Through a Quilted Kaleidoscope
The Pieced Snowflake
Simple Symmetry
Simpler Symmetry: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabrics
Needle Stars
The Puzzle Quilt
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The Puzzle Quilt
Maximum: 20 students
Beginner, Intermediate
Recommended Format:
1 or 2 day workshop
Price: $650/day


Supplies (* will be available for purchase at seminar)

1. Graph paper, 12” x 12” with four or eight-to-the-inch grid
*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

For Blocks: 1 yard each of at least 10 fabrics within a common palette, including allovers and bilaterally symmetrical fabrics (with mirror images that can be fussy cut identically). Include prints with texture, gradations, stripes, painterly fabrics that read like solids. Think luminosity, translucence, iridescence.
For Lattice & Backing: Quantity to be determined dependent on quilt size.


Imagine a sampler quilt where each block has an identical twin sharing its structure of shapes. By piecing each pair in completely different fabric combinations, each block is perceived as a visual novelty. By understanding how color establishes a relationship between parts, fabrics can be manipulated to achieve a variety of design possibilities. This is a good class for the quiltmaker who wants to embrace the potential offered by choice rather than be overwhelmed by it.


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



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