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Lessons at Crabtree Lane Studio
Quilting lessons are available at Crabtree Lane Studio, located in Abington, MA. Students receive individual attention in their choice of projects, with special attention to color selection, pattern choice and method of construction. Pat specializes in machine quilting, appliqué, and piecing.
Classes are conveniently available morning and evening. They run in six-week cycles, and class sizes are small.
Pat is also available for trunk shows and off-site classes. Topics include:
• Color and Value
• Mock Hand Appliqué by Machine
• Beginner to Advanced Machine Quilting
• Life Journey Quilts
• Paper Piecing for Accuracy
• Polymer Buttons & Beads
Hue Can Do It!
7 tricks for picking a palette
(color workshop)
Choosing a color scheme for your quilt doesn’t have to be a challenge. Learn easy tricks from Pat Delaney, winner of numerous color awards from Vermont Quilt to Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival to The Gathering. We’ll play with fabric and glue and experiment to discover the secrets to successful color choices. We’ll also discuss the importance of value in making your quilts lively and interesting. Non-sewing.
Please bring to class:
• Scissors
• Small mat
• Ruler
• Rotary cutter
• Color chart (The instructor will have a limited number of color charts for sale during the session.)
Take a Mock on the Wild Side:
An intro to mock appliqué techniques (sewing workshop)
Mock hand appliqué, a method of machine work, is much faster than hand appliqué, yet it looks nearly identical. We'll explore various shapes and curves, and by the end of the class, we'll end up with a large block suitable for a quilt block or pillow top. Once the technique is mastered, virtually all appliqué designs can be done with heirloom quality by machine.
Please bring to class:
• Scissors
• Small mat
• Ruler
• Rotary cutter
Creating a life journey quilt
(sewing workshop)
The journey is the reward.
—Chinese Proverb
Learn how to create a personalized, heirloom quilt that celebrates a special person or occasion. Using a strip-pieced watercolor design as our starting point, we'll discuss how to represent the personal memories and treasured stories that you want to preserve. Demonstrations of motif fabrics and photo transfers will be included.
Please bring to class:
• Sewing machine—in good working order with user’s guide
• Machine needles size 80
• ¼" foot especially edging foot
• Mechanical pencil, notebook
• Scissors
• Seam ripper
• Extension cord
• Rotary cutter
• Mat
• Large ruler (6" x 18" or 24")
• Small ruler (such as 4" square or 3" x 8")
• Neutral thread in a tan or grey size 50
• Extra fine glass head pins
• Iron, ironing mat
• 45" square of batting for design wall
• Fabrics — 1/8 yd. or fat quarters
• LARGE amount of motif fabrics (smaller scale works best) pertaining to subject
• MANY other fabrics for fill. These should be three or more colors each and densely packed. Make sure you have a large amount of lights and darks besides mediums. You can’t have too many! Florals and non-geometric freeforms work well.Tone-on-tone, solids, batiks, and plaids do not. Pre-cut watercolor strips are ok.
Ready, Set, Sew!
Revving up with machine quilting
(machine sewing workshop)
Ladies, start those machines! Pat Delaney, a machine quilter with awards from Vermont Quilt to Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival to The Gathering, will introduce you to the basic machine-quilting skills that will shift your quilting into high gear! Topics include using stencils, graphic inspirations, freehand techniques, stippled designs, and more.
Please bring to class:
• Your best machine in good working order
• Walking foot
• Free-motion/darning foot
• New needles
(size 75 quilting or 80 universal)
• Good quality thread.
(Aurifil 50 wt. Cotton or Mettler 50/3 or 60/3)
• Nylon thread (.004 SewArt or YLI)
• Disappearing or chalk marker
• Six 20x20 pieces of muslin or solid color cotton fabric
• Three 20x20 sheets of cotton or cotton/poly thin batting (such as Warm n Natural or Hobbs Heirloom)
• Package of small #1 safety pins
• Scissors and basic sewing accessories
Optional items:
• Extension table
• Quilting gloves
• Neutrogena Norwegian hand cream
• Finger tips or the fingers cut from a pair of small kitchen gloves
• Stencils
• Straight stitch throat plate
• “Slider sheet”
Claying Around:
Creating unique quilt embellishments
Learn simple effects with polymer clay to create buttons and beads. Polymer clays blend beautifully, so any color can be achieved to match your fabrics exactly. A quick trip to the oven sets the clay permanantly. Non-sewing.
Please bring to class:
• Polymer clay—small size packages in various colors, plus black and white. Include basics and any special colors you would like
• Various tools to work with such as pieces of wire, toothpicks, bamboo skewer, darning needle, rolling tool, such as a section of pvc pipe(small), plexiglass rod(6 inch), or small rolling pin
• Cutting tool—single edge blades available in craft depts
• Baby wipes
• 12" ceramic tile (makes a good work surface) or a sheet of freezer paper (to cover table) and masking tape
• Shoe box or plastic container to transport projects
• Small sheets of polyester batting to fit box
Optional item:
• Dedicated pasta maker not to be used for food
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