Fat Quarter Magic Course

The traditional Square and Stars block comes to life as if by magic when ten unique blocks are made from ten fat quarters. Annie Smith talks about focus fabrics and the importance of color value which will help you choose the best fat quarters for this project.

Learn tips for accurate cutting and how to best sort the fabric pieces. Constructing a mini batting board for each block will help during the design process and will also keep small cuts of fabric from becoming misplaced. Annie shows how to pin and sew seams that result in perfect points. She also demonstrates fixing areas that are less than perfect rather than ripping entire pieces apart. Sashing, cornerstones, and borders complete the quilt.

You’ll learn so much about color, design, and precision piecing in this class that you’ll be eager to choose the next ten fat quarters and create even more magic!

This class be purchased for online viewing or on DVD for your convenience.

Annie Smith is a quilter and author who designs her own quilts and owns a pattern publishing company. Always the innovator, she began the first podcast for quilters in 2005 called Quilting Stash and has produced over 220 podcasts featuring some of the most well-known names in the industry. She has been a quilt instructor since 1984 and travels nationally and internationally. She laughingly calls herself the “quilt police” since she has served as a judge in quilt shows but maintains that she is more critical of her own work than anyone else’s. As a teacher, she desires that her students gain accuracy in their quilting because it leads to greater success and satisfaction. Annie particularly enjoys the art of machine appliqué and color and fabric selection.