CMQG - Heather Jones Workshop

Thanks to the Cambridge Modern Quilt Guild, Heather Jones will be teaching her popular workshop, "Inspiration to Design".

Bring your inspiration to life as you create a one of a kind unique quilt pattern. Work with Heather to create a quilt pattern that is inspired by something you have seen: an old building, a water tower, the sunset, etc. In this class, we’ll be using a photograph of your inspiration as a starting point and will create a quilt design based on that inspiration. Heather will guide you through the process of sketching, designing pattern pieces, calculating yardage and construction methods, creating a color palette, and fabric selection. You’ll leave the class with a complete pattern that is ready to be constructed in your home studio.

Note: there is no sewing in this workshop. This is a 7 hour workshop with a lunch break.

Students will

• learn how to translate visual inspiration into sketchbook drawings
• learn how to design a block or quilt based on their inspiration
• learn how to calculate yardage for pattern pieces
• create their own unique quilt pattern

Supply List: $12 supply fee for kit that includes a Rhodia graph paper sketchbook, pencil, and ruler to use in class and for you to keep (to be paid to instructor). Photo of inspiration, printed out at either 3” x 5” or 4” x 7”. A variety of markers and/or colored pencils to add color to our drawn designs. Color chips and fabric swatches that coordinate with your inspiration photo. Calculator (the one on your phone is fine). Optional: “Quilt Local: Finding Inspiration in the Everyday” by Heather Jones (available at gather here).

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