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Supply List

      Sewing machine, basic sewing supplies, thread

      rotary cutter, rotary cutting mat (larger is better)

      12" or longer quilting ruler

      Fabric: Cotton quilting fabric (see instructions below) 

Instructions for Choosing Quilt Fabrics 

      Each of your blocks will consist of a center, an inner square, and an outer square. For a small wallhanging, you will make 9 blocks  (4 in one value, 5 in the other). The total yardage used for the quilt top is about 2 ½ yards.

      Required: One fabric to use in all your centers:  One fat quarter will be plenty for 9 blocks. Choose a color that stands out as different, shows up well and contrasts greatly with all your other fabrics.  If you use red for your center, don’t use red elsewhere in the quilt.  Don’t use white. 

If you already have a fabric stash, bring all your fabrics in the color scheme you would like to use.  If using scraps, using 20-30 different fabrics is typical.

Example #1:  Black and white dots for centers, red for dark outer squares, pink for light inner squares, deep purple for dark inner squares, lavender for light outer squares.  

Example #2:  Bright orange for centers.  Dark animal prints for dark outer borders, light tans for light inner borders, and the opposite for the other half of the blocks.   

If you don’t own any fabric, buy a center fabric, and 16 fat quarters: (four fat quarters of each color)  
1)a light color, 
2) a dark,  
3) a different light, 
4) a different dark.

(For example, 4 different pinks, 4 different reds, 4 different lime greens, 4 different forest greens) 

If desired, before class: From each fabric, cut one 2” wide strip, and one  3” wide strip, up to 30”long.  (This will save you time in class, but some may go unused.)
(Please don’t cut more than these 2 strips.)