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<aside> 🦋 A Quilt is Something Human is an intimate four week course on Zoom where we will learn the basics of improvisational quilting through the art of starting over again and again - until VOILA, we create our own small hand quilted blanket
You are encouraged to be available and present for all four classes - however if you have to miss one they WILL be recorded for you to watch at a later date! THIS CLASS HAS CLOSED CAPTIONS
No previous quilting or sewing experience required : also get ready this is going to be A VERY FUN CLASS LIKE A TON OF FUN we won’t just stare at the screen we’ll stretch and talk and reconfigure and rearrange and make some damn QUILTS!
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NOMINATE A BRILLIANT QUILTER : a brilliant quilter is a BIPOC student* who would love to take this class and have a tuition-free spot - there are NINE SPOTS for each class : email [email protected] and good news you DO NOT need to nominate yourself : just USE CODE QUILTSCHOLARSHIP AT CHECKOUT
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<aside> ⭐ YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CONSIDER YOURSELF AN ARTIST TO TAKE THIS COURSE you just have to be willing to show up and give it a try
A Quilt is Something Human appears as the title of an essay in The Foxfire Book
Disclaimer : I am not an expert sewer or seamstress, I am merely a person who loves the art of putting together and taking apart. I am also someone who love blankets, composition, staying warm, and being together with other people looking to have conversations around art making. I believe in dismantling the idea that quilting is difficult, impossible, needs measuring, needs patterns.
This class is set up in a way to encourage your own self research, to encourage you to set your own pace and find your own way. This is purposeful. I believe in you.
I’d also like to thank the two people who taught me to quilt : Eliza Fernand and Katherine Ferrier, quilting influences Rosie Lee Tompkins, the quilters of Gee’s Bend, Rebecca Scattergood Savery’s friendship quilts, old Swedish quilts, my blanket making grandmothers Marlys Parrott and Alice Cook, and so many more shape makers past and present and future.
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2) WEEK TWO : WITNESSING : We’ll talk about the histories and lost histories of quilting as a practice. From Michigan to Amish Quilts to Gee’s Bend and beyond. We will share and sew for 20 minutes in our breakout rooms, how we made our choices, and what we’ve learned about ourselves and the world from sewing and cutting and rearranging. We’ll continue to look at different choices we can make for our patchwork quilt tops - we will also learn how to put the three layers of a quilt together and learn to HAND QUILT, basics of machine quilting a small quilt, and hand tying a quilt!
3) WEEK THREE : EXERCISES IN UNFOLDING : This week we will learn two different ways to bind our quilts - week three is also all about TROUBLE SHOOTING! We will meet with our same breakout groups from week one to sew together and talk about our week. We will talk more about improvising and choice making and creative breakthroughs and blocks we experienced in week two
4) WEEK FOUR : A QUILT IS SOMETHING HUMAN : Showing your quilt! Week four is purely show and tell! Each participant will have 3 minutes to present and share their quilt with the full group. We’ll share our roses and thorns, what went well and what was difficult, and how we expanded our practices and minds throughout our four weeks together. A chance to celebrate each other!
We will use Zoom in creative ways to develop a sense of togetherness in the digital container, we will share in breakout rooms our creative process and blocks, and in the final week we will share our finished quilts (or wherever you are in your process!) You can always keep your camera off or choose to not participate in any part of class
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<aside> 💐 REQUIREMENTS
You must know the very basic functions of sewing a straight line on a sewing machine - since I will not be there to help you trouble shoot, you should take the time before class to familiarize yourself with your machine
You will want to be able to :
Don’t know how to do any of those things? Search the model of your sewing machine and the above tasks on YOUTUBE and you’ll be surprised how swiftly you can teach yourself!
Common troubleshooting things to familiarize yourself with:
“I had the most wonderful time in this class! It was everything I needed during the weirdness that is COVID times to spark some creativity and do something with my hands other than be on my phone! Cody was a great teacher and brought a really grounding presence to the class. 10/10 would recommend :)”— Quilting Student <3
““I really like Cody’s teaching style and the opportunity to learn from and share with other people! I also liked that this class was less traditional than other crafting type classes which are very intimidating and exclusive! Cody introduced me/the class to tons of different quilting traditions and inspired me to do a deep dive into my own culture’s quilting traditions (African American). If it wasn’t for this class I wouldn’t have learned that or learned about Gee’s Bend or done my own research to find out about the history of enslaved women and quilts”— Quilting Student <3
“It felt like a welcoming space for everyone to question, make mistakes, and laugh; I loved the outside of class sewing time; small group breakout sessions were lovely!”— Quilting Student <3