We'll use a special diagonal seams patchwork technique to make the flowers and leafy vines. Class project will be your choice of either the Floral Trellis Wall Quilt or the Belle France Table Runner. Let Fons and Porter take away your fears as they guide you through machine piecing the curved seams on their over-sized Drunkard's Path units. Basic sewing machine skills required. Students in this workshop will learn about fabrics, colors, and patterns used during the early nineteenth century , as well as how to use fabrics available today to make new quilts in the spirit of America's earliest ones.
Students choose from several patterns to get their vintage quilt underway.
Fons and Porter will show you how to transform squares and rectangles into complex patchwork units to make a sampler wall quilt. The sampler includes a house block, tree block, sailboat, and others. An explosion of new fabric colors, new print styles, and new patchwork and applique designs helped contribute to the popularity of quilting during the 1920s-1940s. This workshop includes a discussion of the characteristics of depression-era fabrics and quilts, popular patterns and designers, and sources for patterns. The diagonal seams piecing method makes cutting and piecing the Dutchman's Puzzle blocks and special star sashing a snap.