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Polygon Tool
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Lectures
Gyleen is absolutely passionate about quilting! Color enlivens all her work, and she is perhaps best known for her sense of color along with her technical design ability. She lectures on color and various techniques to make the complex so simple. All lectures are supported by a trunk show of quilts.
Path to Modern: From Traditional through contemporary to modern, let�s explore designs with rectangles and squares that are the building components for modern quilts. Featuring quilts from the Bricks, Cobblestones and Pebbles series.
It’s a Polygon Affair: Step outside the “square” to evaluate the mechanics of Pyramid, Diamond, Kite and Hexagon quilts. It starts with the simplicity and elegance of the one patch and continues with a play of combined mix and match. The look can be contemporary or modern with just the right twist. Features quilts from the Polygon Affair Series I & II.
Make Mine with Scraps: Focus on traditional utility quilts. Use up, cut up or recycle what you have on hand to make stunning quilts. Learn to harmonize exchange and friendship blocks or clear your clutter with strips and squares.
The Art of Color Blending: Explore what the mind sees but the eyes cannot. Gain insight on how to read each fabric’s color to successfully use 50 plus fabrics within one quilt. Even a two color quilt can have over 20 fabrics!
The Creative Art of Finishing: Stop the madness! Don’t get bogged down with unfinished projects instead consider them new possibilities. Vintage or newly abandon discover creative ways to reconfigure or upcycle orphan projects to suit today’s life style. Let’s talk about how to finish.
Workshops
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Central to Gyleen’s success as a quilter is her willingness to jump right into a project. Gyleen suggests that you just grab some fabric and SEW IT! Small projects lend themselves easily to this approach since they don’t require much fabric. It really isn’t necessary to develop a precise plan or to spend two weeks choosing the “perfect” fabrics. Let’s go with the flow and make a beautiful quilt. All workshops use a Colourful Stitches’ pattern.
Free instructions to Gyleen’s Official Pieced Back was originally published in BERNINA’s online magazine, “Through the Needle”, issue 7 as “Baby’s Got Back!” article. BERNINA no longer publishes that magazine, however they have given me authorization to add their PDF of my instruction to my site. And yes, it’s still free. Thanks, BERNINA. Click here for the Baby’s Got Back PDF.
I’m on The Quilt Show, Episode 909. See the behind the scenes slide show taken during the actual taping of my episode #909 on The Quilt Show. Watch the full hour to learn the Butterfly Seam and how to use the Pineapple Tool.
I’m on The Quilt Show, Episode 1403. See the behind the scenes slide show taken during the actual taping of my episode #1403 on The Quilt Show. Become a member and watch the full hour to learn the Butterfly Seam for inset seam. sSample makes a table runner with Tumbling blocks and 6-pointed Stars.
I’m on The Quilt Show AGAIN, Episode 2012. See the behind the scenes slide show taken during the actual taping of my episode #2012 on The Quilt Show. Become a member and watch the full hour to learn how to piece perfect Pinwheels, make a beautiful medallion quilt beginning with a panel or orphan block and yes, because you asked how to make my official pieced back. Check out the teaser trailer for the episode HERE.
