Fun with Little Squares
By Emma Allen
Play with 2” fabric squares to create a 7-1/2” block. You will select fabric squares from Emma’s stash of thousands of pre-washed, pre-cut cotton fabrics in a full range of colors.
The class will include an introduction to color theory. Techniques for cutting, stitching, and pressing will be demonstrated and used to create a custom block. If time allows, multiple blocks may be completed.
You will walk away with a better understanding of color, tools to keep track of your design as you sew and press, and techniques to create beautifully intersecting seams. Once home, you can use your completed block in the project of your choice.
Supplies:
Emma will provide each participant with free access to her stash of 2” squares, a portable design board, tools, and an illustrated handout to help you create a unique block. Yes, you keep the design board and tools!
Participants should bring:
A sewing machine with a presser foot suitable for stitching ¼” seams (sewing machine should be in good working order with a fresh needle and oiled, if necessary.) Don’t forget your foot pedal and plug.
A full bobbin and matching spool of thread in a neutral color
Thread snips
Cost: $50.00 payable to Emma Allen
**Emma does require a minimum of 2 participates. Bring your friend for a fun time playing with small squares with Emma**
A little about Emma Allen-
Background: BA in Philosophy from William and Mary, professional machine embroidery artist under the name Perfect Little Stitches 1997 – 2016, sewing for as long as she can remember, quilting since 1981, art quilting since 2019.
Artist Statement: Each quilt speaks to me as I go along. I never know where I’m headed until the quilt is completed.
Affiliations: Art Quilt Tribe ,Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild, SAQA
Juried Exhibits
“Entangled and Pulled Together (jacket and hat), Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, February, 2024, juried by Susan Edmondson and Joyce Fischer
”Celebrate!”, Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, February, 2024, juried by Susan Edmondson and Joyce Fischer
”Radiance”, Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, February, 2024, juried by Paula Golden and Sue Nickels
”Celebrate!”, Mancuso Pacific International Quilt Festival, October, 2023, juried by Sue Nickels and Maria Shell
”Hikers’ Blues”, Mancuso Quiltfest, Greenville, SC, April 2023, juried by Susan Edmonson and Linda J. Hahn
“A Tree for All Seasons” and “Stay Safe Dear Hiker”, Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, February, 2023, juried by Bobbie Bergquist and Susan Edmonson
“If Van Gogh Had Been a Quilter”, Mancuso Pacific International Quilt Festival, October, 2022, juried by Sue Nickels and Pat Yamin
“The Tree Swing”, Mancuso Pennsylvania Quilt Extravaganza, September, 2022, juried by Bobbie Bergquist and Joyce Fischer
Quilt Show Group Exhibits:
“The Spunky One”, Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Art Quilt Tribe, February, 2024
“Fragile”, Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild Challenge, February, 2024
“Our Place in Infinity”, Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild Challenge, February, 2023
“The Touch”, Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild Challenge, February, 2022
Awards:
“Keep Jackson Pollock away from my Next Quilt”, Grace Company Spring Fling (online show), first place in the “Technology category, October, 2024
“Entangled and Pulled Together (jacket and hat), Mancuso Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Wearable Art, Judge’s Choice and Viewers’ Choice, February, 2024
“Ode to Joy”, Grace Company Fall Festival (online quilt show), second place in the “Quilted Couture” category, October, 2023
“A Tree for All Seasons”, Grace Company Spring Fling (online quilt show), second place in the “In It for the Long Haul” category, April, 2023
Publications:
“The Touch” was included in Quilted Poems: An Ekphrastic Collaboration of Poets and Quilters, with specific mention in the forward, © 2021