Finished

I am so sorry this is late. I was able to complete my quilt on time and I did my presentation. To my surprise the quilt went together much better than I thought it would, a lot faster also. I did a lot better than I thought I would with my presentation also. I have yet to find someone that can quilt my quilt for me. But once it gets quilted I will be posting a photo of it completed.

Ironing

I have started to re-iron each individual patch because I want them to be smooth when I start to pin them together which is my next step. I am running behind from my original plans which was to already be sewing blocks together. But I believe that I will be able to get caught back up with no problem because I think that after I finish that ironing and get on a roll with the sewing I will get in a rhythm and really get to moving on my quilt. My goal for next week is so have half of the blocks sown together. 

Formal Proposal

Problem

The declining of the youth being able to sow and other skills that use to be taught at a young age because of a decline in home economic classes and adults not using these skills or teaching the younger generation these skills.

Solution

The kids should take it into their own hands and find ways to teach them selfies these skills or find people that know these skills that can teach these skills. I personally am teaching myself how to do these skills with the help of my grandma to keep the tradition of making quilts going in my family.

Justification

Pamela Norum, a professor in the Department of Textile and Apparel Management in the University of Missouri College of Human Environmental Sciences has done much research on millennials and the lack of the household skills. "In 2012, Americans created more than 14.3 million tons of textile waste," Norum said. "Much of this waste is due to clothes being discarded due to minor tears or stains-easily repairable damages if the owners have the skills and knowledge to fix them.

Pattern

After talking to my grandma on which quilt pattern would be a good pattern to start with I decided on the above pattern. Unfortunately this is a quilt that my family has made multiple times and actually does not have a pattern for anymore or a name. The easy way to go would have been to measure the blocks and strips of this quilt and add a half inch on each strip for the original measurement but I did not believe that making a king size quilt was a good idea for my first quilt. So my grandma and I decided a quilt approximately twin size was the right size for me to make. So we measured on the blocks on it and then we made a practice block to get the correct size strips to make my quilt. I am very sad that I was unable to come up with a name for the quilt. I did hours of googling for it and even had my grandma and two aunts googling it. Some possibilities that was came up with are Endless Stairs, Grandma Mary's Five Patch, Popsicle Stick, and Rail Fence Quilts. Sadly none of them were exactly the same, so I still do not know that name of it so I am doing to call it the maze quilt because it reminds me of a maze. My goals for next week is to iron and cut all the strips. 

Fabric

Sorry this is late I lost my laptop charger and was unable to post. This week I choose my fabric. I went with a neon green with small white dashes and a dark gray with white dots for the front. for the back I choose a white fabric with light pink, dark pink, light turquoise, dark turquoise, a matching neon green, and a matching gray small chevron's. Threw out the chevrons they're small gray dots. These fabrics caught my attention because they were bright and bold and I really like colors like that. My goal for next week is to pick out a pattern and figure out what size i need to cut the fabric into.

Introduction

Hi I am DeLaney Loughead. As part of my Composition 2 class we are doing a project called Genius Hour. When we were first given this assignment I was nervous because as a student I have never been allowed to do what ever we wanted. But the more I thought about it the more excited I got. I choose to learn how to quilt. It is something I have all ways wanted to learn how to quilt but I have never taken the time to learn. So now I am going to learn how to quilt in seven weeks.