Quilting Classes
| 2012 Quilting Classes | ||
|
December 2011 |
17th 9-5 PM |
Color Rows - Class $45 See kit gallery for image. Everyone designs their own kit - $65 |
|
January February 2012
|
21st & 28th 4th 1-5 PM |
Color Smoosh - Three Saturday Afternoons This quilt is a stash buster, lots of fun. See kit gallery for image of quilt. |
| February |
18th 1-4 PM |
Basics N Bindings - $25 You'll finish a small beginner project. Class is full of tips, hints, and easy ways to do things. |
| March |
17th 9-5
|
Designing with Half Square Triangles - Class $45 Two Saturdays - one to learn and design, one to sew |
Color Smoosh Class - This is a quilt that has no boundaries . You could make these quilts forever out of your stash and never run out of ideas or variations. Choose a 'color family' and go hog wild! There are lots of tips that make this quilt a success.
Color Rows Class - If you ever thought you couldn't choose colors or design on the fly, this class is for you! I will put color and design into quilters language for you. I promise you creating in this class is fun! You will make a quilt that is lively, dynamic and eye catching, yes, you can do this!
Basics n Bidings - A review of the basics and lots of tips that make quilting fun and easy. We will also cover battings, their uses, and how to make perfect bindings. You will take home a small finished project and some samples, rather than a quilt.
Sunshine and Shade
What do I need to bring?
You will need to bring along your sewing machine, a rotary cutter and a small mat, seam ripper, pins, and extra bobbins. I have a kitchen in my studio, so you can you bring a sack lunch or pot luck to share.
Is there any prerequisite for taking a class?
Your desire to have fun and learn is all you need to take any class from me.
What if I have never quilted before?
Half of all my students have never quilted before. I include the basics of quilting in every class if I have students who need it.
What if I don't know what fabrics to bring?
Since I rely on large multi-colored fabrics to do a lot of the design work in my quilts, I keep a huge selection of these fabrics and batiks in stock in my studio, available for purchase. In the COLOR ROWS class, students pick their own colors and put their own kit together from pre-cut strips. All other classes contain lots of advice on choosing colors and fabrics. Color is my thing so I talk about it a lot.
I piece tops but don't 'quilt' them....what do I do after putting the top together?
I started my quilting career as a long-arm quilter and I still do custom quilting as well as teach. I can also teach you how to choose batting and how to finish a professional binding.