Fall Workshop - Machine Quilting
Our 2017 Fall Workshop will be Machine Quilting, taught by Geraldine “Dena” Wilkins. I met Dena last spring at a Patchwork Plus event, and was very impressed with her work & teaching style. In addition, she is a delightful person! On her website she writes that she is “passionate about free-motion quilting and sharing it with others.” Dena is a Juki America Home Sewing Educator, and a Sew Steady Promoted Instructor. If you would like to learn free motion quilting on your home sewing machine, or if you wish to improve your quilting, don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a talented instructor.
The Friday workshop would be an ideal opportunity to begin machine quilting or to sharpen existing skills. The Feathers workshop on Saturday is a more advanced class for those with free motion quilting experience. Feathers are wonderful for almost any style of quilt, from modern to traditional.
Both workshops will require a standard home sewing machine.
Dena will also present a lecture and trunk show on Saturday morning before the workshop. There will be more information about this later.
The workshops and lecture will be held at Ivy Creek Methodist Church- 684 Woodlands Rd. Charlottesville, VA 22901.
You can reserve a space in a workshop by calling or e-mailing me. Your registration will be complete when I receive your form (below) and check.
Friday September 22nd- “Introduction to Free Motion Quilting”
9:30 - 4:30
The first half of class will focus on the machine set up and the right tools for free motion quilting. The second half will focus on tension, stitch control, and free motion exercises.
The Friday workshop would be an ideal opportunity to begin machine quilting or to sharpen existing skills. The Feathers workshop on Saturday is a more advanced class for those with free motion quilting experience. Feathers are wonderful for almost any style of quilt, from modern to traditional.
Both workshops will require a standard home sewing machine.
Dena will also present a lecture and trunk show on Saturday morning before the workshop. There will be more information about this later.
The workshops and lecture will be held at Ivy Creek Methodist Church- 684 Woodlands Rd. Charlottesville, VA 22901.
You can reserve a space in a workshop by calling or e-mailing me. Your registration will be complete when I receive your form (below) and check.
Friday September 22nd- “Introduction to Free Motion Quilting”
9:30 - 4:30
The first half of class will focus on the machine set up and the right tools for free motion quilting. The second half will focus on tension, stitch control, and free motion exercises.
- Free motion tools - needles, thread, stitch plate, bobbins and more
- Quilt top preparation - batting, basting, and more
- Tension - the relationship between thread & the top and bottom tension
- Exercises - learn free motion stitch path skill builders
Saturday September 23rd- 9:30 - 4:30- “Feathers”
The class will review three free-form and stencil feathers. Learn how to creatively place feathers in quilt projects.
- Free form feathers - Teardrop, stacked and leaf feather
- Feathers from stencils - Make or buy stencils with multiple options
- Marking - Tools and methods for marking feathers
- Divide & conquer - Learn how to fit feathers into almost any shape
Registration opens on June 1st.
