Dan is available for lectures and workshops.
Email or call for dates in 2012/2013!
Workshop / Class Topics
I. Positive / Negative
(for the beginning Foundation piecer).
A three-block wall hanging utilizing 2 fabrics with
border. Newsprint will be our foundation.
Finished wallhanging measurers 20" x
43". 6 hours class. $35.00 each student. Kits
available at additional cost.
II. A New Twist on an Old Favorite
(for the intermediate Foundation piecer)
Three blocks will be constructed including:
New York Beauty
Melon
Poppies
Newsprint will be our foundation. 6 hour class.
$35.00 each student, includes patterns. Kits
available at $21.00.
III. Tree Skirt
(for the beginning Foundation piecer)
Using Dan's Holiday Star pattern, a 60"
Christmas Tree Skirt will be constructed. 6 hour
class. $60.00 each student, includes pattern.
Kits available at additional cost.
IV. Cosmos
(for the beginning Foundation piecer)
Using Dan's Cosmos Lone Star pattern, an 84" by
97" quilt will be constructed. 6 hour class. $65.00
each student, includes pattern. Kits available at
additional cost.
V. Michigan Snowflakes
(for the intermediate Foundation piecer)
Using Dan's new book (due out in late August, 2011)
Michigan Snowflakes, we will be constructing one of
seven projects. 6 hour class. $35.00 each student,
pattern cost is $15.00. Book will be offered to
students at a 50% discount when available.
VI. Earth Wind and Water Tablerunner
or Great Ball of Fire Quilt
(for the beginning Foundation piecer)
Using Quiltmaker Magazine's Pattern from Sept/Oct,
2010 (Pattern Fee: $4.99) 6 hour class. $35.00 each
student, pattern cost is $4.99 payable to Dan who will
purchase on-line copy from Quiltmaker. $5.00
foundation printing fee.
Tablerunner Kit 14" x 42" available for $35.00
Quilt Kit 50" x 50" available for $125.00
Lecture Topics
I. The History of Foundation Piecing
Dan's background is given, a brief history of
Foundation Piecing, and discussion of quilters who
have made foundation piecing a more popular
medium for quilting. A show of approximately 25
quilts.
II. Types of Foundation Piecing
Dan's background is given, a brief history of
Foundation Piecing, a show-and-tell of the
types of media used to foundation piece, such
as:
a. Tissue paper
b. Freezer paper
c. Newsprint
d. 20 pound paper (regular old copy paper)
A show of approximately 25 quilts.