Your stash offers you infinite opportunites for making fabulous quilts! Carol will talk about several design principles (value, color and repetition) and how they apply to quilts.
She will demonstrate how quilts or quilt blocks that are very similar but have had one change made between them to illustrate how the design principles impact the final quilt.
She will discuss the impact of different colors of neutrals. Carol will share the techniques she uses to get the contrast (or blending) of colors and values to get the results that she wants in her quilts. She will show a variety of quilts and quilted projects that she's made with her stash and provide a handout to stimulate ideas for attendees to start using their own stashes.
During forty years of quilting, Carol has become interested in making small quilted projects as well as quilts. As a retired physician, she enjoys bringing her technical mind to quilting. She likes to find ways to make the construction process easier while producing better results. She has also refined techniques for building, organizing, and using a stash that make it a joy to have and to use. She loves to use bright colors. In addition to quilts, she makes many small quilted items.
Carol has been teaching quilting classes for about ten years. She loves sharing her tips and tricks with others and encouraging students as they try new projects and techniques. One of her favorite aspects of teaching is seeing students succeed at completing a challenging project. Another is seeing students have “Aha!” moments during which they see how simple changes in technique can help them create projects that look better while taking less effort.
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