For Teachers » Traveling Quilt: Virtual http://iditarodblogs.com/teachers Educational Connections for Teachers Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:58:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 2010 Virtual Quilt Begins http://iditarodblogs.com/teachers/2009/10/04/2010-virtual-quilt-begins/ http://iditarodblogs.com/teachers/2009/10/04/2010-virtual-quilt-begins/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:05:46 +0000 Diane http://iditarodblogs.com/teachers/?p=1027 Traveling Iditarod QuiltThe Traveling Iditarod Quilt is a very popular project.  The quilt helps teachers not just cover curriculum but ‘uncover’ it in unique ways.  You can read about the journey that each of the quilts take. The quilts can’t visit every school that requests to be part of the project, but for the first time ever, any classroom anywhere can be a part of this project ‘virtually’.  Create a quilt square and email the image to us.  Your image will join the others and by the end of the school year, an incredible Traveling Iditarod Quilt will be created.  What are you waiting for?  Get started!

Read more about the project.

View the Iditarod Virtual  Quilt!

]]> http://iditarodblogs.com/teachers/2009/10/04/2010-virtual-quilt-begins/feed/ 0 Alaska, Iditarod, and the Iditarod Traveling Quilt Inspire Student’s Art http://iditarodblogs.com/teachers/2009/05/31/alaska-iditarod-and-the-iditarod-traveling-quilt-inspire-students-art/ http://iditarodblogs.com/teachers/2009/05/31/alaska-iditarod-and-the-iditarod-traveling-quilt-inspire-students-art/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:30:01 +0000 Diane http://iditarodblogs.com/teachers/2009/05/31/alaska-iditarod-and-the-iditarod-traveling-quilt-inspire-students-art/ The Traveling Quilt project has taken on new energy!  Read this letter from an art teacher and discover a great project that you can do with your students.   After viewing her student’s work, you’ll be as inspired as we are!  To celebrate the talents of these students and students around the world, we’ve developed an exciting project.  Be a part of our Iditarod Virtual Traveling Quilt.

We have a hundred requests for our Traveling Quilts to visit schools around the world.  It is not possible for the quilts to get everywhere so we invite you to send a quilt square to us—  via Internet.  Your contributions will be displayed on our website.

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quilt.jpg Dear Diane,

I was originally in touch with you last January,  when — as a volunteer art teacher for a very-talented 1st-grade class in  California — I began to excite these 20 kids about Alaska.  We decided to  create 24 – 11 x 11″ projects, using collage materials, markers, etc. which at  completion were mounted on squares of cardboard.  Then, I mounted all 24 on 2 -  6-foot wide cardboard tri-fold presentation boards.  This was an absolute hit in  the school’s annual art show in March.

We could not have done it without the  help of one of my sons who is a supervisor for the BLM in Anchorage.  Jeff sent  us a very generous supply of pamphlets, stickers, etc., & became our leading  source of information for a very ambitious project.  I’ve put all 24 projects,  along with cover page and table of contents into a very “snazzy” booklet.    Now, my question is — how could we get back to the  Traveling Quilt project idea with these same pieces of artwork (minus the  verbiage)?  I know that I can transfer the images onto fabric, but would this be  an acceptable — or perhaps a new/innovative way to create a quilt for your  wonderful program?   Please let us know what you think.

Very sincerely,

Audrey Reighley

Volunteer Art Teacher, California

To view Audrey’s project, images of the quilt squares and the information students gathered while doing the project, click here! (PDF DOC)

To learn how you can be a part of the virtual quilt, click here!

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