Our last two weeks have seen the students learning about the tools of quilt making and cutting fabric for our Raffle Quilt. Each of the six classes who are making the raffle quilt have learned about the tools used for quilting and needlework. Filling out worksheets to learn the names and uses of the tools helps develop their vocabulary for a new skill before the tools are used. The students are then asked to gather in pairs and use a rotary cutter to cut 3 x 16 inch strips. We need 60 strips of each of the three fabric colours to create 120 blocks. One more class is left to cut fabric and then we move on to sewing.