Workshop Materials Lists

Bring digital camera to workshops if you own one.

Workshop: Circlemania (Wandering Trail or Fearless Circles)

List of Materials: For participants

      Please bring a sewing machine, extension cord, sewing kit, rotary cutter and board , see-through ruler, compass, paper and pencil, colored pencils and eraser.
     Fabric (dark, medium and light, patterned or solids, outrageous or sedate) yardage works best. You can crazy-piece or strip-piece the background and therefore also use scraps or strips. The amount depends on the size of your blocks and the size of the quilt.
Optional: Flexible curve. Template material and graph paper (12 inch blocks for large designs). Acrylic squares, 8 inches or bigger. Threads for quilting and embellishing. Digital camera. EQ5/6 and computer (If you understand it.)
Sheet or batting to use as a design wall. Batting and backing material.

Class requirements:
We also need 2 - 3 irons. Design walls. Please check that there are enough outlets and power for all the sewing machines.
 
 

Workshop: Striptrees or Divide and Conquer

List of Materials: For participants

Please bring a sewing machine, extension cord, sewing kit, rotary cutter and board, see-through ruler, pape, pencil, and eraser.
Fabric for background (dark, medium and light, patterned or solids, outrageous or sedate) yardage works best. Contrasting fabrics for strips.
Optional: template material and graph paper (12 inch blocks for large designs). Colored pencils Acrylic Squares, 8 inch or bigger. Flexible curve. Tools for making bias strips. Threads for quilting and embellishing.
Sheet or batting to use as a design wall. Batting and backing material. Digital camera.

Class requirements:
We also need 2 - 3 irons. Design walls. Please check that there are enough outlets and power for all the sewing machines.

Workshop: Persian Miniatures

List of Materials: For participants

Please bring your sewing kit, sewing machine (extension cord), rotary cutter and board, a see-through ruler and fabric, cotton or cotton blends. The latter can include floral fabrics (small and large), calicoes, stars, geometrics, ikats, plaids, palm trees, fish or birds, polka dots, novelty and ethnic designs. Jewel colored fabrics, dark rich fabrics and interior design fabrics also work very well. We will work with small pieces, if you have it bring your scrap bag and leftover triangles from other projects

Also bring a small amount of batting and 1/2 yard of backing fabric and flannel, batting or gray fabric to design on.

Optional: special threads and needles for machine quilting, fusible material to glue small details.

Class requirements:
We also need 2 - 3 irons. Please check that there are enough outlets and power for all the sewing machines. Design walls for each student and as much workspace as is possible.

Workshop: Small Towns

List of Materials: For participants

Please bring sewing machine, extension cord, sewing kit, rotary cutter and board, see-through ruler, template material, fabric scraps (cotton or cotton blends are best, fabric with people, trees, flowers, animals, cars are fun to use, they do not have to be the same scale), notepaper and pencil, yardage for the back and batting if we get to finish the quilt.

Optional: special threads and needles for machine quilting, fusible material to glue small details, flannel, batting or gray fabric to design on.

Class requirements:
We also need 2 - 3 irons. Please check that there are enough outlets and power for all the sewing machines.
Design walls for each student and as much workspace as is possible.

Workshop: Dancing Rings (Formerly called Triple Play)

List of Materials: For participants

Please bring a sewing machine, extension cord, sewing kit, rotary cutter and board, see-through ruler, paper and pencil, colored pencils, glue stick and eraser.

Fabric (dark, medium and light, patterned or solids, outrageous or sedate) yardage works best. You can crazy-piece or strip-piece the large rings and therefore also use scraps or strips. The amount depends on the size of your blocks and the size of the quilt. My blocks are usually 10 or 12 inches.

Template material ( If you work with blocks larger than 8 in. bring template material or cardboard big enough to accommodate the shapes), graph paper (12 inch blocks for large designs). Sheet or batting to use as a design wall.
Optional: digital camera, compass if you have a large one, flexible curve, batting and backing material. Acrylic squares (8, 10 or 12 in.)

Class requirements:
We also need 2 - 3 irons. Please check that there are enough outlets and power for all the sewing machines. Design walls for each student and as much workspace as is possible.

Workshop: Magic Square

List of Materials: For participants

Please bring a sewing machine, extension cord, sewing kit, rotary cutter and board, see-through ruler. Fabric (dark, medium and light, patterned or solids, outrageous or sedate), yardage works best, but you can also crazy-piece or strip-piece the blocks and therefore use scraps or strips. Sheet or batting to use as a design wall. Optional: Template material, graph paper, digital camera.

For a one day class you can sew at home, it is very easy technically, therefore we will just pin the designs and not worry about sewing machines.

Or Magic Garden

Please bring a sewing machine, extension cord, sewing kit, rotary cutter and board, see-through ruler. Fabrics: Florals and leaf patterns of all sizes, batiks and printed. The amount will depend on the size of the quilt. I recommend a wall hanging size, mine is 20 by 20 inches. The focus will be on mixing a wide array of patterns. Sheet or batting to use as a design wall.

Optional: Template material. Graph paper. Acrylic squares. Digital camera

For a one day class you can sew at home, it is very easy technically, therefore we will just pin the designs and not worry about sewing machines.

Class requirements:
We also need 2 - 3 irons. Please check that there are enough outlets and power for all the sewing machines. Design walls for each student and as much workspace as is possible.