The Piecemaker Quilt Guild awards grants to local schools to teach quiltmaking to children. Here are some of the results. Click on any of the photos to see a larger picture.

Ardenwood Neighborhood Quilt, Fremont

Paula Choy's first grade at Ardenwood School made the quilt to celebrate a unit on Neighborhoods.

Milani School, Newark

Janet Zutler's 2nd/3rd grade Special Education Class created this quilt as part of a unit in friendship. The blocks were made using appliqué and fabric paints. The quilt is on display in the school library.

Musik School Bug Quilt, Newark

Musik School in Newark, a recipient of our classroom quilting grant, created a Bug Quilt which was used as part of the stage decor for their spring musical, "Goin' Buggy". This is one quarter of the finished quilt, which had 80 individual bug blocks. The third graders had a very successful experience.

Maloney School Flower Pounded Quilt, Fremont

Maloney School 6th grade under the direction of teacher Sue Ellen Tomasic completed a grant quilt using a flower pounding technique. The students treated the fabric with washing soda and alum, then taped various flowers and leaves to the surface. These were pounded with mallets to transfer the color and shape of the plants into the fabric. Each block was completed potholder style, and a geometric shape was added as part of the classroom study. The completed blocks were tied together for display, then separated to become presents for Mother's Day.

Snow School's Patriotic Quilt, Newark

A patriotic quilt made by 4th, 5th and 6th grade students in Melinda Pickens' Resource Class at Snow School in Newark is on permanent display in the school's multi-use room. After researching themes, the students drew and painted the motifs on fabric which parents and teacher assembled.

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