Category Archives: Classes

Hand applique pet portrait

Posted on March 2, 2018 by admin

The great thing about helping with EBHQ’s workshops is that I’m taking classes outside my comfort zone, that I wouldn’t ordinarily have signed up for. That’s how I found myself spending two days with Nancy Brown, hand appliqueing a portrait of … Continue reading →

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Hamsa class this Sunday!

Posted on February 28, 2018 by admin

I’m teaching my Hamsa class again this Sunday in Berkeley at the JCCEB, 1414 walnut St. Here’s a link to sign up: https://catalog.lehrhaus.org/course/2018/winter/A150-BJ/  There is still lots of room in the class, but enough have signed up so that it … Continue reading →

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Star class and quilts

Posted on February 13, 2018 by admin

On Feb. 4 I taught a liberated star class at Hello Stitch. The name of the class was Very Variable Star. As I was making demo stars for the class, I wanted to see what would happen if I put … Continue reading →

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Sujata inspired place-mat or very small quilt

Posted on December 26, 2017 by admin

I’m hoping to finish another quilt that’s larger than 12″ x 12″ before 2017 ends. Meanwhile I finished this place-mat which I started in Sujata Shah’s EBHQ workshop. This is the block she calls crossroads. I’m also working on finishing … Continue reading →

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Magic squares

Posted on December 22, 2017 by admin

Here is a block called magic squares, also from the Mac Attack workshop  at New Pieces. This is a tessellation.  All four of the pieces in each block are identical. I must have rearranged the pieces as I was sewing … Continue reading →

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Mac Attack class

Posted on December 20, 2017 by admin

I took an improvisational piecing class at New Pieces called Mac Attack with Mike MacNamara. Here are some photos: This one started as two fabrics one on top of the other. I had a half yard of orange and a … Continue reading →

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Take a candlestick making class with me!

Posted on November 17, 2017 by admin

I’m teaching this class through Lehrhaus Judaica MAKING SHABBAT YOUR OWN: SHABBAT CANDLESTICKS Come make Shabbat candlesticks from metal foil, discuss how to make the celebration of Shabbat work for yourself or your family, and learn the “Secret of Shabbat!” While … Continue reading →

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Class with Maria Shell

Posted on November 12, 2017 by admin

Here are two quilts by Maria Shell, a quilter from Alaska. I took her class today at HelloStitch.  The class was called Riffing on Tradition-taking a traditional block and improvising on it. I decided to use a four-patch.  The blocks … Continue reading →

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More wonky log cabins

Posted on October 30, 2017 by admin

Here are three wonky log cabin blocks in some of my favorite fabrics. I made them in an EBHQ workshop. They are quite free form, and also not square. I also didn’t keep track of the usual order of adding … Continue reading →

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Mini Maker Faire in Oakland

Posted on October 25, 2017 by admin

I had so much fun on Sunday! I was at the Mini Maker Faire with EBHQ , teaching kids and adults how to make “nine-patches”. All of the nine-patches will be made into quilts that will be donated to people who … Continue reading →

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