Live on Zoom Sunday July 19 12-4pm EST
Recorded with lifetime access
A four hour virtual art class where you learn the skills to make an improvisational quilt from start to finish (or not finish at all) and return to your creative practice.
Things to bring to class :
Sewing machine
Fabric
Scissors
Thread for the sewing machine
Iron + ironing board or pad or a towel on a table works (optional, but it will be less wonky if you iron)
Optional/for finishing the quilt later : seam ripper, batting, embroidery floss if you hand tie or hand quilt
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$47.50 with scholarship code 50OFF
Two part payment plans also available
Full scholarships are available for BIPOC students : Use code BRILLIANT at checkout*
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<aside> <img src="/icons/cloud_brown.svg" alt="/icons/cloud_brown.svg" width="40px" /> Day Quilt is an four hour course on Zoom where we will learn the basics of improvisational quilting through the art of starting over again and again - until VOILA, we gather all of the skills to someday make our own small hand quilted blanket
***You are encouraged to be available and present for all four hours - however if you have to miss one they WILL be recorded for you to watch at a later date! Or just buy the class to watch on your own later, you won’t have the experience of asking live questions but the instructions will land the same.
[ THIS CLASS HAS CLOSED CAPTIONS ]***
No previous quilting or sewing experience required. You do need to know how to use your sewing machine and sew a straight line. It can be a wonky straight line. You also need to know how to wind your bobbin or buy pre wound bobbins.
Get ready, this is going to be A VERY FUN CLASS LIKE A TON OF FUN! We won’t just stare at the screen we’ll stretch and talk and reconfigure and rearrange and make some damn QUILTS! 🪡
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In this class we will keep it simple. We will focus on the basics of improvisational patchwork from many different entry points. We will learn how to make the back of a quilt. We will learn to baste the three pieces together (grab some crib size batting if you want to be ahead of the game and make a small quilt), we will learn to tie, machine quilt, and hand quilt, we will learn to bind the quilt using the back, and we will spend time sewing together and then have a small show and tell.
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You must know the very basic functions of sewing a straight line on a sewing machine - since I will not be there to help you trouble shoot, you should take the time before class to familiarize yourself with your machine
You will want to be able to :
Don’t know how to do any of those things? Search the model of your sewing machine and the above tasks on YOUTUBE and you’ll be surprised how swiftly you can teach yourself!
Common troubleshooting things to familiarize yourself with:
I am not an expert sewer or seamstress, I am merely a person who loves the art of putting together and taking apart. I am also someone who love blankets, composition, staying warm, and being together with other people looking to have conversations around art making. I believe in dismantling the idea that quilting is difficult, impossible, needs measuring, needs patterns.
This class is set up in a way to encourage your own self research, to encourage you to set your own pace and find your own way. This is purposeful. I believe in you.
I’d also like to thank the two people who taught me to quilt : Eliza Fernand and Katherine Ferrier, Mary Ann Pettway and China Pettway, quilting influences Rosie Lee Tompkins, the quilters of Gee’s Bend, Rebecca Scattergood Savery’s friendship quilts, old Swedish quilts, my blanket making grandmothers Marlys Parrott and Alice Cook, and so many more shape makers past and present and future. </aside>
“I had the most wonderful time in this class! It was everything I needed during the weirdness that is COVID times to spark some creativity and do something with my hands other than be on my phone! Cody was a great teacher and brought a really grounding presence to the class. 10/10 would recommend :)”— Quilting Student