FACS by the Numbers

FACS By Numbers
Strategies and Activities for Incorporating Geometry into the FACS Classroom
Author: Ramona L. Hatch

Quilting has taken the American sewing world by storm and its time for FACS students to ride the wave to sewing proficiency!

FACS By Numbers is a multi-faceted curriculum that will introduce your students to fundamental sewing concepts and skills while integrating core academics into the FACS content area.

FACS By Numbers concept summary:

  • Equipping the FACS classroom for quilting
  • Safe and effective use of rotary cutting tools
  • Quilting products and software
  • Timeline of American quilting
  • Portraits in quilting–a comparison and contrast essay
  • Seeking the Thread of Truth–Quilting web quest
  • Quilt block identification
  • Foundation of quilting geometry
  • Fabric selection and preparation
  • Color theory applied to quilt fabrics
  • FACS By Numbers Sampler Quilt–12 lessons based on traditional quilt blocks
  • Constructing and pressing quilt blocks
  • Fundamental quilting techniques
  • Assembling the Sampler Quilt
  • Evaluation rubrics, quizzes and geometry worksheets
  • Patchwork Cookies–A recipe for making quilt shaped cookies
  • Index of quilting fiction
  • Collection of quilting quotes
  • Partnering with local quilt guilds
  • Staging a quilt show
  • Directory of on-line quilting resources
  • FACS By Numbers glossary

The CD that is included with the FACS By Numbers curriculum includes:

  • 5 Power Point™ presentations that support and clarify resource activities
  • Seventeen color transparency masters
  • Step-by-step instructions for student projects that use one or more sampler blocks

Want to learn more about FACS By Numbers?

Format: Three-ring binder
                 Five presentations and project directions on accompanying CD

Published: 2007

Details: Resource includes step-by-step directions for all quilt blocks, sewing projects and activities.

Sampler Quilt Blocks:
Trio Quarters (Rail Fence)
Check it Out (Double Irish Chain)
Baby Butterflies (Road to Oklahoma)
Center Stage (North Star)
On the Square (Nine Patch)
The Butterfly (Buckeye Beauty)
Stepping Up (Carrie Nation)
Pinwheel Plus (Flying Geese)
Funky Star (Friendship Star)
Frame Up (Economy)
The Propeller (Clay’s Choice)
Bows Around (Bow Tie)
 

139 pages

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Price: $47.00

FACS Content Area: Textiles and Apparel,
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