Quilt Wellington Symposium 2009 - Needs Lists

Class SACUTU1 Square Within a Square Gone Modern  1 day   $135 Tutor Sandi Cummings  Kitset: None   Skill Level All levels Student Needs: Sewing Machine (plus instruction book and all cords) Rotary cutting mat Rotary cutter Ruler for use with rotary cutter Fabric for design wall (flannel, batting or sheet - to be taped to the wall) Scissors (fabric cutting) Pins Neutral sewing thread Suggested Text:  Thinking Outside the Block, by Sandi Cummings. FABRIC:   Bring a minimum of 25 or 30 eighth-yard and quarter-yard pieces of fabric for squares.  (It takes three different fabrics to make each square.)  Remember to include a range of values (lights, mediums and darks) and also small, medium and large prints.  All types of fabric will work, including plaids, stripes, polka dots, etc.  If you're debating about bringing a certain piece of fabric, bring it.  The number of blocks needed for your finished quilt depends on the size quilt you want to make and your choice of layout.  The finished quilt is a combination of Square within a Square blocks and Transition blocks (background squares).  You will need approximately 1-1/2 to 2 yards of background fabric (although it is difficult to know what you will want to use for a background before you have begun).   Try to bring a portion of a couple of possibilities. My philosophy is this:  If you use fabrics you really love, even when you are experimenting, the commitment level is higher, and you have a better chance of coming up with something you would like to continue working on and making into a finished quilt.  I'm hoping that you will go home with the beginnings of a quilt that you will want to develop into a finished piece.