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Start with a traditional quilt block and play with it to design your own quilt—be it modern or with a more traditional vibe—that doesn’t look like the original block. If you want to design your own quilts but don’t quite know where to start, or if you want a little bit of guidance and structure to get your quilt creativity (Quiltivity?) moving, this is the class for you.

You’ll use such techniques as slice, dice, slip and slide, Swap Meet, Pull a Block Out of a Hat, to start on your quiltivity adventure. In short, we’re going to do some exploring and playing, and having some fun with designing.

This is a design class, rather than a sewing class, so you won’t need a sewing machine or fabric. You WILL want to bring:
* a pencil and eraser
*a black fine liner (such as Micron) or pen; a ball point or gel is fine—you just want to be able to easily see it through tracing paper
*a few colored pencils

Examples of quilts designed by using explorations you’ll learning the class:

“Whatever” class March 21, 2024. (ACME Fabric and Quilt, Blair NE)

Explorations for Fun lecture March 30, 2024 (Clarinda Lied Public Library, Clarinda IA)

“Proximity” class April 5, 2024 (ACME Fabric and Quilt, Blair NE)

“Attic Mirror” class June 15, 2024 (ACME Fabric and Quilt, Blair NE)

Block Riffs class March 11, 2025 (Omaha Quilt Guild)

Quilt Explorations for Fun lecture March 11, 2025 (Omaha Quilt Guild)