presents Childrens Sewing Day

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presentsChildrens Sewing Day
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Join the fun Saturday, October 11, 2008at
Riverview Hall, near the Red River Revel
Childrens Area
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Childrens Sewing Day is supported by many fine
companies. Thats Linda McGehee of Ghees
putting the signs up.
Participants may be eligible to win a Bernina or
Babylock Sewing Machine!
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This free activity allows children to

• Draw a picture onto fabric
• that would cheer a sick child

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• Arrange fabric blocks on a design board

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• Stitch squares on a sewing machine

--with adult supervision --sewing machines
supplied by local shops
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This free activity allows children to

• Draw a picture onto fabric that would cheer a
  sick child
• Arrange fabric blocks on a design board
• Stitch squares on a sewing machine
• With adult supervision
• Sewing machines supplied by local shops
• Great activity for parents, grandparents, scout
  troops, 4-H and youth groups

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• Interest a child in sewing and the child gains a
  life skill
• Childrens Sewing Day combines creativity,
  learning, and community service
• Open to children of all ages

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• Sewing machines supplied by Fabric Boutique and
  Shreveport Sewing Center. Visit the shop to learn
  more about their childrens sewing classes!
• Participants will be eligible to win a Bernina or
  Babylock Sewing Machine!
• Demonstrations and skill builders

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• Now relax, sit back, and enjoy pictures from
  Childrens Sewing Day 2007!

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Arranging fabric squares on a design board The
art squares are alternated with bright novelty
fabrics, which draw attention to the childrens
drawings
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Proud artists displaying their blocks
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A finished quilt goes up on the wall for all to
see
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Fabric Boutique provided sewing machines and
educators
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Pictures on the design board
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Notice how the bright alternating fabric squares
really bring out the colors in the childrens
artwork
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Sure, Ill give it a try These sewing machines
provided by Shreveport Sewing Center
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This boy is stitching fabric squares
together With guidance and encouragement, hell
be a pro in no time!
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This is fun!
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Mom watches and is impressed with his interest
and achievement
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You can do it, Mom!
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Linda McGehee instructs this girl in
chain-piecing, and shes on her way to piecing
a quilt top!
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This tired toddler shows her fabric picture
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Got sewing?
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These children made a quilt top!
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As quilt tops were completed, they are hung on
the wall
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Small talk makes activity fun
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2007s Childrens Sewing Day was the same day as
the LSU-Florida football game! This animal print
was highly prized for inclusion in a quilt top!
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Girls just wanna have fun!
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Sandpaper, taped to the tabletop, holds the
fabric in place. Fabric markers or crayons can
be used for the pictures. Fabric markers seem to
hold the color longer through repeated machine
washings. Crayons must be heat set.
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Squares are sewn together in pairs, then the
pairs are sewn together to form strips. Then the
strips are sewn together.
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Jelly beans? Easter eggs? Brings back memories,
doesnt it?
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This quilt is completed. It has batting, backing,
and binding around the edges. It has been
quilted by machine along the seam lines. There
are lots of rainbows in this quilt.
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This is another complete quilt. It has
an all-over machine quilting design called
stippling.
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Cheerful quilts on display. See how the
alternating bright novelty fabrics complement the
childrens fabric art squares? Children love
bright colors.
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Creativity takes concentration. . .
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This girl is chain piecing. After she sews 2
squares together she starts sewing the next 2
squares, without cutting the thread between the
pairs. Shell continue in this manner until all
her pairs are stitched.
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You can tell we forced this mom to sit and draw a
picture ?
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Bet you cant draw just one. . .
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We ask the children to draw a picture that would
cheer a sick child, or something that would help
them feel better if they are sick. This teaches
children to think beyond themselves and fosters
awareness of others needs while encouraging
creativity.
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An idea is about to become a picture. . .
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Shreveport Sewing Center provided sewing machines
and educators for Childrens Sewing Day.
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Look, Mom, now I can sew!
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Shirley Warren, owner of Fabric Boutique, had as
much fun as the children! Shes drawing a
bluebird!
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Another quilt top ready for display! They will
become quilts for sick or traumatized children in
local and regional care facilities. Red River
Quilters guild members complete over 200
childrens quilts per year. Thousands of art
squares are produced each year during QuiltQuest,
one of Red River Revels childrens art
activities, that occurs the 5 days prior to
Childrens Sewing Day. During QuiltQuest, area
4th grade students draw a cheerful fabric
picture. Childrens Sewing Day provides everyone
the opportunity to draw, design, and stitch!
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We never tire of looking at the childrens
artwork! Rainbows, pumpkins, sunshine,
hearts, goofy faces, umbrellas,
flowers, stars, clouds,
dragonflies, raindrops, lady bugs,
trees, mountains. . .
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The children are eager and attentive
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• See you on
• Saturday,
• October 11th!

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For more information, contact Jeannine James,
Red River Quilters, phone [phone] or
email jjquilts_at_bellsouth.net. Also visit our
website, www.redriverquilters.com And Quilt Show
October 3-5, 2008 Riverview Hall, Shreveport, LA