4-H Quilting Project
What you'll do
Quilts have a strong heritage in this country. Learn basic quilting skills, techniques and tools. Study the collecting, conservation, and exhibition of quilts. Learning how to express your culture, aesthetics, and ideas through quilting is a fun adventure.
Levels of learning
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- Contact your local 4-H office to ask about quilting clubs in your area.
- National 4-H activity book Quilt Quest: Beginning Basics (for sale)
- Iowa 4-H Sewing and Needle Arts Project Hot Sheet (free download)
Fairs and exhibits
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- Make a quilt and display it
- Make a video, portfolio, poster, slide demonstration or notebook of your quilting project. Show your design, plan, materials, methods and how it turned out
- Present different types of fabric, patterns or shapes you may use in a quilt
- How are quilts cleaned? How is that process different for old quilts, quilts of different fabrics or types?
What a judge is looking for (project evaluation sheet)
Guide to county fair judging
Reviewed in 2018
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