Four Letter Word List

Here are some of four letter words I ask my students to make. The point of the exercise is to use more than one fabric in each letter, and yet make one cohesive word.

I have 250 words, and the students get one page of ten words from which to choose.  I need the students to pick a word and get to work.

I tried to find words that weren't necessarily literal. The word itself doesn't really make any difference, it's what the student does with it that counts.

Four Letter Words

I taught a free pieced letters class at Quilted Threads on Saturday and if you can believe it, I forgot to take any pictures.

The second exercise is to make a four letter word out of multiple fabrics, like this word:

The thing that's tricky about it is how to tell the students what kind of fabrics to bring. I've tried several different ways, but so far nothing has really worked.

At class on Saturday, one student suggested I provide photos of four letter words so the students will understand the project and know what to bring.  That meant I had to make more four letter words.

So here's COZY (these letters are five inches tall).

and JAVA. (I didn't have time to add strips for the top and bottom before the game started.)

So having seen these, if I tell you we are going to make a four letter word with multiple fabrics and that I'd like you to bring 16 - 24 pieces of co-ordinating fabrics, would you know what to bring?

By the way, if you've noticed, each of these words includes a slightly more "complex" letter. This is by design. It's a roundabout way of getting students to attempt them.