Teaching at IQF Houston — Fine Finishes, an Album of Techniques, MQForum
Tuesday, August 7th, 2018YES, I’ll teach you how to get perfect miters that match your seam measurement, no matter what it is, without having to measure! Today I’ll talk about my Fine Finishes workshop, #525 from 9-5 on Friday, November 9th, at International Quilt Festival Houston. Link to register is here and at the bottom of this post.
This class is all about what to do with the edges of your quilt…and not just straight edges: curves, inside points, sharp angles, facings not just bindings. Using techniques adapted from high end garment construction, you’ll achieve precise results, perfect corners, perfect miters, without measuring your seam allowance!
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You’ll learn about all of these and, depending on how fast you work, make at least four samples, maybe more. In Houston, it is class #525 on Friday.
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Fine Finishes has proved a perennial favorite –sign up soon! If the PERFECT bias binding hasn’t happened for you, or the PERFECT facing for an art quilt, one that doesn’t roll and bulge, you need this class. Have you ever considered piping? Time consuming, but OH MY what a wonder! So worth it … try these and more as time permits.
Last but not least–and it usually fills up fast–is the Machine Quilting Forum on Thursday morning. Think of it as not-so-speedy dating for machine quilters. We meet in one of the large “ballrooms” at the convention center. The first hour is an introduction to the presenters (I think there are six of us, or maybe seven, this year): each teacher gets a few minutes to share about 7 slides representing who they are as quilters. Then the participants break up into six (or seven) groups. Each group goes to a certain teacher, then after 20 minutes (15 presentation, 5 Q&A) a bell rings and the participants move to the next teacher. This is a fabulous way to learn a lot in a short time, get a great idea of a teacher’s style teaching, see if you want to take a class with them or have them come teach for your guild.
Registration is OPEN for classes for International Quilt Festival Houston 2018, including my four classes. For more info on the other workshops, my first class, Birch Pond Season, is covered here. Collage the Garden, one of my newest classes and proving to be one of the most popular, is covered here.