Dresden Neighborhood

Saturday, September 28             10:00 - 4:00 pm

This class features the Dresden Neighborhood pattern – but you’ll come away with sew much more!  In addition to the featured quilt – you’ll learn about the many, MANY ways you can create and use Dresden Wheels in your quilt making!  Or you can choose a different DRESDEN quilt – and I’ll work with you to create it!

Pattern:  Dresden Neighborhood   by Persimmon Dreams   (retails for $12.00)

Class Prep:    This fun quilt project requires no pre-class preparation other than gathering  your fabrics and supplies together!  Once you make one – you’ll want to make one for every season and holiday!

Supplies:

•       Fabrics and Fusible Web
•       Sewing machine in good working order
•       Threads
•       Open Toe/Appliqué Foot & ¼” Foot
•       Small or Medium sized cutting mat
•       Rotary cutter and Ruler
•       Pressing pad and Personal Iron (not required but helpful)
•       Pens (fabric and paper)
•       Dresden Ruler – 18° is what the pattern calls for – but any wedge ruler can work – it will just change the number of houses in your neighborhood!

Fabrics Required:

•       2/3 yard for background
•       20 scraps for houses (approximately 4” x 10”)
•       Additional scraps for roofs (colors/blacks/grays?), windows (black/cream/gold) and doors (??)
•       1 yard each of heavy duty fusible (like Hot Fix or Heat N Bond Ultra Hold and a lighter weight like WonderUnder, regular Heat N Bond or Steam-a-Seam2.

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