Easy Pieces: Creative Color Play with Two Simple Quilt Blocks
A sewing workshop which yields a quilt top plus working plans for many more; based on Margaret's popular book. Students work with two different versions of a rotary cut and quickly sewn block, creating blocks and mirror images of the blocks at the same time. Each block contains six values (light to dark), and is composed of only two shapes (triangles and wedges) which are easy to cut (no templates). Combinations and rotations of the blocks on the design wall yield hundreds of quilt possibilities.
Duration: One OR Two Days
Samples
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| Rainblow Blues 54" x 64" Easy Pieces, p. 23 |
Labyrinth 62" x 62" Easy Pieces, p. 109 |
Comet 61" x 61" Easy Pieces, p. 44 |
Circuit Board 57" x 65" Easy Pieces, p. 87 |
Supply List
Important Notes
Easy Pieces is offered as a one-session or two-session workshop. Make sure to check the supply list for the class you're attending.
Supplies Needed for One-Session Workshop
- One copy of Easy Pieces: Creative Color Play with Two Simple Quilt Blocks
- Sewing machine – in clean and oiled condition, with several bobbins already filled
- Extra machine needles, bobbins, and toolbox that came with machine
- Machine cords, FOOT PEDAL, etc.
- Extension cords and multi-plug power strip if you have one.
- Thread appropriate for machine (color doesn't matter)
- Scissors for fabric, thread snippers, and seam ripper
- Straight pins
- Pressing equipment: iron and small ironing board or pad
- Rotary cutter with sharp blade (extra blades recommended)
- Acrylic straightedge – 6" x 24"
- Rotary cutting mat – large enough to cut fabric 22" wide
- Six-inch acrylic square
- Designing Supplies:
- 1-1/2 yards cotton quilt batting or flannel/backed tablecloth for vertical design wall
- WIDE masking tape to adhere design surface to wall
- Reducing glass (or other reducing device such as binoculars or camera)
- Camera with flash capability
- FABRICS – Bring 8-10 values (dark through medium through light) in EACH of TWO color families. Bring about 1/2 yard of each fabric. NOTE: You need not buy all this fabric new: pull from your fabric collection first, and fill in value gaps with new fabric! You may bring two similar fabrics and use them as ONE of your 8-10 values in a given color family. The greater number of fabrics you bring, the more flexibility you will have in the workshop.
Optional but Recommended:
- Cushion or pillow for your chair, to raise you to a good sewing height!!
- Olfa 12" rotary cutting mat for trimming blocks
- 12" lengths of pvc pipe or bed risers to raise a few tables to convenient cutting height.
Supplies Needed for Two-Session Workshop
- One copy of Easy Pieces: Creative Color Play with Two Simple Quilt Blocks
- Sewing machine – in clean and oiled condition, with several bobbins already filled
- Extra machine needles, bobbins, and toolbox that came with machine
- Machine cords, FOOT PEDAL, etc.
- Extension cords and multi-plug power strip if you have one.
- Thread appropriate for machine (color doesn't matter)
- Scissors for fabric, thread snippers, and seam ripper
- Straight pins
- Pressing equipment: iron and small ironing board or pad
- Rotary cutting equipment
- Rotary cutter with sharp blade (extra blades recommended)
- Acrylic straightedge – 6" x 24"
- Rotary cutting mat – large enough to cut fabric 22" wide
- Six-inch acrylic square
- Designing Supplies:
- 1-1/2 yards cotton quilt batting or flannel/backed tablecloth for vertical design wall
- WIDE masking tape to adhere design surface to wall
- Reducing glass (or other reducing device such as binoculars or camera)
- Camera with flash capability
- FABRICS – Bring 8-10 values (dark through medium through light) in EACH of TWO color families. Bring about 1/2 yard of each fabric. NOTE: You need not buy all this fabric new: pull from your fabric collection first, and fill in value gaps with new fabric! You may bring two similar fabrics and use them as ONE of your 8-10 values in a given color family. The greater number of fabrics you bring, the more flexibility you will have in the workshop.
Optional but Recommended:
- Cushion or pillow for your chair, to raise you to a good sewing height!!
- Olfa 12" rotary cutting mat for trimming blocks
- 12" lengths of pvc pipe or bed risers to raise a few tables to convenient cutting height.
For help choosing a 3rd color family, use Joen Wolfrom's 3-in-1 Color Tool, available at your local quilt shop.
Click for printable version of supply list. IMPORTANT CHANGE: Please note that fabric is included in supplies needed for session, please disregard the optional heading and bring the fabric range listed with you to your session(s).