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a Quilted Kaleidoscope
The Pieced Snowflake
Simple Symmetry
Simpler Symmetry: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabrics
Needle Stars
The Puzzle Quilt
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Needle
Stars
Maximum:
20 students
Intermediate
Recommended Format:
1 day workshop
Price: $650/day
Supplies (* will be available for purchase at seminar)
| 1. Graph paper with an eight-to-the-inch grid and a bold inch line; one sheet per student will be provided by instructor. |
| *2. Sheets of see-thru plastic template material with an eight-to-the-inch grid and a bold inch line. (Do not purchase long sheets in rolled format; they will never obey your will and lie flat.) |
| 3. Thin rulers and sharpened pencils with ample and accessible erasers |
| *4. Extra fine-point permanent marker. Ex: PILOT7 Extra Fine Point Permanent Marker, SCA-UF |
| *5. Method to mark dark fabric. My preference: light-colored (ex: silver), extra fine-point permanent gel pen. |
| 6. Fabric scissor |
| 7. Template/paper scissors |
| 8. Set-up for rotary cutting, including a rotary cutter, ruler and mat |
| 9. Sewing machine with well-defined quarter-inch seam allowance guide |
| 10. General sewing supplies |
| 11. Ziplock baggies to hold templates |
Fabric
The success of NEEDLE STARS depends on choosing a bilaterally symmetrical fabric. A motif with bilateral symmetry can be divided into identical halves by a line
passing through the center.
Note: Patches A+C are cut from the same bilaterally symmetrical fabric. Patches D+E are cut from the same allover fabric that functions as the background and is often a rich, dark (or black) reads-like-a-solid-but-isn’t fabric. Patch B is cut from a different allover fabric and should contrast sharply with Fabric A in order to stand out and emphasize the shape of the “needle.” It is best to audition Patch B in class so bring a variety of small to medium all-over prints such as painterly batiks that evoke luminosity or translucence, textures, gradations, splattered dots, stuff speckled with gold or thin stripes.
| Yardage Requirements for Single Block Made in Class 10" x 10" |
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| Fabric A+C: Bilaterally Symmetrical Fabric: | 1 yard |
| Fabric B: The Needle: | 1/2 yard |
| Fabric D+E: Background: | 1/2 yard |
While simultaneously exploiting the virtues of bilaterally symmetrical fabric, this class covers the unique machine piecing and template techniques used to create the complex images of a simple 4-patch block reminiscent of a refined pinwheel.
Through
a Quilted Kaleidoscope
The Pieced Snowflake
Simple Symmetry
Simpler Symmetry: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabrics
Needle Stars
The Puzzle Quilt
Lectures
Back
to Workshops and Lectures