{"id":69345,"date":"2026-01-12T07:19:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=69345"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:14:05","slug":"potato-chip-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/potato-chip-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Potato Chip Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_69354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69354\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112219_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69354\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112219_wm-sm-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"PQC Potato Chip quilt workshop\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112219_wm-sm-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112219_wm-sm-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112219_wm-sm.jpg 921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PQC Potato Chip quilt workshop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I went to a workshop on Thursday with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificaquilters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacifica Quilt Club<\/a>. I <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/various-sundry-2025-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mentioned them<\/a> a few months ago. I did join and have been to one meeting. This was my first workshop. I went because I am interested in the Potato Chip quilts and wanted to see what they had to say.<\/p>\n<p>I talked a little bit with Lynette about Potato Chip quilts at the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/retreat-donation-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Retreat<\/a>, so I knew about them, but have never made one. I have to say that I am excited to try one with some 2.5&#215;4.5 inch piece I cut for another project I will never make.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69357\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_201242_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69357\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_201242_wm-sm-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"Spiral Potato Chip block drawing\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_201242_wm-sm-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_201242_wm-sm-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_201242_wm-sm.jpg 1019w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spiral Potato Chip block drawing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DH and I talked about the workshop at dinner and I did a little drawing of the block. He added on to it to make a spiral and I think I will start with that idea. I already have some pieces of the right size I was doing to use for another project whose time has passed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-69345 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20260108_112514_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112514_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Potato Chip example by Jaysa\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69363\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69363'>\n\t\t\t\tPotato Chip example by Jaysa\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20260108_112525_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112525_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Potato Chip example by Jaysa\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20260108_114750_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_114750_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Potato Chip example\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69360\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69360'>\n\t\t\t\tPotato Chip example \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20260108_114753_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_114753_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Potato Chip example - detail of block layout\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69359\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69359'>\n\t\t\t\tPotato Chip example &#8211; detail of block layout\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20260108_112510_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112510_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Potato Chip example by Julie C\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69351\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69351'>\n\t\t\t\tPotato Chip example by Julie C\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20260108_103109_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_103109_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Potato Chip example -great fabric choices\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69350\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69350'>\n\t\t\t\tPotato Chip example -great fabric choices\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20260108_112506_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112506_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Potato Chip example\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-69352\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-69352'>\n\t\t\t\tPotato Chip example \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>There were a number of examples, which show the versatility of the idea. The first example is a mini quilt (maybe miniature). It uses 1.5 x 2.5 inch pieces, but the same piecing applies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69353\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69353\" style=\"width: 246px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112432_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69353\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112432_wm-sm-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"Potato Chip example -flower block with self-sashing by Kay\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112432_wm-sm-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112432_wm-sm-768x937.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112432_wm-sm.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 85vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69353\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Potato Chip example -flower block with self-sashing by Kay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One block I particularly liked was by Kay. She made a quilt, but I just took a picture of one block. It is larger and the white strip with another &#8217;round&#8217; of pieces makes the blocks &#8216;self-sash&#8217; when you put them together. I love this kind of concept.<\/p>\n<p>The blocks end up large, too, so you can quickly make a quilt.<\/p>\n<p>In this example Kay has used all different kinds of flower fabrics, which shows how well loose themes work for this quilt design.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_69362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69362\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112520_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-69362\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112520_wm-sm-300x117.jpg\" alt=\"Potato Chip example -in paper by Jaysa\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112520_wm-sm-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112520_wm-sm-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112520_wm-sm-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112520_wm-sm-1536x600.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112520_wm-sm-2048x800.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112520_wm-sm-1200x469.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-69362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Potato Chip example -in paper by Jaysa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jaysa made some paper examples showing additional layouts. These layouts look like Log Cabin blocks, but are Potato Chip blocks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-69345 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20260108_105642_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_105642_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Potato Chip block 1\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-69356\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-69356'>\n\t\t\t\tPotato Chip block 1\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20260108_112415_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20260108_112415_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Potato Chip block 2\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-69355\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-69355'>\n\t\t\t\tPotato Chip block 2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>While learning this technique we all made blocks to contribute to a community quilt. I made two blocks during this short workshop. Julie C cut all the pieces, so we didn&#8217;t have to bring fabric or spend time cutting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I used my <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251226_103807_wm-sm.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fabulous wagon<\/a> for the second time and got a lot of compliments on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went to a workshop on Thursday with the Pacifica Quilt Club. I mentioned them a few months ago. I did join and have been to one meeting. This was my first workshop. I went because I am interested in the Potato Chip quilts and wanted to see what they had to say. I talked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/potato-chip-workshop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Potato Chip Workshop&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[9,160,562],"class_list":["post-69345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-class","tag-guilds","tag-potato-chip-quilts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69345"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69370,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69345\/revisions\/69370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}