This class is scheduled to begin on September 24, 2009.

There are no rules in Crazy Quilting which allows for tremendous freedom but also has some beginners stumped as to where to start and how to control what they do to start! This workshop will give students the opportunity to learn how to piece, develop and heavily hand embellish a crazy quilt block with hand embroidery, beading and exploring different embellishing techniques while solving design, composition and colour issues. You may use the class to learn the basics of Crazy Quilting or explore more deeply the underlying design issues associated with working in such a heavily embellished style.

Covered in this workshop are techniques such as piecing, hand embroidery, beading and embellishment as well as handling the design elements of composition, balance and colour as applied to Crazy Quilting.

This class is suitable for beginners to intermediate stitchers and crazy quilters.

Class Structure:
Week 1: Introduction to Crazy Quilting. Collecting your goodies together. Fabric selection and block assembly. Colour selection decisions and basic composition tricks applied to Crazy Quilting.

Week 2: Starting to embellish the block. Hand embroidered seam treatments and embroidery that consolidates composition. Building on basic hand stitching techniques, developing combination stitches and adding variety and interest to a block through the choice of colour, thread and scale.

Week 3: Working with motifs. Motif selection, size, balance and placement. Transferring designs to fabric. Different possible hand embroidery techniques and treatments such as silk ribbon embroidery and using highly textured stitches such as bullion knots, cast-on stitch and drizzle stitch.

Week 4: Taking the eye on a journey by building up visual texture. Working with lace, ribbons and braids. Further embellishing and design considerations as blocks are embellished.

Week 5: Encrusting a block. Building up texture working with buttons and beads. The implications of highly textured areas for the composition and design elements of a block. Areas to highlight in order to produce a block that reads in a holistic manner although it may be 'busy' and heavily encrusted with embellishment.

Week 6: More possible embellishment techniques and combinations of techniques. Methods to pull the block together. General tips, tricks, advice on balancing the many elements of design active on a crazy quilt block. Where to go from here and nurture your own creativity.

The supply list will be sent to all students one week before the class starts. Once you buy this class you will receive an email order confirmation, but you will not hear from us again until the supply list is sent.

A high speed connection to the internet is recommended for all students.

In order to participate in online classes at joggles you are expected to have basic computer and internet skills. You need to be able to browse the internet, know how to download and save a document to your PC's hard drive, and understand how to open and save email attachments. It is your responsibility to learn these skills before the class begins.

Please be certain you are comfortable with all of these skills. Class fees will not be refunded once the class has begun.