We are hard at work after our Winter Holiday break. The first three weeks of January are all about learning to use the sewing machines, constructing 120 rail fence quilt blocks and sewing those blocks into our quilt top. These blocks are for our queen size quilt which will be raffled off to raise money for the school. Some tape helps the students to keep their sewing lines straight. Three strips become two blocks which we then trim into 7.5 inch squares The iron station is very popular with the students. As we were discussing pattern choices and block layouts we moved the squares around to see all the possibilities. Along with piecing the blocks we have also begun sewing the blocks together into our quilt top. In the end we will have 12 rows with 10 blocks in each row. We expect the raffle quilt to be finished with the piecing portion by the end of this month.