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Sewing - Freeform Patchwork
Learn simple techniques for creating original and stunning improvisational patchwork.
Teacher: Leslie Keating
Description: Leslie makes beautiful quilts using this method, many of which can be seen on her blog at mazeandvale.com. This class will deconstruct the rules of patchwork and share carefree, easy ways to combine pieces of cloth into one-of-a-kind works of art.
Materials: BYO Sewing Machine*. Fabric scraps will be provided. Participants are also welcome to bring their own fabric.
*If you are travelling some distance to the event or just would prefer not to bring your own machine please contact us. We will have some machines available.
Takeaway: Participants will go home with a completed 40cm by 40cm block and a work sheet on how to turn said block into a cushion cover (if desired).
Level: No previous quilting or patchwork experience is necessary.
Workshop Length: Half Day
So I wrote last week a post asking “Is my making fast fashion?”. And then I did a video on Instagram discussing similar topics in a slightly different way. And as always, you lovely humans have helped me clarify some of my thinking with your thoughtful, clever commentary.
And while I think there is so much more to discuss, here are four key possibly-more-meta ideas that have come up for me out of those conversations.
In using the quote last week that suggested that there was no single answer, and suggesting that this was freeing, I really did mean that we should sit in the grey. Not that the lack of “an” answer to this question should mean we get to ignore the question but rather that the lack of “an” answer means that we need to keep asking bigger more beautiful questions. And keep asking them.
Is my making fast fashion?
Am I living my values or merely thinking them?
And how can I make those two things a little more aligned in this moment?
These are my big beautiful questions.
Yours might be different.
And importantly this leads to point 2.