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quilting is once again in my future!!

Yay!! It's actually been a while since I made a quilt of any kind. However, as I'm finishing up projects, I'm also getting ready to get to work on an Areil quilt for the daughter of a friend. I have the first blocks cut out, but they have been sitting on the design wall for about a year. I think I now have an idea of where the quilt is going....don't ask....and I will be sketching it out as a break from the drywall work of this weekend (garage ceiling). I'm feeling the creative juices sluggishly start flowing again, which is cool.....haven't even been in the mood to work on the kids' clothing for the summer/next school year.

Her older brother is getting a superhero quilt, but that one is still in the "play with fabric to find a good layout/design" stage.

Anyway, things are chugging right along....kids are doing school work over the summer, and we are getting ready for the intro sewing and cooking lessons...fun fun!! My goal is to have them, with a little help, cook dinner at least once a week after school starts....we shall see....all about teaching how to read recipes, proper measurements, etc.

Ok, off to do some more work on walls, then to play with fabric.....I like it when things fall into place.....

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larisavann
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Betcher kids don't think so. If they do, then either schoolwork has changed a LOT since I was a kid, or your kids are weird.

Doc

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Dr. Zachary Smith

But have fun quilting, anyway.

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Dr. Zachary Smith

I'm glad you're going to teach them measurements. My latest call from a puzzled twenty-something learning to cook was, " How big is a quart?". Mercy. Polly

"Dr. Zachary Smith"

But have fun quilting, anyway.

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Polly Esther

I hope you told him/her "2 pints"! Roberta in D

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Roberta

Polly - we are going to do all kinds of things....except the pinch, smidgen, etc....lol.

Doc - actually, when we mix things up and make it practical, like using cooking measurements to do math (DD is just now learning fractions), they have more fun. The kitchen may end up trashed, but if they are learning while enjoying themselves, it's all good. DS is excited because we have a science experiment to do....something involving baking soda, balloons, and vinegar....this might be a task for hubby to work on with him...lol.

Both are looking forward to the sewing because DD wants to make some skirts, and DS has said that he should make a shop apron so that he doesn't trash his clothes making me angry and frustrated (this is the same child that keeps forgetting what a napkin is for, so I'm working on how this makes sense to him).

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larisavann

Oooh! Vocanoes! Great stuff.

I love it when it all spews out of the top. Even now after teaching it so many times. LOVE the faces all around.

God! I miss teaching... :(

Nel (GQ)

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Sartorresartus

Yeah, that sounds like schoolwork has changed a lot since my time...

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Dr. Zachary Smith

Maybe you should get him to make his own napkins. Have him choose the fabric and such. That might encourage him to use one more regularly.

Have fun, Pati, in Phx

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Pati, in Phx

Ah, but this is mom-taught summer school work NOT the more intensive stuff they are supposed to get from the school system! They need the preparation before the actual school year starts, but it needs to be fun as well.....tomorrow I'm pretty sure that the oldest will be helping with measurements for the sheetrock that will be going up....youngest has already said she'll watch to make sure we don't make mistakes....gotta love her.

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larisavann

Now that's definitely a though and it will give him practice with straight stitching....he likes making designs (he's already tried the machine without thread on paper as well as basic sewing)

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larisavann

First it's schoolwork - now it's... not. It's still not what sticks in my mind as "school work"

I'm getting too old for this stuff...

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Dr. Zachary Smith

OK, it IS school work - check amazon.com for "Summer Bridges" - that's the program we are using. It is the stuff they are *supposed* to have learned and will be learning (first section is review, next 2 sections are prep work for the upcoming year). However, it's not at a school, it's at home, and it has more possibilities than a normal summer school program does for exploration and experimentation....with sheetrock going up today, they will probably have some measuring work, but given that it's Saturday, they will probably boycott and point out that it's the weekend....who knows

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larisavann

On Sat, 3 Jul 2010 06:06:51 -0500, off kilter snipped-for-privacy@somwherequiet.net wrote (in article ):

Sounds like it's a great program. But then David and I are big proponents of life long learning. And it's more fun when it's not like school.

Maureen

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Maureen Wozniak

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Then like I said before - a couple of times - schoolwork has changed since my time.

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Dr. Zachary Smith

Then like I said before - a couple of times - schoolwork has changed since my time.

Doc- you would be shocked in how much time teachers park kids in front of video junk. It is shameful. My home school sister used to talk about stuff they were doing that was considered 'education'. I kind of laughed because that was stuff we did in the course of life with our real school kids. (publix) An example was ds getting his ham radio license at about 12 years. There is a lot of stuff that kids can do that is learning but not what I would call schooling or homework. Just life and picking up on their interests. (ds was the youngest police dispatcher ever at his first job. He was able to work through college making pretty good money in his field of study) Taria, sanding and standing both today.

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Taria

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