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Dana Jones
Quiltmaker • Quilt Teacher • Quilt Designer
Author • Editor • Photographer • Artist
Journalist • Quilt Classes • Quilt Lectures
"Warp Speed" by Dana Jones
Quilted by Rita Meyerhoff
Take Your Quilting to A New Level: Finding Your Design Sense
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (noon-3 p.m. Eastern, 1-2 p.m. Central, and 9 a.m.-noon p.m. Pacific)
Begins Thursday, January 9, 2025, then meets the first Thursday of the month through June 5, 2025.
Meeting dates: Thursdays, January 9, February 6, March 6, April 3, May 1, and June 5, 2025
This workshop will change your life! Students say:
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"I was a good quilter. Now I'm a quilt designer."
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"Color is so fun."
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"I'm making quilts I never even imagined before."
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"There's more content here than in a college design class."
Finding Your Design Sense will introduce you to the basics of design — balance, unity, variety, line, shape, value, color, pattern, texture and more — through in-class activities and at-home play. You’ll learn what appeals to you toward developing your design style. Then you'll go deeper into using these concepts to design quilts. In this class, you will:
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Learn concepts of design you can use to design quilts and to adapt other people’s designs;
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Discover and hone practices used by successful designers to help you constantly grow and develop your skills;
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Develop awareness of design that is around you in nature, architecture, clothing, everyday life and more;
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Be stretched to try new ideas, some that will push you to new place, some that will affirm your ability as a designer;
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Participate in a community of quilters who want to go that next step toward creating one-of-a-kind stunning quilts; and
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Become confident that you can design quilts unique to you.
The class will meet once a month for six months, allowing time between classes to use what you learn. Sessions will be recorded and the YouTube link for recordings sent to you within 48 hours of each class. You'll receive a list of home-play activities after each class that will help you practice what was covered in the class. You'll be able to pick from a number of these each month as you customize your learning to your interests and direction.
You will have opportunities to share your work throughout the class. The Instructor will be available to you between classes via email, phone calls and one-on-one Zoom sessions. You'll learn best practices for critique sessions and can participate in a final critique session as you are interested in doing so.
Don't miss the opportunity to be part of this amazing class. Register now!
"Bird on a Branch" by Dana Jones, quilted by Rita Meyerhoff
Demystifying Design for FPP
Pick the Class That Best Fits You Schedule
WEEKEND, SUNDAYS: Sundays, January 12 and 19, 2025
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Mountain Time
(noon-3 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Central, 9 a.m.-noon Pacific)
WEEKDAY: Thursdays, January 16 and 23, 2025
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Mountain Time
(noon-3 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Central, 9 a.m.-noon Pacific)
WEEKEND, SATURDAYS: Saturdays, March 1 and 8, 2025
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Mountain Time
(noon-3 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Central, 9 a.m.-noon Pacific)
Back by Popular Demand
Demystifying Design for FPP
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Do you love foundation paper piecing?
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Do you want to design your own FPP quilts?
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Are you fascinated by how to create the appearance of curves with straight lines?
If you said yes to any of these questions, this class is a must for you. In just six hours, you'll learn the Insructor's Paper Police© rules that guarantee your success in designing everything from quilt blocks to complicated photographic images.
Exercises give you hands-on experience using these rules. Because the class is offered in two three-hour sessions a week apart, you have time between sessions to practice what you learn.
Class sessions will be recorded, and you will receive a You Tube link to the recordings within 48 hours after each session. You'll receive detailed full-color handouts that contain much of the material covered in class. And you'll have access to your Instructor between classes and after the final class session via email, phone and one-on-one Zoom sessions.
Find the best session for you in the list below the photo of Bird on a Branch. There are weekday and weekend offerings to fit your schedule.
Don't miss out on this opporutnity. Register now as class size is limited to 10 to allow one-on-one personal attention during class.
Clear Creek Shimmer block
by Dana Jones
At left, "Don't Call Me Girl," by Dana Jones, quilted by Rita Meyerhoff. Above and below, blocks based on the Ohio Star block, designed and made by Dana Jones
Accolades for New Class
Warp Speed
Tuesdays, February 4 and 11, 2025
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Mountain Standard Time
(noon-3 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Central, 9 a.m.-noon Pacific)
When "Warp Speed" debuted in January 2024, it was an instant success. In this fast-paced class, each student selects a quilt block then begins manipulating and warping it in a variety of ways until each has a design she/he/they like. This is done through a series of class exercises that begin with close study of the block followed by playing with various warping techniques, creating thumbnail designs, and selecting a favorite design to fine-tune into a quilt design.
Students go from head scratching to "Ah-Ha" moments that bring surprise and joy. This workshop celebrates the rich tradition inherited from quilting foremothers and fathers then propels participants to new designs uniquely their own.
The two-three hour sessions are filled with hands-on fun and discoveries that will take you from disbelief to pride in what you create.
Register now to get your warp on!
