Piecing

PIE001ThuEve - Orange You Glad! Sewing Orange Peels

Thursday, February 23, 2023

6:00pm – 9:00pm Atlanta Time

Non-Member Price: $120.00

Member Price until Nov. 30: $96.00

NOTE: Materials fees are required for some workshops. These fees are paid directly to faculty and are not part of your registration fee.

Materials Fee: 0
Fee Details: 0

Required Supplies: Six 10" squares of fabric in a mix of colors/prints. Each block requires: One 10" square for the background; one 10" square for the center; and one 10" square for the leaves. Bring enough to make at least two blocks and more if you are experienced sewing curves.

Washable glue stick (Brigit recommends Sewline glue pen.)

Pins
Optional Supplies: Latifah Saafir's The Clammy 8" ruler. This ruler is strongly recommended and has multiple uses beyond this class.

28mm rotary cutter, shared rotary cutters will be provided but you may wish to bring your own to maximize your class time and experience.

Small rotating cutting mat, shared cutting mats will be provided but you may wish to bring your own to maximize your class time and experience.

Small scissors (snips), shared scissors will be supplied

Tailor's clapper

Quilting ruler (at least 10"), shared rulers will be provided but you may wish to bring your own to maximize your class time and experience.

Prep Requirements: Please cut out your 10" squares in advance.

Faculty(s)

Brigit G. Dermott

Gainesville Modern Quilt Guild
Gainesville, Florida

In this workshop, students will learn how to make the versatile and charming orange peel block. Do you enjoy curved piecing but hate all the fabric waste? Then orange peels are perfect for you! We will learn a minimal-waste method of cutting fabric for piecing, then we will focus on sewing perfect curves without stress. If you are comfortable with straight edge piecing and want to expand your repertoire to the wonderful world of curves, this workshop will give you plenty of practice. Students will leave the workshop ready to take on any project with curves, including orange peels – the pièce de résistance of curved piecing! Sewing machines provided!