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Quilt Skills: Mastering Triangles

  • Bolt Fabric Boutique 2904 Northeast Alberta Street Portland, OR, 97211 United States (map)

Two Sundays
February 15th and 22nd
5:30 to 8:30pm
$200
Level 1


During this two-session class, students will learn a variety of techniques to create perfect triangle blocks in their quilts. We will make four quilt blocks that incorporate several of the most common triangle blocks including half square triangles, quarter square triangles, flying geese, square in a square, and half rectangle triangles. Each student will receive a pattern for the Mastering Triangles, Sampler Blocks pattern, and a reference workbook.

The focus of this class is piecing quilt tops and will not cover finishing the quilt (quilt sandwich, quilting, and binding). For a step-by-step class on quiltmaking, check out our Intro to Quilting class here!

Taught by Juli Rae.

  • how to thread and operate a sewing machine

    how to sew a (mostly) straight line and maintain a ¼ inch seam allowance

  • how to create four common triangle blocks

    • half-square triangles

    • flying geese

    • square in a square

    • and half rectangle triangles

    techniques for efficiently cutting and constructing multiple triangle blocks at a time

    trimming triangle blocks with accuracy

    matching seams

    • ¾ yard background fabric

    • ½ yard fabric A

    • ¼ yard fabric B

    • coordinating thread

This is a Level 1 class. You’ll find more information about our class levels here!

Ages 18 and up.

Our classroom is on the second floor and is currently only accessible by stairs. We are working on a solution to make our space accessible to everyone. Thanks for your understanding and patience while we work this out. You may e-mail us at classes@boltfabricboutique.com if you have any questions about this process.

This class requires a minimum of 3 participants. The class may be subject to cancellation if the minimum enrollment is not achieved.

Earlier Event: January 24
Improv Quilting: Stepladder
Later Event: March 7
Improv Quilting: Flower-ish