MATH FOR QUILTERS – Online Quilt Class Scheduled
Math for Quilters, an online quilt class I teach at Quilt University, has been scheduled to run again on October 29, 2010. Registrations for this session will open on September 24, 2010. Mark these dates on your calendar now, so you will be certain not to miss it!
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This is the kind of class everyone who quilts ought to take. In three lessons, one each week, you will learn how to draft an entire quilt plan from a set of blocks you already have, or by making new blocks to fit a bed of your choice the way YOU want it to fit, including optional sashing, cornerstones, borders and binding. You will learn how to:
- measure a bed properly to establish the size of a quilt,
- analyze the symmetry and structure of any quilt block,
- calculate how to resize a block to fit into your design,
- draw a block from a miniature sketch to its full size,
- turn your block drawing into a pattern and make templates,
- manage both straight and on point block settings with ease,
- figure the amount of each fabric you will need for your quilt – without wastage,
- determine how much money your quilt will cost to make, and
- examine strategies for setting a fair and reasonable price for your quilt before you sell it.
A bonus lesson introduces the connection between quilting and advanced mathematics like the Sacred Rectangle, Golden Mean and Fibonacci Series. What’s that? You say you already know how to do all these things? Fine. YOU may be excused from this excellent opportunity to grasp the mathematics of quilting and put them to use to your best advantage. But if you are one of the folks who:
- struggles with a calculator,
- wastes too many hours trying to figure out how to make that quilt you can visualize but cannot plan,
- cannot afford not to care how much fabric you purchase, or
- has some vague dream of one day selling a quilt or two, then -
This class is for YOU! See you at Quilt U!
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