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QM Tips




What You'll Need:
Ensure a Do-able Project
Kid-ify Sewing Machine
Prepare the Classroom
Get Ready, Set, Sew!
Finishing Up

Tips & Techniques

 Teaching Kids to Quilt

What You'll Need:

  • Kids! At least eight years of age, old enough to use straight pins, sharp scissors and a sewing machine.
  • Fabrics kids like. They'll find juvenile prints interesting, but add other prints and colors so students get a feeling for the wide variety of fabrics that go into patchwork.
  • Basic equipment--scissors, pins, a sewing machine, an iron and an ironing board.
  • Help. Recruit two or more adult sewers for each session.


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