Description
Learn a variety of techniques and applications for making flying geese and half square triangles in multiple sizes and watch them come together in the stunning Wanderlust Quilt, all from your scrap stash!
Who Should Take this Course:
- A beginning quilter who wants to learn tips and techniques that will make your quilting experience successful
- Intermediate to advanced students who wish to refresh or supplement their skills.
- Advanced Students who want to discover how quick it is to work with specialty rulers
Course Outline:
Lesson 1: Wanderlust Overview
- Wanderlust Quilt introduction and break down of units.
- Making flying geese with stitch & flip corners.
- Making flying geese with the Essential Triangle Tool.
- Assembling Small Inner Star & Half inner star.
- Making half square triangles with the Essential Triangle Tool.
- Sewing large flying geese (two types) with Stitch & Flip method or Essential Triangle Tool.
- Block Layout and Assembly with connecting corner demo. Full block & Half block.
- Half Square Triangles, small and large joined to border units.
- Joining border units and adding inner border.
- Quilt finishing and Quilter Showcase.
Lesson 2: Half Square Triangles & Block Assembly
- Making half square triangles with the Essential Triangle Tool.
- Sewing large flying geese (two types) with Stitch & Flip method or Essential Triangle Tool.
- Block Layout and Assembly with connecting corner demo. Full block & Half block.
Lesson 3: Border blocks, quilt assembly and Binding
- Half Square Triangles, small and large joined to border units.
- Joining border units and adding inner border.
- Machine & Hand stitched binding
- Making a hanging sleeve
Lesson 4: Quilter Showcase
- Bonnie shares her amazing quilts
Supplies You’ll Need:
- Rotary Cutter and Mat
- Acrylic ruler: Many shapes and sizes are available; a good one to start with is 6″ x24″ with 1/4″ and 1/8″ markings
- Scissors: A separate pair for paper and fabric
- Sewing machine
- 1/4″ foot
- Pins
- Ironing board & iron
- Marking pencils/markers/ect.
- Needles
- Thimble
- Safety pins
- Template plastic
- Thread
Meet the Instructor:
Bonnie Hunter is passionate about quilt quilting, focusing mainly on scrap quilts with the simple feeling of “making do.” She started her love affair with quilting in a home economics class her senior year of high school in 1980 and has never looked back. Before quilting became her full time career, Bonnie was the owner and designer of Needle in a Haystack! Creating more than 70 patterns for dolls and stuffed animals with a country primitive feel.
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