Girl Scout Badge Requirements: QUILT-IT! A Cadette/Senior Interest Project |
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GIRL SCOUT IP RULES In order to earn a badge in any
Interest Project you must complete the following. * Do the one Required Activity. * Do one
activity of your choice from each of the three categories: Learn, Do, and Share. * Design and carry out one activity of your
own. * Create a
short Reflection
after you've completed all of the other activities. |
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QUILTS The earliest known quilt was made
in Egypt around 980 B.C. According to
a dictionary definition, "A quilt is a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers
of fabric with some soft substance between them and stitched in patterns
through all thicknesses to prevent the filling from shifting." Quilts are much more than that! Looking through history, one can find
quilted clothing as well as bedding.
Today, quilts range from traditional bed coverlets, to wearable art,
to wall hangings.
Quilt tops are often created by sewing together quilt blocks. These are
usually square design components that have been made with fabric, using a
particular quilting technique. |
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Quilt-It REQUIRED Activity Make a quilt! This may be done by
hand stitching, with a sewing machine, or by a combination of both
methods. Your quilt should include blocks
that are created with piecing, applique, or redwork. Pieced blocks are
made by sewing pieces of fabric together. Appliqued blocks are made by cutting
shapes and sewing them on top of a fabric foundation. Often these two techniques are combined in
one quilt. Redwork is a technique in which
the design is outlined with embroidery in a single color, traditionally red
or blue. |
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Your
quilt should be at least 11 inches by 18 inches with hand or machine
quilting. You may embellish your quilt
with buttons, bows, beads, charms, pictures, or whatever else suits your
fancy. This is your quilt! LEARN 1. Invite a quilter to
advise you, or your group, on various quilt techniques. 2. Visit a professional
quilter to learn what career opportunities exist in this field. 3. Explore the history
of quilting and give a report to your troop on what you have learned. 4. Visit a quilt shop and learn about different fabrics and quilting accessories. DO 1. Make and keep a
quilt journal. Include ideas, thoughts, and dates for the
beginning and completion of your projects. 2. Carry out the
complete design process for an original quilt that is different from your
required project. The quilt top may be planned with paper and
pencil, common computer software, or specialized software.
Determine the yardage needed for each segment of the work, colors
of fabric desired, and finished size. Magazines and books devoted
to quilting are available from libraries, new and used bookstores, and the
Internet. These can provide valuable design ideas. Write a paragraph explaining the motivation
for your design. The emphasis of this
activity is the design process. You
may wish to make the quilt, but this is not a requirement. 3. Make sample blocks
illustrating piecing, applique, redwork, and crazy quilting. 4. Hang your quilt in a quilt show. |
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SHARE 1. Help younger girls
learn to quilt. A pot holder is an ideal beginning project. See the Brownie Quilt-It Try-It for
full instructions. 2. Make and send
"quilted" postcards to pen pals. 3. Make placemats for
Meals on Wheels or Mobile Meals. 4. Get
together with others and make a group quilt to donate to a worthy cause, or
for a raffle to support a worthy cause. YOUR OWN ACTIVITY
1. Plan a block swap with your quilting friends. Create a common block design, which each
girl makes with her own choice of fabrics. Each member of the
group should make enough identical blocks with her fabrics, and the common |
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design to swap with the other
quilters. Exchange blocks within the
group so that each person has a complete set of different blocks. These can then be used to complete quilts. 2. Create a block design challenge. This is a contest in which each person is
challenged to create a quilt block, subject to fixed specifications for size of
the block, number of different fabrics to be used, particular technique to be
used, or a particular piece of fabric that should be included. Make up your own rules for the challenge
blocks. 3. Design your own quilting activity. REFLECTION
1. Write about your experiences with this project. 2. Create a computer
presentation on your quilting project, using PowerPoint or some other presentation software. 3. Create a graphic
display about your project, using a story board and other materials. |
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Created by Sharon L. Thompson and Richard B.
Thompson Tucson Quilters Guild For the Sahuaro Girl Scout Council |
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