QUILTING 101

Class Description

Carol McPhee

Come and quilt with other fabric enthusiasts and learn to make a lap size quilt. Instructor Carol McPhee, founder of the Angel Gabriel Quilters, will teach you to cut and sew quilt blocks using a free pattern. You will use a ruler, cutting mat, rotary cutter, and sewing machine to sew a nice lap quilt. Bring your own tools or borrow ours during class.
You will learn accurate cutting, color planning, and accurate piecing with 1/4″ seams. Additional instruction will be given on how to layer your quilt, batting choices, machine vs. hand quilting, binding, etc. For your fabric, please bring 10 fat quarters of quilter’s 100% cotton fabric. Our lap quilt will finish at 50″ X 60″. A fat quarter is a quarter yard of fabric cut 18″ X 22″ because the width of fabric is usually 44″. Quilt shops offer Fat Quarter packs with lovely, coordinated colors/prints.

• You are required to bring your fabric, thread, scissors, pins, pin cushion, seam ripper and sewing machine. (If you do not have a sewing machine we will have just a couple
  available.)
• We will also be using a rotary cutter, ruler and mat. We ask that you also bring these three items if you are able, but if you do not have them, we can provide them.
• We will supply worktables, electrical outlets, a hot iron and a warm smile. Let’s get creative together!

Four, 2.5 hour sessions: Tuesdays, 11:00 am – 1:30 p.m.
Begins May 16, 2023.
Location: People’s Methodist Church, 64 Purchase Street, Newburyport South End*.
Cost: $160. Class limit: 6.

*Please enter through the main door on the right into Hartson Hall which is on the first floor. There is some on- street parking (be aware of no parking area for rail trail). There are six parking spaces if you follow the driveway to the right side of the church. Park only on the left side near the church building.