I grew up in England and when I went to school we had all kinds of classes (that I thought where a waste of time), oh how I wish I had paid more attention. We actually did a semester on French Cooking. We had all kind of art in out art class, our sewing class covered everything from aprons to clothing to drapes , and yes quilting, we even learned to play chess in math class. It was many years later that I learned to quilt becasue I wanted to and not becasue I need to pass a class. I did teach my children even my two boys to cook and clean and to sew, they can all cross stitch and can all machine quilt (well they can sew squares together. How about you? Jo
HI Jo, I grew up in very small town in south central Arkansas...my school had only 300 kids 1-12th...we had no such classes available..not even air conditioning until I was in 7th or so..my Great Grandparents lived across the field from Granny where I spent alot of my time growing up. I can remember sitting of the couch with my grandparents as the watched dialing for dollars and learniing to cut peices for them...for years my granny at any given time would have these huge things...lol...hanging from her ceiling or standing all over the living room..as a child I thought that this was the most boring thing a person could do to pass their time...I to have wished many times that I would have payed very close attention as now my Great Grandmother has passed and my Grannny has alzheimer's... my Mom and I try to keep up the tradition but none of the others in the family do. I have tried to get my girls (11 & 14) to join in but with little luck! There are way to many electronics, people and places to keep them going...you are fortunate to have children that are interested in keeping a forgotten tradition going. Best of luck to you and yours...Stephanie
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