FRIENDSHIP QUILTS - NGV

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What kind of gifts do you make for your friends and family? Some people make friendship quilts as special gifts for friends. People make friendship quilts with their friends and family, who often sign their names on the quilts or provide pieces of fabric for it. The quilts then became a special reminder of people they love and the time they spent together. You can find this friendship quilt online at ngv.melbourne/collection Use the templates on the following pages to make your own friendship quilt. After you have finished your drawings, arrange the pages side by side, then take a photo and send it to your friends. FRIENDSHIP QUILTS The NGV Kids program is generously supported by the Truby and Florence Williams Charitable Trust, managed by Equity Trustees. UNITED STATES, Holmes County, Ohio, Friendship, quilt c. 1910 Share your creations by using NGVEveryDay and tag @ngvmelbourne to be featured. A group of people working on a quilt is called a quilting bee! Who would come to your quilting bee?

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What kind of gifts do you make for your friends and family? Some people make friendship quilts as special gifts for friends.

People make friendship quilts with their friends and family, who often sign their names on the quilts or provide pieces of fabric for it. The quilts then became a special reminder of people they love and the time they spent together.

You can find this friendship quilt online at ngv.melbourne/collection

Use the templates on the following pages to make your own friendship quilt. After you have finished your drawings, arrange the pages side by side, then take a photo and send it to your friends.

FRIENDSHIPQUILTS

The NGV Kids program is generously supported by the Truby and Florence Williams Charitable Trust, managed by Equity Trustees.

UNITED STATES, Holmes County, Ohio, Friendship, quilt c. 1910

Share your creations by using NGVEveryDay and tag @ngvmelbourne to be featured.

A group of people working

on a quilt is called a quilting bee!

Who would come

to your quilting bee?

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It could be your favourite toy or animal, your house or whatever you like!

This drawing is by:

Draw something about yourself

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My friends are called:

Draw some of your friends

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The people in my family are called:

Draw something that remindsyou of your family

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This drawing is by:

Ask an adult to drawtheir favourite thing