Virginia Bound Class Supply List

Virginia Bound!
~Class Supply List~

Please keep in mind that this is a "scrap quilt" workshop and you are meant to use your stash! Since our scraps are all different shapes, lengths and sizes, fabric amounts are guestimates, approximate yardage is given.

Book required:
Scraps & Shirttails Book. Pattern found on page 19. Please abide by copyright rules and do not xerox the pages for this class. I will be bringing books with me, or you can pre-order the book from the Quiltville.com website here.

Book: $25.00

General Supplies needed:

Sewing machine in working order (including power cords and extention cords)

Thread, scissors, seam ripper, pins and any other notions you usually sew with.

Denim needles for foundation piecing through paper (larger needles make bigger holes which makes paper removal easy)

Rotory cutter, mat and ruler.

8" or larger square rotory ruler for squaring/trimming blocks

Also helpful...a second rotory cutter to be used for cutting paper foundations. (I use my dull blades here!)

Black narrow tip permanent fabric marker of the "pigma" or "jelly roll" variety.

1 sheet of template plastic. We will be drafting our blocks to cut a template that will give us each the angle for our "kite" shape!

1 pad of 8.5" X 11" (or larger pad) of artist's tracing paper. You will need approx 80 sheets. (Can be found at places like Michaels, AC moore, Hobby Lobby, etc)

We want the see-through tracing paper because you can see your markings for fabric placement.

Fabric glue stick (optional)
Wooden fabric "iron" for "finger pressing" seams in between ironing. (I don't think there is enough power or enough outlets for everyone to have an iron plugged in at their own station.) I've also seen people use "wall paper seam rollers" for this step!

Fabric supplies:

This quilt is made of 15" blocks, with each block quarter finishing at 7.5". The quilt shown finishes approx 77"X91" or a generous "full" size. You can make the quilt bigger or smaller depending on how many blocks you make. You can also alter your block size by simply drafting it the size you want it to be.

The quilt above took approximately 3 yards of light scraps/strings/strips and 3 yards of dark scraps/strings/strips. You can do this quilt in a number of ways including:

One color ie: blue and neutral
Two complimentary colors ie: green and purple (using one as your "light" and the other as "dark"
completely scrappy multicolored on the dark side, and neutral
jewel tones for the darks with black/whites for the light side...
Anything you want to do can be done!

I made this top completely from the strings and strips I got from cutting apart 100% cotton men's shirts that I picked up at thrift stores. I used the collars, cuffs, pockets and plackets and all the odd leftover pieces of cutting down the shirts in this quilt...the WHOLE top of the quilt, including the border came from recycled shirts!

One orange shirt (XXL) was enough to do all the orange squares in the pieced border with a variety of greens, neutrals and blues filling in the other squares. One red shirt gave me the pieces for the star points in the 4 corners of the quilt.

You don't need to plan the borders for your quilt until you have your blocks together. I will include border instructions with the quilt pattern so you can complete the top on your own. The workshop will focus on string piecing the blocks!

If you have any questions about the supply list or instructions, please don't hesitate to call me!
I really look forward to this workshop with you!

Questions or Comments? I would love to hear from you!! Bonnie@Quiltville.com