Always wanted to make a quilt but didn’t know where to start? This four-part beginner quilting series will guide you through making a quilt top, step by step. Perfect for brand-new quilters or confident beginners, you’ll learn the essential skills needed to create a finished quilt top—and the confidence to keep quilting on your own.

Over four classes, we’ll cover fabric selection and cutting, accurate piecing, pressing, and assembling your quilt top. You’ll also learn helpful tips for staying organized, improving accuracy, and avoiding common beginner mistakes. By the end of the series, you’ll have a completed quilt top and a solid foundation in quilting basics.

Skills covered include:

• Rotary cutting and safe tool use
• Piecing and seam accuracy
• Pressing techniques
• Layout and assembly of a quilt top
• Basic quilting vocabulary and best practices

Audience: Sewists new to quilting, or anyone who wants a supportive, hands-on introduction in a small group setting.

Sessions: Four 2.5 hour classes - there will be homework between classes

Materials to bring to class:

• 12 fat quarters in a variety of dark and light fabrics, solids or prints - no directional prints, please
• 1 yard sashing fabric (fabric between the blocks)
• 1 yard border fabric
• Frixion pen that will show on your fabric
• Download pattern from Fat Quarter Shop here and bring to class. Please have the "Fabric Requirements and Color Key" page completed with your fabric choices.

All materials purchased at homesewn for this class will receive a 15% discount.

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