Quilting 1 for Beginners

Learn the basic skills needed to make a quilt.

Course will incrementally teach students the skills necessary to make a basic quilt. Each week students will learn new skills building on the week before and at the conclusion of the course, will have created a quilt top.

Class 1: Students will demonstrate ability to properly and safely cut fabric, sew straight seams, and create a rail fence block.
Class 2: Students will demonstrate ability to work with rectangular and square blocks, creating a plaid cross block and a log cabin block.
Class 3: Students will demonstrate ability to create half-square triangle blocks and will assemble them into a basket block and a churn dash
Class 4: Students will demonstrate ability to create a block on point (coffin star block) and to create quarter square triangles, assembling them into a pinwheel
Class 5: Students will demonstrate ability to make flying geese blocks, assembling them into a Dutchman's puzzle block and a Sawtooth star block
Class 6: Students will demonstrate ability to add sashing and borders to the nine blocks they have created, making a quilt top.

Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
-demonstrate understanding of various quilting terms
- follow a quilt pattern to produce a variety of quilt blocks
-properly use quilting tools including rulers, cutters, and sewing machines
-sew a consistent quarter inch seam
-add sashing and borders to blocks, creating a quilt top

Students need to provide their own fabric, notions, and a sewing machine. A specific supplies list will be e-mailed a few weeks befor the class. The college does have a limited supply of machines to borrow, first come first served. Please reach out to ccl@npc.edu to reserve one.