Kindergarten Quilt
Made by Sandy Shipon's 97-98 kindergarten class at the Manoa Elementary
School in Havertown PA.
Leslie writes:
"I directed a project last year with kindergartners, that went like
this:
First, the kids used fabric crayons to draw single letters on 8" by
8" squares of muslin, upper case and lower case. They decorated around
the letter with pictures, as in apples for 'A' etcetera. Parents helped
heat-set them. Then, also with parental assistance, the kids sewed the
outlines of their letters with bright colored embroidery floss. Several
parents helped sew the squares together--with upper and lower case letters
and border squares, more than 100 pieces! Families of all the the students
donated other pieces of fabric which were cut into squares for a border,
and large colorful buttons were also sent in and affixed at the junctures
of the alphabet squares as well as around the border squares. So each family
was represented. Final squares were added with all the children's names
hand embroidered, and the name of the school, teacher, town, and the date
were cross-stitched by another mom. The final quilt measured almost 7 feet
by 5 feet! The children voted to give it to our local hospital, Mercy Haverford
in Havertown, PA, where it hangs in the emergency room lobby, the place
where most children needing the hospital will see it."
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