Join quilting experts Cindy Grisdela, and Maria Shell for a 360 degree exploration of contemporary pieced patchwork. Each student will be creating their own medallion style quilt inspired by lessons in color, design, composition, and technique.

Workshop Structure Overview
Each day students will gather to hear each teacher’s perspectives on a particular subject matter. Lecture and Demo sessions will last approximately 1 hour with each teacher presenting for about twenty minutes. Then the students will decide which approach they would like to incorporate into their own medallion quilt. For example, each teacher will give a mini lecture on their approach to triangles, the student can then decide to which perspectives to incorporate on the triangle into their medallion quilt. Think of it as ala carte quilt making! When lectures are not in session, teachers will be available for small group demos, one on one consults, and more.

Lecture and Demo Sessions will be held at 9AM and 1PM daily.
NOTE—Each teacher will present their prespective on the topic for each Lecture & Demo session. Once the lectures are given, students will work independently and/or with teacher help to build their medallion quilts.

Monday
AM—Discussion about Color Palettes
PM—Discusion about Lines, Squares and Rectangles

Tuesday
AM— Discussion about how to Select Your Medallion Center and How to Combine Improv with
Traditional Piecing
PM—Discussion about Pointy Shapes

Wednesday
AM—Discussion about Circles & Curves
PM—One on one Student Consults—Student will sign up in advance to get feedback on design
and composition.

Thursday
AM—Round Table Q&A about Construction Issues and Moving Your Composition Forward
PM—One on one Student Consults—Student will sign up in advance to get feedback on design
and composition.

Friday
9AM—11AM Final Stitching Frenzy
11AM—The Big TADA–A showcase of Student Work with lots of oohs and ahhs.
1PM—Continued one on one consults

About the Instructors:

Instructor: Maria Shell
Shell’s quilt compositions are grounded in tradition, meant for the wall, and surprisingly modern. She is an improv quilt designer who likes to control all aspects of the quilt making process. Cut, Press, Stitch, Shape is her quilting motto.

Instructor: Cindy Grisdela

Cindy creates abstract designs in fabric with a focus on color and line. Her work is designed improvisationally without a preconceived pattern, a little bit like jazz music, where each decision about color and shape influences the next.

Click below to watch an informational webinar with Maria, Sarah and Cindy: