Lesson 1 - Talk to the Experts

GEOMETRY IN TRADITIONAL QUILT DESIGNS

Lesson One - TALK TO THE EXPERTS!

Unit will be introduced to students by a guest speaker .

EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF TRADITIONAL QUILTING

Expert One: GERALDINE LOMINAC

Geraldine Lominac is a native of Cherokee County. In addition to performing the busy duties of wife, mother, and grandmother, "Gerry" is a seamstress and quiltmaker. She has very few examples of her work on hand because she gives them away to her children and grandchildren. She does regular quilt patterns, strip quilting and has also made a white-on-white quilt for her oldest granddaughter. She has volunteered to speak with students about her choices of colors, patterns and styles of her quilts.

Geraldine Lominac
(Quiltmaker and Seamstress
Native of Cherokee County, NC)

Expert Two: MISTY MOUNTAIN QUILTERS GUILD Members

The Misty Mountain Quilters Guild http://www.birchwoodesigns.com/guild/ is a group of approximately one hundred quilt-makers and crafters from north-east Georgia and western North Carolina who have united in their interest, talent and love of quilting. They meet on a regular basis to share their ideas, projects and expertise as well as performing service projects that benefit their respective communities.


Carrie Severt, laundry, and quilt hanging on porch - Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection, 1978 (Library of Congress Call Number AFC 1982/009: BR8-LE26-2 Digital ID afcqltbr br096)	Detail of a square from a sampler quilt made by Margie Miller (Library of Congress Call Number AFC 1999/008 CRF-LE-C004-04 Digital ID afccmns lec00404)	Quilt made by Viola or Frances Case from samples of men's suiting that their father, J.B. Case, sold at his mercantile store in Paradise Valley; ca. 1920 ( Library of Congress Call Number NV-SI-20 Digital ID afc96ran 47825)

ASSESSMENT:

Students will make an entry in their Math Journal that answers the following concerns:
1. What did you learn in class from the experts that you did not know before today?
2. What is the most interesting thing you heard about quilts from our visitors?
3. If I assigned you the chore of designing a quilt square that would describe you, what would you draw and why?

ASSIGNMENT:

Form groups of three or four students and create special "Thank You" cards with a specially designed quilt square on the front from each one in the group.