Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Today was the final day for the quilters. Over the course of this week, we have learned many valuable skills. Students have learned how to use a sewing machine, hand-stitch, and even use a professional long-arm machine. It has been a wonderful and laughter-filled week for our little group of 6!...
Continue readingToday we finished making the bindings, which included ironing and sewing them to the quilt. We had a nice lunch of leftover pizza and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. After we had lunch we migrated to Hartman Hall and started the challenging process of hand sewing the bindings onto the edge of the quilt....
Continue readingWednesday was the third day of Quilting for Intensive Learning, and we went to Olde City Quilts in Burlington to quilt our projects. We used long-arm machines to sew the three layers (the top, the batting, and the backing) of our quilts together and make it more like a complete product. The task looked daunting at first,...
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Today Shelby and Jessica completed the first quilt. All of the groups are working incredibly hard to finish their projects. So far the day has been filled with laughter and smiles. I can’t wait to see what’s yet to come for the new quilters....
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On our first day of quilting we started off the day with a little bit of show and tell with the quilts that Mrs. Casne and Mrs. Reilly had made. After that we watched a video on how to make the pattern for the quilts. The pattern is called the Missouri Star. The first...
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“This is so cool!” said a quilting student as she sewed on a machine for the first time. Our group met for the first time today in our sunny room in the Greenleaf where we unpacked our sewing machines and practiced on paper before we begin to sew in earnest next week. Our schedule...
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