2024 – 2025 Virtual Workshops

Half-Square Triangle Quilts With Tube Piecing

Workshop registration opens July 1 for RCQG members and Sept 1 for non-members.

Instructor: Irena Swanson
Cost: $ 50
Date: Saturday, November 16, 2024 from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm [Eastern]
Location: Online via Zoom
Website: https://tubepiecing.com/

Virtual Workshop Description

This 34-inch by 42.5-inch quilt top was made with only 33 seams total.  Total fabric requirements: sixteen strips of fabrics all cut from selvage to selvage at width 4 inches. Half of the fabrics should be of approximately one colour and half in some contrasting colour. In a four-hour class you can complete half of this quilt. Tube piecing temporarily works with three-dimensional tubes (of comfortable size) to allow for very streamlined, fast, and accurate piecing of repeating two-dimensional patterns of various degrees of intricacy. The basic patterns are all-over parallelograms, rows of triangles, and blocks of parallelograms. More advanced projects build on top of these.  Take this class to see the method in action.

Instructor Bio

Irena Swanson has been developing tube piecing  for several  years. She has used it to make many projects quickly, efficiently,  and accurately: all-over triangle quilts, zigzag patterns with triangles  and parallelograms, flying geese, pinwheels, double pinwheels, ocean  waves, LeMoyne stars and other stars, sawtooth border, bear’s paw, lady  of the lake, square in a square, square in a parallel square, diamonds  in rectangles, 3×3 diamonds in a square, 2×3 diamonds in a rectangle,  2×5 parallelograms in a square, … hourglass blocks, seamless double  and triple hourglass blocks, hexagons in halves, hexagons in triangles,  tumbling blocks, paired peaks (her own design), Roman stripes, milky way,  Indiana puzzle/snail’s trail, Japanese puzzle, hearts and flower buds,  rail fence, storm at sea, log cabin, courthouse steps.

Mobius Radial – Quilt Assembly Workshop

Workshop registration opens July 1 for RCQG members and Sept 1 for non-members.

Instructor: Audrey Esarey
Cost: $ 86
Mobius Radial Quilt Pattern is additional and required.
Dates: Saturday, February 15, 2025 from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm [Eastern]
Location: Online via Zoom
Website: https://www.cottonandbourbon.com/

Virtual Workshop Description

Mobius Radial is a wall hanging and the workshop will cover the basic concepts of paper piecing, curved piecing and partial seam techniques. Audrey will discuss quilting ideas.
Students will complete a portion of the quilt in the class.  This wallhanging finishes at 30 X 30 inches. 
Pattern is required for the class and sold separately at https://www.cottonandbourbon.com/

Skill level: Intermediate

Instructor Bio

Why Cotton & Bourbon? I’m a quilter from Kentucky! I’ve also been known to have a bourbon during the evening sewing hours. 🥃 I’ve always identified as a maker, and I’ve sewn for as long as I can remember, but only began quilting in 2005. In 2018, I set a personal goal to exhibit my work in a juried quilt show, which motivated me to design and create a series of original quilts. Since then, my quilts have been exhibited and recognized at Quilt National, International Quilt Festival, and QuiltCon. I share my creative process on Instagram via @CottonandBourbon

A Quilter’s Doodles

Workshop registration opens July 1 for RCQG members and Sept 1 for non-members.

Instructor: Karen Miller
Cost: $ 77
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2025 from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm (Eastern)
Location: Online via Zoom
Website: https://redbirdquiltco.com/

Virtual Workshop Description

In this workshop you will learn to doodle with machine, needle and thread.  Some call it graffiti or sketchbook quilting but Karen calls it FUN!  In the workshop, you will learn about thread, batting, tools, tension, and tips while stitching with basic and secondary doodle elements.  You can create a beautiful background fill or a whimsical whole cloth.

Instructor Bio

Karen resides in the Finger Lakes Region of Central NY and travels globally to
share her passion for quilting and thread.