Design Panel: How to Design Quilts using Different Tools Join this panel to learn how experts design their quilts using a variety of different tools. Steph Skardal will moderate and lead a discussion on PhotoShop. Daisy Aschehoug will discuss Illustrator, Michelle Wilkie will discuss Quilt Canvas, and… Read More
Making Your Mark on Fabric Get ready to expand your stash with hand-printed fabrics. In this webinar, Pantera will demonstrate techniques that can be used to create unique, one-of-a-kind designs on quilting fabrics. Utilizing block printing, freestyle painting, and mono-printing, you’ll learn how to produce cloth that’s truly your own. Read More
Modern Memory Quilts: Capturing Meaningful Moments Do you want to make your own memory quilt, but are unsure where to start? Join Suzanne for a webinar about creating modern memory quilts. In addition to overviews of memory keeping, empathy + design, and telling your story through colour, she’ll also share tips on technical considerations like starching,… Read More
Styling 101: Perfecting the Perfect Flat Lay Grab your sewing notions and fabric for a lesson in perfecting the perfect flat lay photograph. Using your phone camera, Christopher will take us from drab to fab and give us tips and tricks on creating a dynamic photograph for social media. Read More
Zoom In: Exploring Cropping & Scale in Modern Quilt Design In this webinar, Riane discusses how to “zoom in” on part of a traditional quilt block and transform it into a modern quilt of any size using negative space and asymmetry. She also explores the differences between traditional and alternate gridwork, and some of the foundational elements of modern quilt design. Read More
Design Process: From the Initial Spark to the Finished Quilt Join Tara for a webinar all about the process of design. She’ll share her process of taking an idea and developing it into a cohesive modern quilt — and how she resolves a design if things hit a wall. She’ll also share how she handles creative ruts and, most recently, how… Read More
Graffiti Quilting with Karlee Porter Join Karlee and the MQG for a fun webinar where Karlee will show you all about the popular free-motion quilting technique, graffiti quilting. Graffiti quilting is the act of rebellion in quilting form — consisting of super dense over-stitching, taking and combining many different quilting motifs into one cohesive piece,… Read More
SONG QUILTS: A Celebration of Stitch and Song The “Song Quilts” project visually interprets folk music from four distinct regions of Russia and the United States: Appalachian Mountain Music, Cowboy Music of the Western Plains, Moscow Music, and Music of the Russian Arctic. Over the last year I have traveled across the United States and Northwest Russia interviewing… Read More
Creating Quilts with Meaning: Material, Form, & Content As quilters, we make design decisions all the time. Our choices of fabrics, colours, techniques, and subject matter make our quilts unique and meaningful. This webinar will help you answer the question, “What is this quilt about?” and help you make sound decisions when creating your future quilts, whether they… Read More
Cleaning and Stabilizing Vintage Fabric to Use in Your Quilts Often, fabrics we salvage or save may be old, or possibly weakened from age and storage. But all is not lost! In this webinar, Blair will explain her strategies for preparing these fabrics to use in quilts. Bring these fabrics back to life and sew them into your patchwork to… Read More
