Quilts

I love quilts. My grandmother was a quilt maker. She made quilts for family and friends. When I was a baby my grandmother made a quilt for me. It is a beautiful flower garden. This pattern has six sided patches and edged with pale pink cloth. It is a beautiful reminder of my grandmother who died many years ago.
I also included in my storytimes my love of quilts. For second grade I read
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco. For an activity the second graders made a quilt collage cutting out pictures from catalogs. The quilt is a nine square with each square being 2". I made 2" templates from oaktag. Awhile ago I have limited space in the library to show the students work so I would make a "clothesline" with yarn and taped it to the shelves. Then, I would hang the quilts with small clothespins. It was a great activity. I would collect catalogs from Oriental Trading, Colorful Images, Upstart, and Demco. When we moved to a big beautiful library I also did the same story time but made the "clotheslines" and quilts on our large bulletin board.