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Following please find information regarding the 2007 Quilt Convention workshops. Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.
Full Day Workshops | Half Day Workshops
Create an exciting wardrobe accessory or decorative table runner from pieces of vintage kimono! Learn how to “tame” unruly fabrics as you piece together an 11” x 60” scarf. Develop embellishment skills by stamping Asian motifs onto your scarf with fabric paint. Practice your beading techniques by adding some sparkle, and complete your creation by sewing pockets into the linings. Wear it over everything from plain blouses to wool coats! Or, “dress up” your table!
Supply List: Sewing machine in good working order; basic sewing supplies; pins; dark thread; rotary cutter, ruler and small mat; good sharp fabric scissors; ¼-1/3 yard lightweight fusible tricot interfacing. Kit fee $40 (payable in class to instructor) will include scarf pieces and supplies in several color choices. Visit www.junecolburn.com for samples.
Students will study the composition of the whole cloth (white-on-white) style quilt and learn the techniques of drawing designs (feathers, cables and other motifs) which contribute to the beauty of this style quilt. There will be practice in the techniques for drawing the individual motifs and will design a 40” square design that can be used either as a single piece or become the center of a larger quilt.
Materials List: Most supplies required in the class will be in a Kit fee $8.00 (payable to instructor in class) provided by the instructor. Students should bring: pencil, eraser, ruler or straight edge
This is a wonderful quilt that is suitable to quilters of all levels. Designed by Kaffe Fassett, it got its name due to his passion for all things leafy. It provides a great chance to use those big prints. It’s very effective worked in a specific color way, but is also spectacular made with fabrics like all Asian prints or from remnant French fabric. This is a design class where color is worked with very intensely.
Basic Sewing Supplies: Sewing Machine in good working order; rotary cutter, mat and ruler 6x18 minimum size (you might want to bring a 9 ½” square ruler if you have one); silk pins, neutral piecing thread, seam ripper, small scissors/thread snips, reducing lens or small “peep hole”, design wall at least 72” x 72” (can be batting, flannel, block butler, whatever you prefer to use); book: Glorious Patchwork by Kaffe Fassett.
FABRICS: Pick any color family you would like to work with such as green for the leafy look or a theme for the quilt (i.e. Asian fabrics, French fabrics, etc.). FABRIC A: ½ yard or more of at least 10 different large scale prints; FABRIC B: ¼ yd or at least 10 different small prints (dark in 9 patches); FABRIC C: ¼ yard or more of at least 10 two-toned light prints such as toile or neutral prints Before class, please cut a variety of 9 ½”, 5”, and 3 ½” squares from fabric A - the large prints, and some 3 ½” squares from fabrics B & C. You will also need 28 5” Squares from fabric C.
Got scraps??? Its time to use them up to make room for what else, but more fabric! In either workshop, you'll learn how to prepare and organize your scraps for quick piecing into beautiful quilts. Linda provides a handout that includes cutting requirements and quilt layout options for numerous Stashbasher friendly blocks. The class has been divided into two sections (Strips and Strings AM and Squares and rectangles PM). Sign up for one or both of these classes. In either workshop, you'll start making blocks using up your scraps.
Supply List: Machine, 1/4" foot, neutral cotton thread on top and in bobbin for piecing, ruler, cutting mat and rotary cutter, freezer paper, pencil and pad for note taking, and of course, your scraps of strips (1" - 3" wide - any length is acceptable) and strings (those odd shaped strips that you probably are gonna throw away). If you have some 2 1/2" leftover binding strips, bring those too for a bonus project!
See class description and materials list above for “Strips and Strings” – this class can be taken alone or in combination with above class.
Supply List: Machine, 1/4" foot, neutral cotton thread on top and in bobbin for piecing, cutting mat, rotary cutter and square ruler, pencil & pad for note taking and any left over squares, rectangles, strips and of course, any other scraps you have.
This page was last updated on March 31, 2007 03:53 AM.