May 16, 2024 Lecture during the Guild Meeting May 17, 2024 Workshop 9AM - 4PM
MJ Kinman will show you how to create sparkling gem blocks using the design and piecing techniques she relies on to create her giant gemstone quilts. During this fast-paced class, students will create their own singularly beautiful work of faceted light. Freezer paper piecing techniques are powerful techniques that can transform any quiltmaker’s ideas into reality. MJ’s inspiration is gemstones, but yours might be landscapes, florals, portraits, abstracts, or any other kind of inspiration. MJ is quick to point out that this technique is NOT foundation paper piecing. There’s no sewing to paper or tearing paper out of the back of your quilt block when finished. Instead, this is traditional piecing using freezer paper as your templates. If you can put two pieces of fabric right sides together with a quarter-inch seam allowance, you can do this!
|
Over the course of a single day-long session, students will learn how to:
• Create a freezer paper pattern based on a mock-up of a bite-size gem that I provide. • Understand how different types of fabrics impact the flow of light and color across their design. • Assemble the fabric facets to create their own block of faceted color. Activities include: • Prepare square freezer paper template (recommended size: 18”). • Transfer the mock-up design to the freezer paper by using a simple grid technique. • Create a color palette. • Code the facets in their template to designate position, color, and adjacency. • Cut apart their freezer paper template and sort by color code. • Iron freezer paper facets to their painted fabric according to the color codes. • Cut the facets and organize them by section code. • Learn techniques to piece facets. Length of Workshop: 6 hours Skill Level: Confident Beginner |
Example of one of her birthstone quilt patterns.
|