Instructor: Susan Chiappini
Class Description:
Introduction to Quilt Making is a two-day, beginner friendly workshop where participants learn all steps in the quilt making process. Improvisational and traditional styles will emerge as you work through the patchwork piecing process on the first day to create your own unique quilt top. On the second day you’ll layer the pieced top with batting and backing creating a quilt sandwich for machine and/or hand quilting. As a last finishing step, you’ll learn to secure the edges of your quilt by attaching a binding.
Susan will review, cutting and pressing techniques and give individual help with machine skills to get you set up for future stitching projects.
Supply List:
• Sewing machine in good working order; some machines are available at CWS for you to use (these need to be reserved in advance)
• Neutral color all-purpose thread
• 45mm quilter’s rotary cutter; OLFA and Fiskers are good brands
• 18” x 24” self-healing cutting mat*
• 4.5” X 18.5” or 6.5” x 24.5” grid ruler, Creative Grid brand is excellent
• Fabric scissors or snips
• Seam ripper
• 2 yards total of quilting weight cotton fabrics. A basket of scraps will be available to add to your blocks for you to experiment with.
• 1 package or piece of batting at 45” x 60” or 60” x 60”. The Warm Co. and Hobbs brands in cotton or a cotton blend are excellent.
• A walking foot attachment for your machine if you plan on machine quilting your piece
• Hand quilting supplies will be provided by the instructor
*a common cutting station will be set up, but bring a mat if you prefer to have your own cutting
Images:
(1-6) Intro to Quilting examples, (7), Susan Chiappini
Instructor Bio:
Susan Chiappini is a self taught quilt artist and educator living in Rhinebeck, NY. Her designs explore the use of color and print in traditional American patterns as well as in improvisational patchwork. She sees quilts as an art form that enhance domestic spaces with warmth and the spirit of the hands that made them. Her work has been supported by residencies at the Penland School of Craft. Spending Summer as the farm kitchen supervisor at Montgomery Place Orchards in Red Hook NY, Susan enjoys the winter months in her home studio with sewing, teaching and studying quilt history. In addition to teaching quilt making skills, she holds cooking workshops that focus on nutrition education. A scientist at heart, she holds a PhD in human physiology from the Medical College of Virginia, and studied nutrition at Columbia University
Cancellation Policy:
Please consider carefully before signing up for one of our classes or purchasing a class for another person. Due to the small class size for in-person workshops and the limited number of looms, each person makes an important contribution to the group dynamic and cancelling within short notice can make it difficult to fill your spot. If you do need to cancel, please be aware of our policies:
There are no refunds for class fees. However, if the cancellation is 30 or more days before the start of the workshop, you have the option of rescheduling for a different class free of charge. If the cancellation is fewer than 30 days from the start of the workshop, there is the option of rescheduling only if your spot is filled from the Waitlist. You also have the option of transferring your class reservation to another person at any point. The closer the start date, the more difficult it can be to fill a spot from the Waitlist.
Instructor: Susan Chiappini
Class Description:
Introduction to Quilt Making is a two-day, beginner friendly workshop where participants learn all steps in the quilt making process. Improvisational and traditional styles will emerge as you work through the patchwork piecing process on the first day to create your own unique quilt top. On the second day you’ll layer the pieced top with batting and backing creating a quilt sandwich for machine and/or hand quilting. As a last finishing step, you’ll learn to secure the edges of your quilt by attaching a binding.
Susan will review, cutting and pressing techniques and give individual help with machine skills to get you set up for future stitching projects.
Supply List:
• Sewing machine in good working order; some machines are available at CWS for you to use (these need to be reserved in advance)
• Neutral color all-purpose thread
• 45mm quilter’s rotary cutter; OLFA and Fiskers are good brands
• 18” x 24” self-healing cutting mat*
• 4.5” X 18.5” or 6.5” x 24.5” grid ruler, Creative Grid brand is excellent
• Fabric scissors or snips
• Seam ripper
• 2 yards total of quilting weight cotton fabrics. A basket of scraps will be available to add to your blocks for you to experiment with.
• 1 package or piece of batting at 45” x 60” or 60” x 60”. The Warm Co. and Hobbs brands in cotton or a cotton blend are excellent.
• A walking foot attachment for your machine if you plan on machine quilting your piece
• Hand quilting supplies will be provided by the instructor
*a common cutting station will be set up, but bring a mat if you prefer to have your own cutting
Images:
(1-6) Intro to Quilting examples, (7), Susan Chiappini
Instructor Bio:
Susan Chiappini is a self taught quilt artist and educator living in Rhinebeck, NY. Her designs explore the use of color and print in traditional American patterns as well as in improvisational patchwork. She sees quilts as an art form that enhance domestic spaces with warmth and the spirit of the hands that made them. Her work has been supported by residencies at the Penland School of Craft. Spending Summer as the farm kitchen supervisor at Montgomery Place Orchards in Red Hook NY, Susan enjoys the winter months in her home studio with sewing, teaching and studying quilt history. In addition to teaching quilt making skills, she holds cooking workshops that focus on nutrition education. A scientist at heart, she holds a PhD in human physiology from the Medical College of Virginia, and studied nutrition at Columbia University
Cancellation Policy:
Please consider carefully before signing up for one of our classes or purchasing a class for another person. Due to the small class size for in-person workshops and the limited number of looms, each person makes an important contribution to the group dynamic and cancelling within short notice can make it difficult to fill your spot. If you do need to cancel, please be aware of our policies:
There are no refunds for class fees. However, if the cancellation is 30 or more days before the start of the workshop, you have the option of rescheduling for a different class free of charge. If the cancellation is fewer than 30 days from the start of the workshop, there is the option of rescheduling only if your spot is filled from the Waitlist. You also have the option of transferring your class reservation to another person at any point. The closer the start date, the more difficult it can be to fill a spot from the Waitlist.
