Monday, June 29, 2009

Q is for Quakers and quilts


The fifty states project has landed us in the state of Pennsylvania to learn about the birth of our country in this week leading up to Independence Day. After finding the state on our maps and placing our Pennsylvania quarter in our collector map, we talked briefly about William Penn and that "Pennsylvania" translates to "Penn's woods". William Penn was a Quaker and Quakers made beautiful quilts so C and R designed their own quilts. C used stencils to create his design while R made a patchwork quilt featuring the letter "Q".

3 comments:

Gidget Girl Reading said...

what a pretty quilts they both made! :)

Annette W. said...

Yea Pennsylvania! I haven't forgotten the postcard...but haven't had a chance to buy one either. Sorry!!

FYI the company Sylvania has at least one plant in PA. Appropriate, huh?

Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice said...

OH SWEET! THAT is AWESOME! What a GREAT idea!!!!! I love that!