They cut out shapes and glued them down to a background fabric. Most of the kids sewed down their patches by hand, but a few used the one sewing machine that was on hand. They all sewed their button by hand -- quite a feat for kids who generally hadn't ever held a needle before. I think I threaded about a hundred needles, but it was worth it just to see the kids fearlessly cut into their fabrics ........
......and make wonderful blocks like these.

One child brought in some old family quilt blocks to show, including this one from 1936 which used newspaper as a foundation. Pretty cool.


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