Student Work from Crystal Quilts
Workshop Details for Crystal Quilts
In Crystal Quilts, we travel together down a path that leads logically from one design idea to the next. We move away from the traditional block-based grid and discover an exciting new way to design more patchwork quilts than you could make in a lifetime.
The emphasis of this workshop is on Crystal Quilts’ underlying design structure. Learn to make both reflected and tessellated Crystal Quilts as you create one or more original patchwork quilt designs. Crystal Quilts is about patchwork design.
Discover how to construct and finish your first Crystal Quilt with unusual techniques and tools. Crystal Quilts introduces some new sewing techniques just in time to get you started making your best design into a patchwork quilt.
Watch intuitive tessellation become demystified and learn how to use it to make even more beautiful Crystal Quilts. Whether you work with rudimentary hand drawing methods or draw with the help of a computer program makes no difference: the design methods you learn in this workshop can be developed and used in many ways. We discuss a few of those applications, and when our time together finishes, you will be well-equipped to explore some new patchwork quilt design directions of your own.
Crystal Quilts is ideal for quilters accustomed to designing on computer, but those who draw by hand will find it equally exciting and easy to master.
The emphasis of this workshop is on Crystal Quilts’ underlying design structure. Learn to make both reflected and tessellated Crystal Quilts as you create one or more original patchwork quilt designs. Crystal Quilts is about patchwork design.
Discover how to construct and finish your first Crystal Quilt with unusual techniques and tools. Crystal Quilts introduces some new sewing techniques just in time to get you started making your best design into a patchwork quilt.
Watch intuitive tessellation become demystified and learn how to use it to make even more beautiful Crystal Quilts. Whether you work with rudimentary hand drawing methods or draw with the help of a computer program makes no difference: the design methods you learn in this workshop can be developed and used in many ways. We discuss a few of those applications, and when our time together finishes, you will be well-equipped to explore some new patchwork quilt design directions of your own.
Crystal Quilts is ideal for quilters accustomed to designing on computer, but those who draw by hand will find it equally exciting and easy to master.
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Supplies for Crystal Quilts
Drawing Tools for Crystal Quilts
- paper (inexpensive large sketch pad)
- pencil with sharp point or mechanical pencil
- eraser
- glue stick, cellophane tape or masking tape for sticking printed pages together if necessary
- medium tip black felt tip pen (Sharpie)
- disappearing or washable marking pen (test it to make sure)
- paper scissors
- Optional
- French or other curve drawing tool
- 2 x 10" mirror tiles from a hardware or home improvement shop OR graphic design software such as Adobe Illustrator, CorelDraw or any similar but less complicated program that you already know how to use. (EQ and QuiltPro are not suitable)
- sharp needlepoint tracing wheel optional but very useful (image and link from Amazon)
- piece of cardboard to use with the tracing wheel as a protection for your work surface
- If you cannot obtain or do not wish to purchase a needle point tracing wheel, you can work with a push pin by hand or use an old sewing machine needle and use your machine to make perforations through several layers of paper.
- several large sheets or a roll of inexpensive tracing paper can be very useful
- 1-2 yards or meters of Pellon 911 or Vilene H250 fusible iron-on interfacing
- 8-12 fat quarter or larger pieces of solid color fabrics
- neutral color piecing thread
- sharp dressmaker shears for cutting patches
- rotary cutting equipment (cutter, mat and ruler) for finishing the quilt
- craft size 1/4" thick cotton, polyester or blended batting or wadding
- solid or print fabric for backing and hanger sleeve
- solid color fabric for binding
- threads to match or be one shade darker than your solid color fabrics
- selection of notions, decorative threads, beads, found objects to use as embellishments
- sewing machine ready for machine piecing and quilting
- quilting needles
- walking foot, free motion foot, specialty feet as needed and available
- utility threads
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