Quilt Block-By-Block: Log Cabin
An Intro to quilting through simple, classic blocks!Cost:
$46.00 per personAbout this experience
Quilt Block Making Series for sewists and quilting beginners
In this class, you’ll learn core quilting skills by making a set of versatile quilt blocks. You’ll learn essential sewing skills, play with colour and fabric, and leave with blocks you can turn into practical projects. Great for beginners, and anyone who wants to try quilting without the pressure of committing to a full quilt project. Come solo or with friends and build confidence, creativity, and skills in a relaxed, encouraging environment. You can sign up for just one or all of them!
Skills
The 3 lessons progressively build skills for:
Sewing straight ¼” inch seams
Sewing on a bias
Pressing, pinning and nesting seams
Measuring and understanding fabric requirements
Using Basic Colour value, placement and balance
Safely cutting fabric
Fabric selection
Block layout and composition
Learning Objectives:
Confidence in planning, preparing and sewing quilt blocks
Creating Log Cabin Blocks, you can also sign up for Nine-Patch, and Half-Square Triangles
Using basic sewing skills to expand to quilted projects
Working with cotton, understanding fabric for quilt blocks
Participants:
All levels welcome. Beginner through advanced sewists, or quilters building confidence.
Basic knowledge of sewing machine operation is encouraged, must be 15+
Materials Required (not provided):
3 fat quarters of quilting cotton, ideally light and dark
If needing help picking out, Instructor support is available - arrive to shop 15 mins early or during the regular hours in the weeks before.
Your Host
Janice has been quilting for over 25 years and is a member of the Comox Valley Schoolhouse Quilters’ Guild. She loves sharing and continuing the tradition of quilting passed down from her great-grandmother and many family members through hand quilting or at the machine.
With teaching experience in outdoor recreation settings, Janice brings a patient, encouraging, and hands-on approach to learning. When she’s not quilting, she’s usually reading, spending time outdoors, adventuring with her dog, or growing her garment-sewing skills. Janice is a volunteer quilter with Quilts for Survivors, which gives handmade quilts to survivors of the Residential School System as symbols of support, respect and love.