General Information: You will need to purchase the Gooseberry Garden pattern and your fabric prior to class. Yardage requirements are listed on the back of the cover sheet.

Selecting Fabric: Choose 4 main colors for the piecing of the blocks and then several colors for the applique berries, pinecones, flowers, and leaves.

Fabric color #1: Marbled light colored background.

Fabric color #2: Medium colored flying geese.

Fabric color #3: Medium light center triangles and the inner border.

Fabric color #4: Medium dark center baskets.

Things to do before class:

Please read the instructions prior to class.

Make your templates (follow the instructions on page 1 & 2 under “Templates”).

Cut out your foundation papers (follow the instructions on page 1 under “Foundation Papers”).

Please try to have all your strips and pieces cut prior to class. The complete cutting instructions are found on page 2 in your pattern. All fabric can be layered with wrong sides together before cutting for this quilt.

Template B: Cut 5″ strips for template B:

Color #1: Background Fabric; cut four (4) triangles.

Color #2: Flying Geese Fabric; cut six (6) strips (96 triangles)

Color #3: Corner Triangles; cut two (2) strips (28 triangles)

Template C: Cut 2 1/2″ strips for template C:

Color #1: Background Fabric; cut five (5) strips (48 pieces). Cut with wrong sides together.

Color #4: Basket Fabric; cut 2 strips (16 pieces). Cut with wrong sides together.

Template D: Cut 2 1/2″ strips for template D:

Color #1: Background Fabric; cut seven (7) strips (48 pieces). Cut with wrong sides together.

Color #4: Basket Fabric; cut three (3) strips (16 pieces). Cut with wrong sides together.

Template E: Cut eight (8) large 11 1/8″ squares from background fabric #1. Place Template E onto the squares and cross cut the section as illustrated for Template E in the instructions. Each square yields 4 quarter square triangles. Quarter square triangles are designed so that the longest side of the triangle is cut with the grain line allowing grain line to run along the inside and out side border edges.

Inner Border Strips: Cut four (4) strips 1 1/4″ by 32″ from fabric #3 for the inner border strips.

Following are required items for the class:

Small iron
Flat ironing board
Small scissors
Rotary cutter
Medium size cutting board
6″ by 24″ ruler
Add-A-Quarter ruler
A Purple Thang
Seam ripper
Scotch Tape
Washout fabric glue stick
1 box Ziploc bags, gallon size
Marking pencil
1/4″ foot for your sewing machine
Size 70 or 80 machine sewing needles
Surge protector
Purple Thang
Extension cord
A good working sewing machine
Flower pins
Large & small Ziploc bags
Stapler
A high quality silk finish cotton thread

Applique Supplies: I will demonstrate how I do my applique but in the one & two-day classes you will probably not have a chance to work with the machine for machine applique. If you want to pick up the supplies that I use here is a list of what I use.

Dissolve stabilizer
Bias bars
Roxanne basting glue
Size 80 and 60 sewing needles
Size 50 machine embroidery thread
Lightweight top stitching thread. This can be invisible, rayon, silk, or size 50
embroidery thread

If you have any questions regarding this class, please contact your instructor directly. Contact information for Judy and her Certified Instructors is available on our website at http://quiltworx.com. Please include your correct email address, phone number, and name. You may also want to check out our website www.quiltworx.com and our facebook page quiltworx.com prior to selecting fabrics. There are many samples, slide shows, and color-changing quilts available for you to enjoy. We also have corrections and helpful hints posted for most of the patterns we have published.

Judy Niemeyer and the Certified Instructors