Upcycle A Sweatshirt - Put A Quilt Block On It!

Please note this workshop is taking place from 6 - 9 pm Pacific Time!

You Will Learn:

• To accurately cut using a rotary cutter, ruler, and cutting mat
• How to piece your quilt block
• How to stabalize your quilt block
• How to attach your quilt block to your garment

You are Welcome To Join This Class If:

• You should have a couple of simple sewing projects under your belt and be comfortable threading and operating a machine.

What To Bring:

• a sweatshirt or hoodie
• enough fabric for 9 different 4”/10 cm squares
  You can use scraps of quilting cotton or linen or upcycle tea towels, button-down shirts, old sheets/pillowcases etc. Any mid-weight, woven fabric (not stretchy) will work.
  If you don’t have anything to upcycle, you can buy 9 different 5” lengths of quilting cotton or stable linen fabric or 9 "fat quarters" (quilting measurement) from a fabric store. You will have leftover fabric!
• 2 spools of good quality all-purpose thread (e.g. Mettler, Gutermann): 1 colour that blends in with your fabrics (for piecing, grey usually works) and 1 that matches your sweatshirt (for topstitching). (No vintage or dollar store thread, please, as these tend to break!)
• Your sewing machine, if you have one and want to bring it
• Gala Fabrics generously offers 20% off to Gather & Stitch students when shopping for their class supplies. Just show staff your emailed class receipt at the till to get your discount!

I Will Provide:

• All tools and equipment
• Fusible web to attach your quilt block to your sweatshirt
• (If you need one) A sewing machine, foot pedal, and an empty bobbin.