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Class Kit
Pattern: $12, available in Hopeful Homemaker Etsy Shop
Skill Level
Intermediate
About the Class
The Decades Quilt is a tribute to growth, resilience, producing good fruit, and directing energy to what matters most, all done over and over again across the decades. It is portrayed in a large, modern take on the tree of life framed by stars to celebrate the fruits of our efforts. The outer border creates lovely movement as it frames the vibrant tree, and also adds a subtle “X” to signify the Roman numeral for the number 10. In this class you will learn several skills, such as half square triangles, half rectangle triangles, unique Dresden plate blocks, and a small amount of foundation paper piecing. The Decades quilt class will be action packed and full of fun as we create our one-of-a-kind quilts!
Fabric Requirements
Tree:
Trunk/branches: 1/8 yard each of 5 different browns, OR you can use fat eighths, fat quarters, or scraps
Leaves: 1/3 yard each of 7 different greens, OR use scraps, fat quarters, etc.
Background for tree: 2/3 yard
Star Blocks framing tree:
Star fabric: 1/4 yard
Star background: 1/2 yard
Border blocks:
Corner stars:
Star centers: (4) 3” squares
Star points: 6” x WOF strip
Star background: 6” x WOF strip
Dresden blocks:
Dark blue fabric (makes “x”): 1/2 yard
Light blue fabric: 1/3 yard
Medium pink: 1/2 yard
Light pink: 1 yard
Center ovals: 1/4 yard or fat quarter
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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