Tuesdays are my night for Destination Imagination. DI is a creative problem-solving program for students in elementary through high school. Each year teams across the country spend months preparing solutions to challenges provided by the fiends, er...very creative challenge writers at DI central. They then present their solutions at local tournaments held in March. The thing I love about DI is that it is child-centered. The adults who sponsor teams are called managers--and their only job is to keep the team centered on their tasks. All the products, props, costumes, ideas, and everything else related to the challenge is supposed to be from the children on the team. You can read more about it here.Nothing much to show on the quilty front here. I have been hand-quilting a WIVSP (work in very slow progress), but I want to get the quilting finished before I show any pictures. I laid it out last night and realized that I only have about a week's worth of quilting left on it; I really didn't realize how close to the end I was. Maybe this will be all the push I need to finally get it done.
I have a couple of ideas for new projects that I think I can piece pretty easily on the machine, using just stash fabric. I kind of like having a hand piecing thing going in tandem with a machine piecing project. If I get stalled out on one I can just pick up the other.
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I like to have hand work to do as well as machine- but can only do so in the winter months.
DI sounds very very nifty!
That sounds like such a great idea for the kids to do. Much better than sitting around playing video games! Thanks for the link, it was interesting to read.
My friend Carol just started her blog this year. She is a special education teacher too, or was, and I have been trying to convince her to get more into quilting. She has quilted but hasn't gotten the bug yet. You might want to visit her at http://mommamarauder.blogspot.com/
I do DI too! Or I did. I was/am? the school coordinator and assistant coach for a team of five boys. Last year, our boys won our state tournament, but alas, we had NO interest in any help for fundraising for a trip to Globals. Same thing this fall when I sent out the request for managers. So, rather than pull my hair out, I decided to skip this year. I heard a few grumbles, but they wewren't followed by offers of help, so I don't feel bad at all. Too bad, though, I was really looking forward to CSI:DI. Maybe we'll go up and watch the tournament in March anyway.
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