Our very own Miss Kay is attempting to afford to travel to Uganda next summer with SOFTPOWER EDUCATION. To learn more and to help her in her quest please follow the link to her fundraiser below...
Well, it's been such a while since we last reached out but here we are again! To start off the school year we needed a challenging way to work together, making decisions and pushing through any difficulties that may arise in the process. So, we embark upon the COLLABORATION QUILT...
With a little musical accompaniment from Patrizia and Jimmy...
Day One. First things first... Each of us was able to start with one choice made all on our own. We could pick one color, then receiving ten 2"x 2" squares of that color. Our next job was to fill our paper however we pleased....the catch being that we would be placed in teams of three to do it, and we had to AGREEEEE (!!!). Not such an easy ask for some of us, but one we had to conquer nonetheless. Here were the rules to combining our squares of color:
For the most part everything went smoothly, with a few serious compromises, some arguments and even some tears... but this was part of the process, and through all of it each group was able to make final decisions together and were satisfied with the outcome.
Day Two. Now after all of the grief we were put through in order to get through our last task, we felt proud and accomplished, more like the community that we truly are. But alas, our quest was not complete. Now, upon meeting with our teams once more we had to make yet another important decision: How would we cut and divide our piece so that each one of us received our very own?
So again, through gritted teeth and sometimes tears, we sorted out our ideas and were all able to come to an agreement, resulting in one quilt piece per student, and again, the opportunity to make our very own choices with our bounty...
With each of our pieces we followed the same rules as before: Each piece must touch another, and You may not cover any other piece. So our Collaboration Quilt is born...
As an added Pain in the Butt bonus, we were asked to make a drawing of THE ENTIRE QUILT!! We Huffed and we Puffed but we ended up with masterpieces anyway..
