We hung the quilt outside our classroom for the middle school to read. We designed a quilt square for a future travelling quilt. The quilt inspired our 7th graders to try one of there own and so during art class they cut quilt pieces and hand sewed them together. They attached this to a blank quilt piece to decorate with something about the Iditarod. Once completed the two classes individual quilt pieces were combined to make one large quilt. As a culmination to our Iditarod unit in March we had a husband and wife come out with sled dogs and equipment to do a presentation to our students. This is the highlight for the students and they look forward to this all year long.
This was a great activity and I am so pleased we were able to receive the traveling quilt at our school.
Debbie
River Forest, Il
