204
Lake Mannsdale
Dr.
Madison, MS 39110
Madison, MS 39110
601-898-8086
Folded
Fans
From
Elsie Campbell’s “String Piecing” book. Dorinda has
made
five different quilts from this book including her “Folded Fans”, which
won “Best of Show” in a regional quilt show Oct. 2010. Book
required. Class includes lecture/trunk show/hands-on sewing
techniques to effectively use those scraps and strings that
seem
to multiply so quickly as we make our “planned” quilts. Discuss value,
unity, and how to organize and handle those bits and pieces.
Discuss finishing options: jagged edges or a
rectangle.
Additional Scrap Piecing lecture also available.
Jelly
Roll Bargello
Create
vibrant, fluid pattern in this small quilt. Twenty pre-cut
strips
are sewn into strata and then cut into segments. Pattern
emerges
as you manipulate the strips into a design that pleases your
eye.
Add interest to the double border with a narrow flange. No
pattern required . You are the designer! Great use
for
jelly rolls!Honeycomb
Quilt
From
Sara Nephew’s Book “Big Book of Building Block
Quilts”. Using strip-piecing,
rotary cutting,
and stitching the quilt in columns, you can avoid Y-seams. Great study
in value, texture, and optical illusions. Use of the
equilateral
triangle adds a new shape to quilter’s design possibilities. Men LOVE
these quilts – The Honeycomb quilt actually tricks your eyes when it is
turned upside down! Once students have one set of
blocks
made, design possibilities and two different edges are
explored.
Book and ruler required (an investment of about
$40). Free
short accompanying lecture on additional equilateral triangle ideas
available for night before.
Dizzy
Diamonds
Available
after December 2011: Dorinda’s original design to be
published in
“Quilter’s World” magazine. Use your scrap strips or Jelly
Rolls
in a careful positioning of values around a black diamond to create
this optical illusion of diamond blocks tumbling toward you off the
quilt. Turn the quilt sideways to view
columns of
color. No Y-seams, easy construction.Celtic Pillow
Learn
a little history of Celtic quilting, explore design possibilities.
After tracing design, make bias strips through use of bias bars,
appliqué stitch properly with a woven technique to create Celtic block
that can be turned into pillow or used in a quilt. Quilting
ideas
discussed. Great “take-along” project.
