Quilt Tells A Story

Some fifth grade students at East Hill School in Canajoharie recently completed a fabric paint quilt depicting many important objects found in THE CAY, the first novel the students read this year. Each fabric square was sketched first and then painted with fabric paint.

Cheyenne Rockwell contributed a drawing of Stew Cat, the cook's cat and a likeness of Phillip Enright, the main character of the story, at the moment he realizes he's gone blind. Brice Buccolo painted a ship called the Empire Tern as it begins to sink following being attacked by the German navy during World War II. Samantha Cook contributed two separate palm trees, one showed flora of the island on which the characters were stranded and the other depicted Phillip climbing the coconut palm to seize the "outrageous" coconuts.

Once the squares had all dried, Mrs. Kolodziej took them home and her mother Mrs. Millie Slavis, sewed them onto green material backing.