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Warming with quilts

Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008

URL: http://www.nwanews.com/tnebc/School/4383/

Quilts were a means of staying warm and using available resources. First-grade students at Pea Ridge are using their resources to warm the hearts of a family of one of their classmates.

The teachers and students have made quilts to sell at a silent auction to give the proceeds to the family of a classmate with a brain tumor.

Recently students learned about the geometry of quilts from a representative of Shiloh Museum.

With a little ingenuity, a lot of creativity and love, the teachers and students worked with a parent who sews and made quilts to sell.

The PTO gave a donation to help buy the supplies for the quilt. Each class also made a painting for the silent auction which will be Tuesday, May 6.