“Dena is an awesome instructor.
She is always so prepared with very instructional materials and samples.
Dena left us all wanting more and really was encouraging us
to continue our designing.”
Description: Students are confronted with a design challenge like few others: to make a quilt top from only 5 pieces of fabric. Each piece must remain whole, but not necessarily intact.
Borders, bindings, and embellishments are extra; students can do whatever they like with them.
Creative cutting, fabric manipulations, and innovative construction techniques join forces with quick thinking and confident action to make one-off originals.
Students learn to let accidents happen even as they attempt to control the design’s evolution. The creative spirit in each student rises to the surface, and they learn to go with the creative flow – often with amazing results!
Focus of Class: Conceptual design, response to fabric, development of self-confidence
Number of Days: 1
Level of Instruction: Intermediate/Advanced
Maximum Number of Students: Approx. 20
Supply List (subject to change nearer the scheduled workshop date):
- Adhesives: 1/2” cellotape or masking tape (optional)
- Adhesives: Fusing agents like WonderUnder, Steam-a-Seam, Vliesofix (optional)
- Adhesives: Glue stick (optional)
- Cutting Tools: Paper scissors
- Cutting Tools: Rotary cutter
- Cutting Tools: Rotary cutting mat – 24″ x 36″
- Cutting Tools: Sharp dressmaker shears
- Cutting Tools: Thread snips (optional)
- Cutting Tools: X-acto knife, blade #11, or other seam ripper (optional)
- Feet: Applique foot (optional)
- Feet: Cording foot (optional)
- Feet: Darning or free motion foot
- Feet: Embroidery or decorative stitch foot (optional)
- Feet: Open toe foot (optional)
- Machines: Straight stitch or zigzag sewing machine with regular foot
- Markers: HB or softer lead pencil or mechanical pencil, eraser, sharpener
- Markers: Tailor’s chalk, soap sliver or other temporary marker
- Paper: Notebook (optional)
- Pins and Needles: Extra sewing machine needles to replace any you break
- Pins and Needles: Machine embroidery or metallica needles (optional depending on your thread choices)
- Pins and Needles: Straight pins
- Rulers: Rotary ruler – 6″ x 24″
- Threads: Decorative threads (optional)
- Threads: Invisible thread – good polyester, not cheap nylon (optional)
- Threads: Matching threads
- Threads: Neutral color utility thread
- Tools: Bias tape maker, 1/4″ (not bars, the kind you pull a strip of fabric through and iron into tape)
- Tools: Design wall (flannel or batting, 1 square yard or meter or larger)
- Tools: Electric iron and board
- Tools: French or other curve drawing tools (optional)
- Tools: Small re-useable trash bag
- Top Fabrics: 5 carefully chosen fabrics for the quilt top, 1/2 to 1 yard or meter each; bring more if you need help choosing
- Trims: Embellishments like beads, sequins, found objects, cords, tassels, ribbons, trims, even scrap fabrics (optional)
- Trims: Optional selection of art supplies suitable for fabrics – acrylic fabric paints and brushes, dyes, crayons, rubber stamps and ink, in small quantities – whatever you have that will be easy and not messy to use
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