Learn to hand quilt any time you’d like!

Improv Hand Quilting:

Hand quilting is my favorite part of making a quilt! This workshop is both conceptual and technical. I begin with a Powerpoint lecture, during which I explain both why and how I quilted as I did. Stitch density, exposed or hidden knots, overlapping lines of quilting, and color choices will be expanded upon. I love to quilt with pearl size 8 thread for its high visibility and strength. Students can work with an existing quilt top or a ‘wholecloth’ single piece of fabric. We cover basting, quilting with a tabletop and a heavy book to create tension, hand positioning, hand care, thimble use, and a variety of ways to balance planning with improv. I don't use pens to ‘mark,’ my fabric, but will share a few tricks to anticipate my stitching. I love to create areas of visual interest to activate the quilt top with the quilting functioning like a ‘drawing’ on the surface of the fabric. Students will not complete their quilt during the class, but they will get a solid foundation to start! See and share work with #hpHandQuilting.

Key concepts of the class include:

1. Thimble use

2. Hand quilting techniques

3. Composition and aesthetics

4. Tips on being fast and efficient

5. Knots, both buried and exposed

6. Balancing planning with improvisation

7. Tips for quilting over/around applique and embroidery

8. Tips on supplies like needles, thread, thimbles, and fabric

9. Tips for body care and lifestyle so that you can fully enjoy hand quilting

10. Creating visual tension with our quilting to make even the most homely quilt top sing!

This class consists of:

• 5 short intro videos on techniques

• A zine on hand quilting

• A two-hour intro lecture where I share lots of details about my quilts

• A 4.5 hour recording of a live Zoom class where students ask wonderful questions and we dig into the details of composition, technique, and more

• A BONUS video of me hand quilting a quilt for about an hour, so that you can see this process up close and in real time

• Lots of links to my best YouTube videos on quilting

• A private community slideshow that will link you to the other students so you can share your work with our group, and reach out to each other via email or instagram.

This workshop is Beginner Friendly, and also very exciting to experienced quilters who are eager to try something new, and increase their efficiency & body-care.

Additional info:

• You can see my favorite sewing supplies HERE on my website. I also love to use the Little House Needle Gripper Silicon Thimble for handwork and you can find it and $5 off with this Snuggly Monkey coupon link.

• This is a pre-recorded class.

• Attendees of this class will have ‘forever’ access to all of the class materials; therefore, refunds are not available.

• ⭕️ BE READY AFTER CHECKOUT: that is the easiest time to download the PDF required to access this class. (You will also get an email from no-reply@squarespace.info with a link to the PDF, and a separate email with your receipt.)

• Guilds get discounted class rates on this class–check them out here!