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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Our 2D Colonial Quilting Bee


2D girls designed their own little quilts and learned about quilting during Colonial times.

Nathalie - The Amish were known for their tiny stitches.  The Amish made up the "wedding band" block.
Lilly - They made most of their quilts in Colonial times out of scraps from old clothes and aprons.
Nina - They had quilting bees to sew the blocks together.
Sarah - The fabric was cut into smaller pieces and then sewn together.
Winslow - Most women kept a bag of scraps by the fireplace and sewed a few squares every night.
Julia - Children started helping make quilts when they were only 4 years old.
Elizabeth - One kind of quilt block is called a "grandmother's fan."  That's my favorite one.
Solveig - About ten women were in every quilting bee.
Ava - A "churn dash" block is named after churning butter.
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