Parent involvement weaves throughout the fabric investigations. Families donate scraps of material. A parent assists with small groups during sewing activities. Parents become involved at home during the quilt-designing process. Creating the class quilt as a culminating activity means students are becoming more and more like experts about fabrics.
Students do most of the designing and making of the individual quilt piece at home.
They sew, paint, or glue. With so much creativity involved, students take ownership of each unique square. Each person does a little piece. Students see that combining all these pieces into a larger quilt means something big and beautiful can come from the small efforts of individual students. If one person had to make all of the squares, the task would be more difficult.