At Home With Jesus! - Crazy quilts

At Home With Jesus!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Crazy quilts

In honor of our book this week, we have been learning about the art of quilting.
(Now, I apologize to all of the "real' quilters out there.....Honestly, this was MY first attempt at quilting too, so I probably made a million mistakes!)

Before we even started sewing, we first learned about the geometric patterns and tessellations that quilts contain. I found this neat website where you can print and color different quilt patterns. (My kids had a blast with these!) We also used pattern blocks to make some designs of our own.

Julie's

and Joseph's

(Wouldn't those be pretty quilts?!!!)

Then, I let the kids dig through my own box of fabric scraps. I told them to chose 9 squares/patches of whatever they wanted (....and they came up with some very "creative" combinations!)

We spent the last two days cutting, pinning, sewing and tying!
Believe it or not...they actually did most of the sewing themselves!!!

And here are their finished quilts!
Julie

And Joseph

Oh...and I actually made it through the book without crying today!

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by HeartnSoul

Hi Michelle, thank you for stopping by! I am SO impressed with the quilt! I have never tried it so yours looks perfect to me. I've always wanted to try it though. Neat tessellations site too, that is something we do in computer programs to make neat repeating backgrounds.

Re: award button. Yes I can share! Or, would you like one that matches your blog more? Let me know :)

Denise
aka /CuriousCat

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Thursday, December 20, 2007 - oh cute!

Posted by Anonymous

Oh how I wished I had paid attention in Home Ec! Ha!
Have a Merry Christmas!

Blessings,
Kysha

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Thursday, December 20, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by bethdube

Those quilts look great! I love the patterns with the blocks, too. I'm so impressed you're still doing school this week! We're taking off a few weeks here with travel and everything.

beth

ps. I got that FP carseat you were telling me about--thanks!

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Thursday, December 20, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Tara

Ooooh I love their quilts. Great job kids!!
And maaaan you've made me lust after pattern blocks again. That's one of those things I always drool over in the school store but never buy LOL

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Thursday, December 20, 2007 - Wow cool!

Posted by arewethereyet

What great quilts. They both did an awesome job. My mom makes quilts out of our old t-shirts, I cry when I look at some of the old t-shirt from when ds was little.

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Thursday, December 20, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by KarenW

What a fun project! Your kids did great!!!

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Friday, December 21, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by AcceptanceWithJoy

The quilts are beautiful... you guys do so many fun things at your house!

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Friday, December 21, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by MaggiePearson

I had to laugh at the whole crying thing, because I am the same way. I also cried reading The Rag Coat! The kids did a great job on the quilts. I want my daughter to learn how to sew and so do I. I wish we had a sewing machine. Thanks for your kind words on my blog. I switched to blogspot so I can post more pictures without having to upload to flickr. Hope you and your family have a very Blessed Christmas!

MaggieP from HSR

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Hello....I'm Michelle! I am a Christian wife, a homemaker, and a homeschooling mother of 4 wonderful children! This is the journal of our adventures in homeschooling! Homeschooling is not just our method of education....it has become our way of life.