I taught Geometry last year and in December, I taught my students how to hand sew. I provided them 5 blocks and they could pick 1, or make their own, and their job was to make a block before March. The goal was 9.5" but there was a wide range of sizes... The girl who made the pink block with the blue 8 pointed star, from the top left, 1 down, 1 in, she designed it herself and showed me it and said "but I can only get it to be 11 inches" and I told her "if you can make it, I'll make it work :)

Most of them did their blocks by hand (though they did have the option to machine sew), and then I put them together. I was telling someone else on a different thread, I waited until 2 nights before the year ended, and spent 2 days straight, in between giving finals, putting this together. The finished quilt is about 7 ft by 7 ft.

OMG -- that is really an awesome quilt -- and kids made it? WOW -- what a learning experience for all of us!! :D

What a wonderful quilt!

Great quilt. What grade/age were the kids? Did they enjoy the project? By the number of blocks I see looks like everyone participated in the project.

That was a totally awesome way to show the kids the practical side of math. Who know how many quilting converts you have made. LoL!

What a wonderful quilt - full of memories!

That's really awesome! They did a great job. My son's teacher also uses quilting to teach shapes and math. She uses paper templates and the kids paste the correct shape on them. I volunteer in the class so I am the one to put the quilts together :D . How did she ever know?? :D :D

What a great application of geometry. Bet the kids loved this lesson. And you ended up with a beautiful quilt.

I hope they all signed their blocks... that's an awesome keepsake ..and a great learning experience.

That is so awesome. What a wonderful project and they did great. What a keepsake that is. :D :D :D