STACK & CUT SHirt Sleeve CURVES

1-Day 6hrs / All Levels / SUSTAINABLE QUILTING

Skills & Techniques

  • Denim/Jean deconstruction

  • Basic ruler free piecing technique

  • Simple improv curve piecing

  • Darting on and across the seam when patchwork bubbles

  • Order of sewing / composition engineering

  • How to utilize skinny sashing and filler to equalize different size squares or sections

  • Color substitutions and shifts

Materials

Source from the people in your life and from your own clothing to make the experience more meaningful. Or source shirts and auxiliary materials that excite your aesthetic and imagination from the thrift store.

  • Denim jeans, or other rugged pants

  • Lighter weight fabric from clothing and/or quilt stash for sashing and filler*Quilt stash scraps for filler and sashing

  • It’s improv! You will learn something no matter what materials you decide to work with. Come with a make-do attitude and it will all work out in the end!

  • Note on washing: If my intention is to wash a quilt made from up-cycled materials, I pre-wash all my materials, if they haven’t been washed recently.

Tools & Supplies

  • Large cloth scissors – make sure they are sharp

  • Rotary cutter and cutting mat – no ruler necessary

  • Seam ripper

  • Pins

  • Tailors chalk or marking tool

  • Sewing machine

  • Ironing station

Student Quilt by Melina Kama

Student Quilt by Sarah Atlee

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