Quilt Class

I like to teach quiltmaking using a sampler quilt format. I think it helps students ‘study’ the various techniques that are useful in quiltmaking. I also think that knowing various techniques makes quiltmakers more confident and able to figure out block construction without a pattern.

Sampler Class Tutorials:

Making the Blocks

• Curves
  • Laying out a Drunkard’s Path
  • The Dove: Sewing Curves
• Cathedral Window block
• Dresden Plate: tutorial on making a Dresden Plate block using templates
• Double Pinwheel: a double pinwheel is a good block to learn triangles on.
• Fabric Selection
• Flower Basket
  • Part 1 – Supply list, making templates, cutting fabric
• Flying Geese
• Foundation Piecing
  • Part 1 – Supply list, prep
  • Part 2 – Piecing Spiky triangle part
  • Part 3 – Piecing second foundation pieced part
  • Part 4 – getting ready to sew the major parts of your block together.
  • Part 5 – Putting the whole block together
  • Color and fabric choices
• Hexagon Tutorial: Preparing to Sew: Sewing Y seams
• Hexagon Follow-up
• LeMoyne Star
• Nine Patch
• Partial Seams
• Fusible Machine Applique’
  • Rose Wreath/Flower Wreath Part 1
  • Rose Wreath/Flower Wreath Part 2
  • Rose Wreath/Flower Wreath Part 3
  • How to make applique’ templates post

Finishing the Quilt

• Setting the Blocks Together tutorial
  • Chunking 
  • Chunking Again

Resources:

• Crafty Quilter’s 3 color QST tutorial
• Piecemeal Quilts Skillbuilder Series

Some student work:

I wrote about Alice’s Sampler in 2007. She used batiks to make it and it just glows.

Beth’s Sampler using two color fabric choices:

Didn’t she do a nice job? This can be a really challenging color choice, because the maker doesn’t have much to work with in terms of creating contrast. Beth did an excellent job.