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Monday, Feb. 22 | 6–8:30 p.m.
Do you have a garment in your closet that doesn’t fit your body or your style anymore but is too precious to donate or recycle? Dig up that garment and come transform it into textile art! It could be a personal item from your collection or your childhood or a friend or family member’s…it could also be a thrift store find that caught your eye. It should be something that draws your interest, but nothing TOO precious because we will be cutting it up! We will discuss and demo ways to break down garments to maximize fabric for use in a quilt, then cut up our garments and combine them with solid-color scraps (provided in class) to create quilt blocks. We will discuss options for piecing including planning and sketching a design and/or improvisationally piecing. After the workshop these could become a stand-alone mini quilt, blocks in a larger quilt, or you could stretch on canvas to create a simple wall hanging.
You’ll learn:
Tips for breaking down a garment for use in textile art
Options for building blocks to cut the garment into
Simple techniques for composing your quilt blocks with your garment and solid color fabric scraps
All materials are included, **but please bring a garment you would like to transform into quilt blocks! Julia will provide extra garments in case you don’t have one you would like to use. We will also have a rainbow of solid color fabric scraps for you to choose from, but feel free to bring extra scraps from your fabric collection if there are any specific solid colors you know you’ll want to incorporate into your quilt blocks (prints welcome too!) We will not be quilting the pieces in class; finishing options will be discussed but will be at each participant’s discretion after the workshop.
Beginner-friendly, all skill levels welcome. Participants should be familiar with how to use a sewing machine. Ages 14+
Julia is offering a 50% scholarship spot for each of her workshops for people who self-identify as needing financial assistance, for any reason. The scholarship spot is first-come, first served. To claim the scholarship price, use the code JULIASCHOLARSHIP-GARM at checkout.
Julia Triman is a quilter and quilting teacher fascinated with the creative process and the philosophy of creativity. She shares her quilts and creativity stories at quiltingjulia.com.
Monday, Feb. 22 | 6–8:30 p.m.
Do you have a garment in your closet that doesn’t fit your body or your style anymore but is too precious to donate or recycle? Dig up that garment and come transform it into textile art! It could be a personal item from your collection or your childhood or a friend or family member’s…it could also be a thrift store find that caught your eye. It should be something that draws your interest, but nothing TOO precious because we will be cutting it up! We will discuss and demo ways to break down garments to maximize fabric for use in a quilt, then cut up our garments and combine them with solid-color scraps (provided in class) to create quilt blocks. We will discuss options for piecing including planning and sketching a design and/or improvisationally piecing. After the workshop these could become a stand-alone mini quilt, blocks in a larger quilt, or you could stretch on canvas to create a simple wall hanging.
You’ll learn:
Tips for breaking down a garment for use in textile art
Options for building blocks to cut the garment into
Simple techniques for composing your quilt blocks with your garment and solid color fabric scraps
All materials are included, **but please bring a garment you would like to transform into quilt blocks! Julia will provide extra garments in case you don’t have one you would like to use. We will also have a rainbow of solid color fabric scraps for you to choose from, but feel free to bring extra scraps from your fabric collection if there are any specific solid colors you know you’ll want to incorporate into your quilt blocks (prints welcome too!) We will not be quilting the pieces in class; finishing options will be discussed but will be at each participant’s discretion after the workshop.
Beginner-friendly, all skill levels welcome. Participants should be familiar with how to use a sewing machine. Ages 14+
Julia is offering a 50% scholarship spot for each of her workshops for people who self-identify as needing financial assistance, for any reason. The scholarship spot is first-come, first served. To claim the scholarship price, use the code JULIASCHOLARSHIP-GARM at checkout.
Julia Triman is a quilter and quilting teacher fascinated with the creative process and the philosophy of creativity. She shares her quilts and creativity stories at quiltingjulia.com.
