
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Frosty Window
56” x 50” (140 x 125 cm)
Blakely Elementary School, Grade 2, Bainbridge Island, WA. Spring 1997.
Children cutting snowflakes out of freezer paper |
Block Printing
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Absolutely Awesome Animals
4 panels @ 16” x 69” (40 x 172 cm)
Blakely Elementary School, Grade 5, Bainbridge Island, WA. Spring 1997.
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Cutting and block printing. |
Fusible Appliqué
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Forest Fantasy
50½” x 42½” (126 x 106 cm)
Blakely Elementary School, Grade 1, Bainbridge Island, WA. Spring 1997. |
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Take home project
Take home project using the background pieces from the hands cut out for the tree quilt. |
Hand Sewing
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Brave Heart
42” x 42” (105 x 105 cm)
The Family Classroom, Alternative Elementary School,
Grades 1-5, Bainbridge Island, WA. Spring 1997.
The children hand sewed the 4-patches and embroidered
the fused hearts. They tied the center of each four patch and hand quilted around the hearts. |
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Holiday Hearts
52” x 52” (130 x 130 cm)
Blakely Elementary School, Grade 3, Bainbridge Island,
WA. Spring 1997. |
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Pioneer Patchwork
81½” x 67” (204 x 168 cm)
Wilkes Elementary School, Grade 5, Bainbridge Island, WA. Spring 1995. |
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4 Block Patchwork Samplers
23” x 23” (58 x 58 cm)
Individual projects Wilkes School extra-curricular program. Spring 1995. |
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Caitlin displays her quilt.
She made this quilt when she was 10-years old, in 1995.
Bainbridge Island, WA. |
Machine Sewing
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4-Patch Quilts
52” x 42” (130 x 105 cm)
Girl Scouts ages 12 to 16, 1996. Bainbridge Island, WA.
Sarah, Emily and Paula display their quilts. |
Quilt Poster Project for Kids
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Quilt Poster
The Family Classroom, Alternative Elementary School, Grades 1-5, Bainbridge Island, WA. Spring 1997.
Children designed their own 9-patch blocks and made a quilt poster. |
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