Washington County Library - Story Quilt Project
The Minnesota Textile Center in cooperation with Washington County Library conducted quilt making workshops with children. Each child decorated a quilt block with their favorite book or book character using textile art techniques. Blocks formed a quilt design for display in each library branch.
Community Story Quilts with MN Textile Center:
Artists from the MN Textile Center did a Story Quilt project at five of our libraries for children.
Inspired by the style of illustrator/author Eric Carle, participants decorated a fabric block about his/her favorite book or book character using textile art. Blocks were sewn together by MN Textile staff to make a quilt to display at each library branch. A total of 85 kids/families participated in the program, creating 4 quilts to be put on display at each branch. Participants were introduced to the books and art style of Eric Carle as well as textile art and quilting.
Dates, locations and attendance were as follows:
April 16, 2010 - 10:00 am @ Oakdale branch - Attendance: 0 participants
April 16, 2010 - 2:00 pm @ RH Stafford Branch; Woodbury - Attendance: 14 children/10 adults
April 17, 2010 - 2:00 pm @ Wildwood Branch; Mahtomedi - Attendance: 11 children/6 adults
April 23, 2010 - 10:00 am @ Park Grove Branch; Cottage Grove - Attendance: 22 children/9 adults
April 24, 2010 - 2:00 pm @ Hardwood Creek Branch; Forest Lake - Attendance: 12 children/0 adults
Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; End user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.
Participating children learn about textile art and quilting techniques to help make a story come to life through art.