I had a fabulous time at Creativ Festival Victoria and Abbotsford teaching so many enthusiastic new and returning students.
My Lecture/Demo
Perfect Your 1/4 Inch Seam was full to the brim with students excited to learn the secret to accurate piecing and perfect points.
As this continues to be a struggle for many quilters I have decided to post a brief follow up tutorial on the subject.
This tutorial will serve as notes to those who have taken the class and as a great start point to those of you who would like to take this class with me.
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| An accurate 1/4" seam results in perfect points and a block that is the desired size. |
In my hands on class,
Timeless Traditional Quilt Blocks students learned how to make five of my favorite traditional blocks along with even more tips and tricks for perfect piecing.
This hands on class pairs beautifully with
Perfect Your 1/4 Inch Seam.
There was much laughter and excitement as students some experienced and some brand new to both sewing and quilting revealed their finished blocks, perfect points and even personal block variations.
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| We were provided with lovely Janome Machines to work on. |
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Students started with pre-cut pieces.
And learned how to make five different blocks! |
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| Shoo Fly |
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| Churn Dash |
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| Friendship Star |
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| Ohio Star |
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Dash To The Finish (Churn Dash Variation)
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| Tips for piecing and correct trimming techniques made our work fun and easy. |
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| WOW look at those points! |
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| Beautiful block variation! |
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| Look at how color placement changes everything! |
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| The kit fabrics looking fabulous! |
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| Another great block variation! |
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| Beautiful fabric choices! |
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| Look at those perfect points and fresh colors! |
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| WOW and even a perfect first block EVER! |
Though some were too shy for the camera I loved working with all of both my Victoria and Abbotsford groups.
Thank you ladies, you are amazing!
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Next up was Can I Quilt That.
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| Quilted Denim |
In this Lecture/Demo students were amazed by all the unusual fabrics that can be beautifully quilted for use in a variety of items including purses, jackets, quilts and more.
Silk, linen, T Shirt Knits, Tablecloth Plastic, Denim and Blackout Curtain Fabric were just a few of the specialty fabrics discussed.
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| Linen heavily quilted with one layer of cotton batting and two layers of wool batting. |
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| Tablecloth Plastic quilted with polyester thread |
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Modern Quilting on Blackout curtain fabric.
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My Lecture/Demo
Traditional Goes Modern teaches you how to take everything you have learned about Traditional Quilting and bring it into the fascinating world of Modern Quilting.
The influences of Modern Art including Minimalism, Cubism and Pop Art, Amish Quilting and the quilters of Gees Bend Alabama were discussed along with the use of (heavily quilted) negative space, color, scale, repetition of design and even words to create a Modern Quilt that often has something to say.
This Lecture/Demo pairs well with both Timeless Traditional Quilt Blocks and Beautiful and Versatile Nine Patch Blocks.
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Traditional Churn Dash Block from my hands on class Timeless Traditional Quilt Blocks.
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Layout, color placement, scale, negative space and something to say all make my quilt "Honor Thy Grandmother" a Modern Traditional
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Our final Lecture/Demo of the weekend was
Beautiful and Versatile Nine Patch Blocks.
In this class we examined how an unlimited number of block variations can be created using the nine patch block division.
We starting with the simplest form of nine equal squares then explored a variety of pieced variations, the effect of color placement and combining blocks to create secondary patterns.
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| Simple Nine Patch |
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A more complex block but still a Nine Patch
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| Ohio Star from our hands on class Timeless Traditional Quilt Blocks |
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| Churn Dash Variation - Did you notice that all the blocks in our Timeless Traditional Quilt Blocks class were also Nine Patch Blocks |
I look forward to more exciting Creativ Festival classes, Abbotsford
Spring 2020, Victoria Spring 2021.
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