Originally Posted by
sewmary
Finssihing the quilt I started with the preschool (threes and fours) on Friday. The day before each one colored a block of muslin. Then I brought in my sewing machine and each child got to "sew" a strip of fabrice to their square. I put the pedal on the table so each one got to press the pedal to sew. It was so much fun. Then I sewed them into strips and sewed the strips together. Their eyes got so big as the top grew and grew. One little boy stayed with me all day. He was so fascinated with the machine.
I will finish it today and send to the class. It is my daughter's class so now I have a job for life when they do their quilt unit.
I used to do a similar activity every year that I taught.. For multicultural night we made a quilt with squares designed using fabric crayons. Each child found and shared a Folk Tale from the country their family immigrated from, drew a picture to represent the tale, added the name of the Folk Tale, country it was from, and their name....I sashed them together in red, white and blue, to represent the US that binds us all together..It was a favorite for my kids and parents every year. Many times a parent that spoke the language of origin would come and read the tale in the language, and the child read it in English...