Category: Classes + Workshops
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A Workshop with Stacey Sharman
In April, we had the privilege of hosting Stacey Sharman to teach her Broken Grids workshop. During the workshop we explored the techniques of guided improvisation in a great stash-busting design involving squares cut down to triangles. The other students and I made enough blocks that we were able to explore various layouts with our…
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Precision Piecing with Tighe Flanagan
Author: Lisa Bourgeault, VP Programs Tighe Flanagan taught a great course about precision piecing to about 20 of our members on September 17th. Our guild has been focusing on skill-building this year, so his piecing techniques were right on point. Many of the students came to class for that purpose, but others came to learn…
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Learning Curves with Jenny Haynes
Author: Rachel Petterson, VP Education Programs Kicking off the workshop circuit of 2022, we had Jenny Haynes of Papper Sax Sten come teach her Cogs, Thistles and Caterpillar Wheels workshop. This workshop focused on the freezer paper method for foundation paper piecing and piecing curves without pins as techniques but also touched on the design…
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A Visit from Anna Maria Horner
What a great way to kick off the new year! Anna Maria Horner first led a Workshop on “Color Fluency” where we discussed the color wheel and then curated a random set of fabrics into a coherent color palette. Anna Maria discussed how to use prints and, while some combinations may seem random, the different…
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Improv Abstraction Workshop
At our recent workshop, Improv Abstraction, Karen Foster showed us how gentle curves can be combined in infinite ways to create one-of-a-kind quilt designs. Karen teaches a relaxed approach to layout and design, starting with a gentle curve shape to provide a base structure for the quilt. From there we played with the curve blocks and…
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Improv Workshop with Sherri Lynn Wood
Last weekend the guild hosted “Improvising from a Score” with local quilt artist and teacher, Sherri Lynn Wood, where we learned improvisational piecing techniques within a defined framework or “score.” We started with an extended group discussion about the different aspects of improvisation, and some of the techniques used in improvisational music and theater, and…
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Molehills Class with Latifah Saafir
This month we welcomed Latifah Saafir to our guild to teach us a thing or two about curves. On June 11th we got together and learned how to make Latifah’s Molehills quilt. She taught us all we needed to know about how to cut, iron and piece curves to make molehills of our own. Many…
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