BCS Book Quilt Website Launch!

After months of sketching, drawing, sewing, and writing, the BCS Middle & Upper School Book Quilt is complete, and the website has launched! You can stop by the library anytime to see the quilt in person, but you can also access the quilt through your fingertips from any computer!

Not only does the website tell you more about the project and show you photographs of the process, but you can also click on each patch to see a closeup of that particular patch, and an explanation of the book by the patch's artist. Can you find your friends on there? Do you agree with their descriptions of Harry Potter, The Lightning Thief, The Hunger Games, The Rock and the River, The Secret Garden, Peace, Locomotion, Stargirl, and more?

Thanks to the twelve 5th graders, two 6th graders, three 8th graders, one 9th grader, one 10th grader, and six faculty members who participated in this project!

Book Quilt Project Unfolds...

The BCS Book Quilt Project has been underway for just over a week, and already we have more than 20 participants, dozens of great ideas, and the start of some beautiful sketches of quilt patches!


From Harry Potter to 1984, from Twilight to Don Quixote, Middle and Upper School students, faculty, and staff are putting their ideas to paper... and eventually to fabric!

It's not too late to get involved, so pick a favorite book of yours, sign up in the library, and join us!

Stay tuned for more photos over the coming weeks!

BCS Book Quilt Project

THE BCS BOOK QUILT PROJECT

We are excited to announce the launching of the BCS Book Quilt Project! This spring, members of the Middle and Upper School community will have the chance to celebrate and share their favorite books through a patchwork quilt and interactive website.

Keep checking the blog for updates and photographs!

For now, here are the 8 easy steps you'll complete as part of the project. Join us!

-Ms. Mermelstein

How to make a patch for the BCS Book Quilt Project

1) Sign up in the library.

2) Think of a book you love (if you and a friend share the same favorite book, you’re welcome to work together).

3) Think about how to share that book with others in an original and visual way. You can portray a theme, a character, a scene, a quote, etc… Be creative!

4) Sketch it out on paper.

5) Show your sketch to Ms. Mermelstein and get a blank patch (9”x9”) in return.

6) Turn your vision into reality! We have colorful fabrics you can cut out and glue or sew onto a patch. We have fabric markers for you to draw or write on the patch. You can use your own materials if you have them. Fabrics, buttons, embroidery… the possibilities are endless!

a. Make sure you leave a quarter inch blank around all edges (this is marked on the patch so you remember).

b. The title of the book and author’s name should appear somewhere on the patch.

c. Be original! Don’t copy the book cover or any illustrations from the book; this is a chance to use your imagination!

7) After you finish your patch, we will ask you to write up a brief paragraph about the patch and the book it represents. What book did you choose and why is it important to you? If you want, you can explain why you portrayed it the way you did on the patch, give us more details about the book, share why someone else might want to read it, etc. We’ll put a photograph of your patch AND your writing on an interactive quilt website (coming soon!).

8) Sit back, relax, and enjoy the beautiful art and website we’ve created together!

Stop by the library to work on patches during morning break Mon-Wed or after school Monday.

We welcome participation from all students, faculty, and staff at BCS Middle and Upper School!