Upcycle A Sweatshirt - Put A Quilt Block On It!

Give a sweatshirt or hoodie a whole new life by creating and attaching a simple quilt block to it! Please note this workshop is taking place from 6 - 9 pm Pacific Time! You Will Learn: • To accurately cut using a rotary cutter, ruler, and cutting mat • How to piece your quilt block • How to stabalize your quilt block • How to attach your quilt block to your garment You are Welcome To Join This Class If: • You should have a couple of simple sewing projects under your belt and be comfortable threading and operating a machine. What To Bring: • a sweatshirt or hoodie • enough fabric for 9 different 4”/10 cm squares You can use scraps of quilting cotton or linen or upcycle tea towels, button-down shirts, old sheets/pillowcases etc. Any mid-weight, woven fabric (not stretchy) will work. If you don’t have anything to upcycle, you can buy 9 different 5” lengths of quilting cotton or stable linen fabric or 9 "fat quarters" (quilting measurement) from a fabric store. You will have leftover fabric! • 2 spools of good quality all-purpose thread (e.g. Mettler, Gutermann): 1 colour that blends in with your fabrics (for piecing, grey usually works) and 1 that matches your sweatshirt (for topstitching). (No vintage or dollar store thread, please, as these tend to break!) • Your sewing machine, if you have one and want to bring it • Gala Fabrics generously offers 20% off to Gather & Stitch students when shopping for their class supplies. Just show staff your emailed class receipt at the till to get your discount! I Will Provide: • All tools and equipment • Fusible web to attach your quilt block to your sweatshirt • (If you need one) A sewing machine, foot pedal, and an empty bobbin.