• Schoolage

Luka's quilt by:Georgia Guback

When Luka's grandmother makes a traditional Hawaiian quilt for her, she and Luka disagree over the colors it should include.

The keeping quilt by:Patricia Polacco

A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith.

Shota and the star quilt by:Margaret Bateson-Hill

Children can encourage positive change for their community.
Notes: English and Lakota.

The patchwork path : a quilt map to freedom by:Bettye Stroud

While her father leads her toward Canada and away from the plantation where they have been slaves, a young girl thinks of the quilt her mother used to teach her a code that will help guide them to freedom.

Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt by:Deborah Hopkinson

A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her to freedom in the North.

Oma's quilt by:Paulette Bourgeois

A child creates a wonderful gift to make her Grandmother feel better.

1000 great quilt blocks by:Maggi McCormick Gordon

USE FOR CRAFT IDEAS.

(Paper) Quilt Picture
From Sherri Osborn,
Inspired by WA-Wendy - Design your own paper quilt using a variety of papers and supplies.

Materials Needed:
Square piece of paper
Glue
Instructions:
Encourage kids to use basic quilt patterns to make beautiful designs with paper. For a group of children have each child design one square and then piece them together like a blanket.

You can use a variety of items for the quilt design:
Construction Paper
Wallpaper Samples
Gift Wrap
Fabric Scraps
Tissue Paper

http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/fork6/a/blquiltpicture.htm