Description
Select the appropriate option in the drop-down above: Lancaster Modern Quilt Guild Member Price: $40 Non-Lancaster Modern Quilt Guild Member Price: $50
Welcome to the Crooked Crosses and Bent Boxes.
The workshop will be by Zoom on Sunday March 23, 2025 1p-5p eastern.
‘Semi-improv’ is a technique for those who want the look and feel of improv, but who aren’t quite ready to give up their rulers
The workshop will kick off with a detailed overview of the pattern to orient the participants. Hands-on instruction will be provided for each step of the Crooked Crosses and Bent Boxes quilt pattern and classroom time will be allowed for participants to progress toward making a 30” x 30” wall handing or 15” x 60” table runner of their own.
The pattern uses efficient, traditional piecing techniques like strip piecing and nested seams. We’ll use a ruler at every step! Cross blocks and Box blocks are constructed using modular subunits: cutting the same subunits from each of several fabric colors, then mixing-and-matching them in different orientations and color value combinations to create variety and depth. Individual blocks are constructed larger than required, then trimmed, improv-style to create movement in the final piece.
Before the Workshop:
- Please purchase a .pdf, downloadable copy of the Crooked Crosses and Bent Boxes (CCBB) quilt pattern, list price $15, from my Etsy shop. Each participant will need their own copy. • FeltLikeSweets Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/876919884
- Please come to the workshop with all fabric cut and labeled. This will allow us to maximize our instruction and sewing time. Follow the cutting instructions for a Baby Quilt, page 2 of the CCBB pattern. The Baby Quilt cutting instruction use 6 Fat Quarters or Quarter Yard cuts. Participants will cut the same pieces from each of their 6 fabrics.
- Please read through the CCBB pattern.
Workshop Supplies to bring:
- A .pdf copy of the CCBB pattern
- 6 Fat Quarters or Quarter Yards of fabric, cut and labeled following the Baby Quilt instructions.
- 5½” square quilting ruler. Square rulers larger than 5½” will work.
Fabric Selection:
When pulling fabrics for this workshop, my best advice is: be adventurous! There are no wrong choices!
This pattern was developed with solid fabrics. The pattern’s cover quilt uses Kona solids in Watermelon, Valentine, Wasabi, Pickle, Creamsicle and Capri. The best combinations have a variety of color values: 1-2 light colors, 1-2 dark colors and the rest mid-tones.
Patterned and directional fabrics can also be used. Just beware that the patterns will not line up when the blocks and quilt are constructed (and that’s o.k.!). This may enhance the overall impact as their colors, shapes and forms interact as a result of the improv construction, trimming and layout options. Consider these as an opportunity for creativity and exploration.
Explore the color/print options that other quilters have used by searching the hashtag: #crookedcrossesquilt on Instagram, and feel free to share your fabric pull tagged with this hashtag. A few of my favorites are in the gallery, below.
@sew.sutured’s version uses 6 fabrics:
- 4 solids in shades of grey/black (light, mid- and dark value)
- 1 bright blue
- Black and white stripe
@hexenweib’s version uses 6 prints: Various shades of white/grey/black/Gold
@fabraholicquilts’s version uses solids: Various shades of red, peach, yellow and olive in dark, mid- and light values
@ninja_quilter’s version uses Tula Pink prints in a variety of colors and color values.
@pepitoolive’s version uses 6 Lemonni Prints by Figo Fabrics in a variety of colors and color values.
@feltlikesweets’s version uses a combination of solids and small prints in dark and light shades of turquoise, yellow and green.
@lopolokko’s version uses a combination of 2 colorful prints (dark and mid-value and 4 coordinating solids (mid- and light-value)
@cutstitchpressrepeat’s version uses a combination of red, white and blue prints and batiks in light, mid and dark values.
