{"id":235,"date":"2013-05-11T23:32:04","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T05:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/teaching-from-the-other-side-of-the-table"},"modified":"2021-04-03T23:10:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T05:10:01","slug":"teaching-from-the-other-side-of-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/teaching-from-the-other-side-of-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching from the other side of the table…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mothers Day is very special to quilters, because often it is our mothers or
\ngrandmothers who taught us to sew and quilt. As we become mothers and
\ngrandmothers ourselves, we get to experience the teaching process from the other
\nside of the table.<\/p>\n

Often time shared together at a sewing lesson, is
\nspecial simply because it is precious one-on-one time spent with someone you
\nlove. Whether we are baking cookies, planting flower seeds, drawing a picture or
\nstitching by hand… those hours spent together are the stuff of long-lived
\nmemories.<\/p>\n

The last few weeks I spent with Sophie's 5th grade class,
\ncoming twice a week and slowly working through the process of designing,
\ncutting, and sewing quilt blocks. On the last class this week, at the end of our
\ntime together, the kids proudly stacked up their finished blocks in a
\nsubstantial pile of red, cream and blue. They've been studying the Civil War, so
\nwe talked about community quilting, fabric scraps, and precious needles, as we
\nslowly pieced together our group quilt. <\/p>\n

As with any kind of teaching, I
\nfound that I learned as much as the students. The things I take for granted as
\nan experienced quilter, suddenly revealed a deeper joy in simple tasks like
\nthreading a needle. As with any creative endeavor, you have to let go of the
\npast and the future, and just be in the moment, to be immersed in the creative
\nprocess. <\/p>\n

It was the kids who made mistakes and had to rip out seams, who
\nhad the biggest smiles as they turned in their finished blocks. <\/p>\n

It was
\nthe kids who finished first, who discovered the joy of teaching what they had
\nlearned, to the kids who had fallen behind.<\/p>\n

One kid was nearly in tears
\nlast week, unable to thread a needle. This week after his buddies finished their
\nown blocks, they all pitched in to help him finish his stitching in record time. <\/p>\n

The little girl who asked more questions than all the other kids
\ncombined, was the first to finish, and then went on to answer the other kids'
\nquestions.<\/p>\n

We find some of our greatest joys in sharing what we know with
\nothers, and that is a gift we learned from our moms and grandmas.<\/p>\n

Here's
\nto all the moms who take the time to pass on their knowledge and creative
\npassion to their kids. It's the gift that keeps giving down through the
\ngenerations and across the years.<\/p>\n

Hey, did you hear about Meg Cox'
\narticle in Friday's Wall Street Journal, about the Modern Quilt Guild and
\nQuiltCon? I was just tickled to be interviewed for the piece, and I also
\ncontributed photos from QuiltCon. Woo hoo! Photo credits in the WSJ! Thanks
\nMeg!<\/p>\n

For our friends in Europe, I hope to see you at the Birmingham UK Festival of Quilts<\/a>
\nin August. I'll be there with Bonnie McCaffery shooting videos, and perhaps I'll
\nsee you at the fashion show, or on the Shakespeare evening outing? <\/p>\n

This
\nTuesday I'll be flying up to Penticton<\/a>
\nBC for the Canada Quilt Festival, and I'll send my Creative Nudge once I get
\nthere. I won't get to spend time with Libby there as I had hoped, but we'll
\ncontinue to send her prayers for healing.<\/p>\n

from Ricky Tims:<\/p>\n

"Libby Update for Saturday –
During Lester's visit this morning Libby was
\nawake and a bit more responsive than yesterday. She is unable to speak right
\nnow, but she communicated by blinking her eyes in order to answer questions. She
\nalso smiled at Lester a few times. She is moving her head left to right a bit
\nand she squeezed Lester's hand several times – once was a strong squeeze. She
\nremains in critical condition, but we can celebrate another baby step in the
\nright direction this morning."<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Upcoming Travel and Shows:<\/p>\n

May 15 – Canada Quilt Fest in Penticton<\/a>
\nBC
May 17-19 – Quilt Market in Portland OR
May 20 – CostumeCon<\/a> in Denver CO
May 24 – Quilt National<\/a> in Athens OH
May 30
\n– Deadline SAQA
\nAndover Design Contest<\/a>
July 20 – Not
\nFade Away<\/a> – Quilt Alliance
– in conjunction with Sacred Threads<\/a>
Aug 8-10 – Birmingham UK Festival of
\nQuilts<\/a><\/p>\n

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