Photo by Elliot J. Sutherland/The Ottawa Herald

Cortney Kinyon, English teacher at Central Heights High School, demonstrates how to properly sew a quilt square Friday as Central Heights sophomores Cody Sluder, left, and Jimmy Hoskins, center, look on at the high school. The class recently finished reading “Everyday Use,” a short story about preserving Southern heritage and tradition, including quilting. Students in three classes will work in pairs for the next few days and eventually combine their quilt squares to make one quilt. “It’s a good learning experience,” Sluder said. “It will be fun to see how it all turns out.”