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Join me for an interdisciplinary exploration of quilting, stitching together history, culture, community, and practicum. You’ll learn to create a quilt from start to finish—exploring fabric selection, traditional blocks, improvisation, making a quilt sandwich, and binding and quilting. With the help of guest speakers, including artists and historians, we’ll discuss the history of various quilting practices and methods, and explore how quilts can become more than the mere sum of their parts. By the end of our time together, we’ll understand how quilting can serve as a medium for creating beautiful objects, as well as transforming and uniting communities.

This class is open to all levels; no prior quilting experience is necessary. 

Syllabus at a Glance

There are six total sessions included in this purchase, each lasting for 1.5 hours on six Wednesdays, beginning September 29. Recordings are available of each session a few days after the session occurs, and recordings are available until 2 weeks after the final session.

Session 1(Wednesday, 9/29, 6-7:30 PM CENTRAL): What can quilts be? + quilt anatomy

Session 2 (Wednesday, 10/6, 6-7:30 PM CENTRAL): Quilts as community-builders + quilt blocks

Session 3 (Wednesday, 10/13, 6-7:30 PM CENTRAL): Quilts as unconventional artwork + how to make a quilt sandwich

Session 4 (Wednesday, 10/20, 6-7:30 PM CENTRAL): Quilting intensive

Session 5 (Wednesday, 10/27, 6-7:30 PM CENTRAL): A modern quilting bee + finishing your quilt

Session 6 (Wednesday, 11/03, 6-7:30 PM CENTRAL): Show and tell