Walking Field Trip to The Kalona Historical Village Quilt Museum

To correlate with reading The Keeping Quilt in reading class, we visited the Kalona Historical Village Quilt Museum today!  First, Ms. Ferry showed us a quilt made by her great grandmother, and explained how quilts are made.  She then showed us a 9 patch quilt, as well as some other examples of 9 patch quilts that can be found on the sidewalks in Kalona.  Next students got to create their own 9 patch quilts with fabric by gluing it on to card stock. After making their quilts, students got to tour the Amish quilt museum and the English quilt museum. Ask your child about his/her favorite quilts - there were lots of really neat ones!