English Paper Piecing for Travelers
Week 2 | M, W, Th | Turner 106 | Ages 14 and up
Sew creatively anywhere — in the Amp, in a car, on a plane! Learn a simple, portable, fun way to hand-stitch creative, colorful objects from fabric scraps using the English paper piecing technique. Wrap paper templates in fabric to create patches, then join them with hand stitching into kaleidoscopic designs. You'll make a diamond or rosette-shaped holiday ornament to take home. Your kit includes all the tools needed to continue this craft anywhere, making or decorating quilts, bags, clothing or home furnishings. Add your own personal touches with meaningful fabric from your life!
Materials fee of $30 due to instructor at start of class.
Class Times
Students should come to class prepared with the following materials:
- Scraps of 100% cotton quilting fabric (minimum 1 3/4" wide) totaling no more than a quarter yard.
- 3-4 coordinated small prints or mottled textures work well, though up to nine fabrics can be used.
- Sewing kit: small sharp scissors, fine sewing needles, short pins, fine thread to match fabrics plus any color for basting, needle threader, seam ripper, gallon bag of polyester fiberfill stuffing. A kit of fabric and tools is available for $30.00.
- Optional: beeswax or thread conditioner, thimble.
Mary Jane Eichacker-Kaufman
B.A. in History, Hanover College. Forty-five years' experience as a curator in the museum field, specializing in textiles and quilts. Named Curator Emerita of Social History by the Indiana State Museum upon retirement in 2018. Active member of the Midwest Fabric Study Group, the Quilters Hall of Fame, etc.
