148 Pages
by
Routledge
148 Pages
by
Routledge
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Based on the belief that older people have good stories to tell, Story Writing in a Nursing Home was developed as part of a volunteer teaching service to a nursing home. Graduate students who were learning to teach this special population conducted story writing activities with older adults and found that even the frail elderly who are confined to nursing centers provided a unique perspective... Read more
Contents
Introduction
- Chapter I: Designing the Quilt
- The Quilt Frame
- The Color and Fabric of Patchwork Participants
- Pieces in a Patchwork
- Managing the Difficult Stitches
- Getting Ready to Sew (or Write)
- Needed: A Quilting Bee
- Learning to Use Thimbles
- Chapter II: The Quilting Process
- Room Arrangement
- Actual Instructional Session
- Examining Patterns
- Examining Different Blocks
- Colorful Phrases
- Review Action Ideas
- A Stitch in Time
- Are We Ready?
- Chapter III: Antique Pieces
- The Dance of a Lifetime
- The Age of Invention
- The House on 21st Street in Arlington
- Memories on Baseball
- A Terrifying Experience
- Old Buildings Jog Memories
- A Heartbreaking Experience
- November Night
- V. E. Day
- Teaching in the 1930s
- Chapter IV: The Pieces of My Life
- A Wildlife Retreat
- A Very Fine Life
- Summer in the Country
- Cupcake
- Childhood and Cherry Trees
- Afghans
- Shipyard Days
- A Wonderful Life
- Coon Hunting
- Travel
- My Story
- Little Did I Know
- Four Miracles
- An Unexpected Trip
- Chapter V: Imported Quilt Pieces
- My Memory of Memorial Day
- Seventy-Five Years of the Washington Parade
- Moving Out of Sight
- Our Teacher
- Farewell Via Public Address System
- Adventures in a Castle in Spain
- Discipline, The Old Fashioned Way
- Chapter VI: Making the Border of the Quilt: Continue the Work
- Appendix A
- Suggested Readings
Biography
Martha Tyler John
