First Time Quiltmaking

Required text is First-Time Quiltmaking Please purchase this book at registration and read the information on pages 5 - 41 about fabric selection, fabric prep, fabric cutting, and fabric sewing seams. (Lessons #1 - Lessons #3) There will be further discussion in class, but please be sure to have your fabric purchased before the first session. 

Prewashing fabric for this class is optional. We will make the four-patch quilt on page 40.

Finished Size is 36 1/2" x 48 1/2", perfect for an infant or toddler to drag around.

Required Supplies:

Supplies for Session #1: Note that we will be sewing during the first session.

*  First-Time Quiltmaking book3/4 yard colorful print - As focus fabric
*  5/8 yard 4-patch #1 tone-on-tone or small print
*  5/8 yard 4-patch #2 tone-on-tone or small print
*  2 yards binding & backing Can be the same as the 4-patch fabric or a color matching the focus fabric.

*  Sewing machine - clean and in good working order. Bring the manual, accessory    feet, power cord, and foot petal.
*  Thread - one spool neutral and one spool matching the backing and binding.
*  Straight pins
*  Seam ripper
*  Best Press (Home use; provided for class) 
*  40" X 52" rectangle of quilt batting. For hard use and repeated laundering a cotton or cotton/poly blend is desirable. 
*  Rotary cutting mat - 24" x 36" 
*  Rotary cutter - 45mm size 
*  Cutting Rulers - 6-1/2" x 24-1/2"  & 6-1/2" x 6-1/2" 
*  Machine Needles 80/12 Sharp 

• Same as Session #2, except rotary cutting tools are not needed. 
• Completed quilt top and backing fabric 
• Chenille Needles Size 18/22 
• Scissors Large 
• Scissors Small 
• Quilt Clips 
• 1 ball of #8 or #5 perle cotton, or 2 skeins of floss, for tying 
• Curved Basting Pins 65 (Size 2 Nickel-Plated Brass) #C192 
• Optional: prewound bobbins, machine specific