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Class Kit
Pattern $12
Purchased from Instructor prior to event
Skill Level
Confident Beginner to Intermediate
About the Class
Can you take a decade of highs and lows, twists and turns, and have everything “come round
right”? This whimsical quilt, inspired by the lyrics of the hymn “Tis a Gift to be Simple”,
celebrates our ability to turn and bend and choose happiness no matter what. It’s a little like life.
In this class you will take the traditional Dresden fan quilt block and improvise with it to create
large scale flowers on a quilt top. These can be appliqued by hand or by machine. It’s a little
taste of arranging and designing your own composition so the finished product looks just right to
your creative eye. Then the entire quilt is finished off with a vibrant border full of stems and
leaves which are also a subtle nod to the number 10. We will have so much fun making Come
Round Right!
Students will be expected to come to class with the main section of their background fabrics
sewn so we can jump right into making the flowers. You can expect to create at least one of
your flowers in class, and receive instruction for completing the entire quilt top.
Fabric Requirements
Background:
Main background print: 32.5” x 38.5” (1 yard, or 1 1/8 yard, depending on direction of print)
First border: 1/2 yard (EXACT measurement assuming 40” width of fabric, if you would like extra
to be safe, then 2/3 yard)
Second border: 1/2 yard
Pieced outer border:
Main fabric: 1.5 yards if using one fabric, OR 8 fat quarters
Background fabric: 2/3 yard
Dresden flowers:
Large full flower:
Petals: 1/4 yard each of two coordinating fabrics, OR 2 coordinating fat quarters
Flower center: 10” square PLUS any small circles or other details desired (cover quilt features
2.5” circle in center and (7) 1.25” circles surrounding, plus dark fabric scraps for small bias
stamen)
Medium half flower petals:
8” x 15” piece of one colored fabric for petals
8” x 15” piece of one fabric to blend with background
Coneflower center: 5” square
Small flower petals:
7” x 13” piece of two coordinating fabrics
Receptacles: 5” square, 2.5” square
Stems:
1.5” x 15” strip green print
1” x 7” strip green print
Green scraps 2” x 4” for piecing larger stems (can also be cut from other green fabrics already
in use. The more variety the better, so look through your scraps for all the greens!)
Leaves:
7” x 10” pieces of 10 different green prints (OR scraps are great for this - each needs to be
large enough to cut a 7” long Dresden blade from, for a total of 20)
Backing: 4 yards
Binding: 1/2 yard
Instructor
Jennifer Harrison
Twenty years ago Jennifer walked into a quilt shop expecting to make one quilt and check it off her bucket list. Instead, she discovered a medium for exploring color, texture, design, and storytelling which quickly eclipsed all other creative interests. She is an avid quilter, blogger, pattern writer, and mom to 8 kids. Jennifer believes that creativity is one of our deepest yearnings and that it deserves to be included in everyday life. Her quilts are both an exercise in creativity and a search for hope and light in her daily life. She believes that quilts will matter so long as we have arms to wrap around each other. In addition to quilting, she enjoys reading biographies, writing, spending time with her husband and 8 children, and growing lavender. She blogs about quilts and life at hopefulhomemaker.com.
Teaching: Come Right Round Quilt and Decades Quilt
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