Summer Youth: Make Your First Quilt (Ages 8-10)

Have fun learning some basic sewing skills and take your new quilt home at the end of the week.

About this Class

Make a strip quilt, which includes panels of fabric sewed together to create a pattern that you design. Learn basic sewing machine use, straight-line stitching, "stitch-in-the-ditch" quilting technique, and attaching a binding.

Details

• For students ages 8-10.
• Skill Level: Beginner
• Registration closes Monday, July 10.
• When you register your youth, enter their name in the Youth's Name field and enter the parent/guardian email address for "registrants email." All reminders and important information will go to that email address.
• Complete and return this minor permission form.
  

• You can register your youth for an optional supervised lunch from 12-1 pm for the duration of this class.

• A materials fee of $40 is included in the price of the class and covers all materials. 

Project

The final project is a strip quilt with finished dimensions of about 40"x44". The strips are four inches wide. A variety of colors and patterns will be available and the participant will choose and design their own quilt.

Class Policies

• View BARN’s current COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

• BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition assistance is available. Fill out the application before registering.

• For those who might need physical assistance, learn more about our Companion Program.

• If you have any questions, please email BARN Youth Program Coordinator, Sarah Jones at SarahJ@BainbridgeBARN.org.

Instructor

Nancy Heilman dabbles in many things related to fiber arts. She has 35 years of experience working and having a blast with youth and teens. Mostly she finds writing about herself in the third person awkward.