My First Quilt Start to Finish (5 Evening Sessions)
Materials List for Class
- Sewing machine in good working order
- Cotton thread coordinated to match selected fabrics
- Selected fabrics in quantities indicated by the “Buckbee” pattern.
- Students provide all fabrics for the quilt-top design and binding. Enrolled class participants receive a 15% discount on Woodside fabrics and tools for this project. Note: Batting and fabric for the quilt back are provided and included in the course fee.
- At-Home Quilter’s Tool Kit (select items will be needed in class sessions 2, 4, and 5). See description below…
At-Home Quilting Tool Kit
In order to complete this project, the following tools are required for all home-sewing and certain designated class sessions:
o Cutting Mat: Self-healing mat, ideally 18" x 24" or larger (sessions 2, 4, 5)
o 45 mm Rotary Cutter (sessions 2, 4,5)
o Good quality fabric scissors (all sessions)
o Seam Ripper (all sessions)
o Thread Snips (all sessions
o Straight pins (sessions 2, 4, 5)
o Binding clips – optional (session 5)
o Ruler: 6" x 24" for long cuts (sessions 2, 4)
o Measuring tape (sessions 4, 5)
- A basic tool kit for first-time quilters is available for purchase. The tool kit includes a mid-size cutting mat, a good quality 45 mm rotatory cutter with one replacement blade, straight pins, seam ripper, and mid-size “Perfect” fabric scissors (Insert link to online shop purchase and any other tools other instructors have noted in the past as necessary).
Session 1: Thursday, January 16, 2024: 4:00 – 7:00 PM
- Woodside Classroom: Fabric Selection, Tools in the Quilter’s Kit, Prepping Your Fabric, Basic Cutting, Reading a Pattern, Workspace Set-Up, Project Plannin
Session 2: Thursday, January 23, 2024: 4:00 – 7:00 PM
- Woodside Classroom: Basic Block Piecing (pinning, seam matching), Quilt Block Construction, Pressing, Block Trimming, Tackling Corrections
Session 3: Thursday, January 30, 2024: 4:00 – 5:00 PM
- Zoom Session: Blocks in Progress, Show & Tell, Q & A, Troubleshooting. A secure Zoom meeting link will be sent to enrolled participants.
Session 4: Thursday, February 6, 2024: 4:00 – 7:00 PM
- Woodside Classroom: Arrive with All Blocks Pieced and Trimmed, Quilt Top Assembly, Final Pressing & Setting, Preparing the Final Top for Quilting.
At the end of this session, all students will leave their completed quilt tops at Woodside to be quilted by a professional long-arm quilter.
Session 5: Thursday, February 13, 2024: 4:00 – 7:00 PM
- Woodside Classroom: Biding Basics, Attaching Binding by Machine, Mitering Binding Corners, Finishing Binding by Hand.
| Skill Level: | Beginner |
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| Instructor: | Calle' Friesen |
| Instructor Bio: | As a lifelong quilter and recently retired Professor of Education, Callé has extensive experience in teaching and learning and a passion for supporting beginners. Calle's first quilt was hand-pieced from clothing remnants using templates cut from a cereal box, then hand-quilted on a frame. Callé says, "The joy of making something with my own hands has never faded." In addition to quilting and sewing, she is a fabric, print, pattern designer and watercolor artist. |
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