Beginner Workshop: Make a Checkerboard, Saturday & Sunday, December 9th & 10th, 1pm-3:30pm

Instructor: Courtney Zerizef

Skill Level: Beginner*, ages 15 and up

Class Length: 2 sessions, 2.5 hrs each

It's the perfect, handmade, "quick-make" Christmas gift for the checkers or chess player in your life. This course will go through all the steps to create a beautiful floor, quilted checkerboard, including cute, felted checker pieces.

In this course, you'll learn:

1 - the difference in pressing seams open or to the side -- this is a hot button topic in the quilting world, and you'll learn when is best to use which method as both have advantages and disadvantages!

2 - how to create a checker pattern (also popular in other quilting patterns, or great to use with scraps).

3 - adding a border to a pattern (optional).

4 - using a walking foot and selecting a quilting pattern.

By the end of the weekend, you'll walk away with a finished quilt top, as time allows, we'll proceed through the quilt sandwich process, and may have time to begin the binding process. Quilt completion will likely be done after class.

Supply List:

- 1/2 yard fabric or 2 fat quarters (one set of Checkers) 

- 1/2 yard fabric or 2 fat quarters (one set of Checkers)

- 1 yard fabric (backing)

- 1/4 yard (binding)

- 1/8 to 1/4 yard for border fabric (optional), may also use extra backing or binding fabric 

- 1 yard Quilt Batting

- 1 small spools of Mettler Metrosene All-Purpose Polyester Thread 

Be prepared - purchase your supplies online or in person before class begins! Class supplies are available for purchase at Modern Domestic. To purchase supplies online and pick up the day of your class, just select NE Alberta Store for pick-up. To purchase supplies in store, we recommend allowing at least 45 minutes to shop. Please note that our store hours are Monday-Saturday, 10am-5pm. 

*Skill Level: Beginner - You’ve taken a class or two and are starting to get comfortable with the basics. You know what a seam allowance is, you’ve sewn a little on your own, but you still need a little help with remembering how to thread the machine and wind a bobbin. These classes usually have little if any homework to complete outside of class time. The prerequisite for any Beginner class is a Sew Basics class, Learn to Sew class, or equivalent. This skill level is not for people who have never used a sewing machine before.

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