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Block-at-a-Time Quilting, #258503
Quilting a bed-sized quilt on a home sewing machine is a challenge - but not with Ann’s unique technique for joining quilted blocks or strips to make a finished quilt on your home machine. Learn the BAT Quilting technique (as opposed to learning a specific piecing technique or block pattern) while making a quilt that can be finished in class – if you do your homework and come to the workshop with pre-quilted blocks!In this workshop, you will learn all the steps needed to complete the entire quilt on your home machine. Add this critical skill to your quilting toolbox for when you want to finish the entire quilt yourself and bypass the expense of longarming. You will also learn to adapt patterns to use this technique.
Happily Scrappily with Diamonds, #257506
Discover the 65/115 degree Lancaster Diamond. This unique shape was designed in the 1860s by a couple of teenage girls, but was never seen outside a small area of Pennsylvania until a few years ago. This shape is adaptable, so it can be used in endless designs. You will receive the pattern to work on in the workshop in addition to worksheets for assorted designs. Bring lots of scraps! You will be cutting pieces in the size range of (10" x 10"), (5" x 5"), (4" x 6"), and assorted strips and squares. Think of this technique as a collage made from diamond shapes.
Making the Lancaster Diamond, #257104f
Discover the 65/115 degree Lancaster Diamond. This unique shape was designed in the 1860s by a couple of teenage girls, but was never seen outside a small area of Pennsylvania until a few years ago. This shape is adaptable, so it can be used in endless designs. You will receive the pattern to work on during the workshop in addition to worksheets for assorted designs. Registration for this workshop includes complimentary show admission for Friday.
Piecing Circle Stars by Machine, #257502
This block is from an early 1900s quilt, but it translates perfectly to today’s quilt world. With its curves, points, and octagons, it forms two wonderful secondary designs. The parts can be rearranged to make different designs. And it can be pieced by machine with the accompanying templates. In this workshop, you will learn to cut and piece this fascinating Circle Star block and to create other designs with the templates. The template set and carrying case are available for purchase in class and include a free pattern with the EQ8 file for individual color planning.
Quilts for a Cause, #251802
Women in the U.S. couldn’t vote until the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Before that, women often expressed moral, religious, and political opinions in their quilts. Ann will discuss some of the opinions expressed on such issues as Temperance, Abolition, Suffrage, Health, and Military Actions. We still express ourselves through our quilts, supporting various community service projects. Ann is a member of the Quilts of Valor organization and co-author of two of their books. She will also discuss this project, which has awarded over 300,000 quilts to veterans touched by war.
Supplies are not required for a lecture, although you may want to bring a pen and paper to take notes.
The Railroad Quilt, #257503
We are always looking for ways to use up scraps. This quilt is a fun way to use not only your scraps, but other people’s scraps! Bring your scraps to the workshop and dump them into a pile to share with the group. Learn a quick way to make Railroad Tracks and receive a pattern for making the entire quilt. This is a fun workshop and you will enjoy swapping scraps and getting to know your workshopmates. You will receive a pattern as part of the workshop.
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