Brenda Gael Smith: Logs & Ladders: Building with Improvisation (3 hour WS, Weds, 1/22/25, 4-7pm EST)

Convert your scraps into dynamic compositions with improvisational log cabin and ladder units. Learn freeform cutting without rulers or templates; how to join irregular blocks; and the effective use of positive and negative space. Explore the design principles of repetition and variation. Develop scrap management strategies for future projects.
All Levels

Students to Provide

Fabric Selection: This workshop is ideal for scrap-busting. If you are using scraps, ensure that you have a mix of square/rectangular pieces and longer, strippy pieces. This workshop is most suitable for fabrics that read as a single colour such as solids, hand-dyes, batiks, tone on tone prints and small-scale prints. If you are using prints, ensure that you have contrasting values.

General Workshop Requirements:

• Assorted fabric scraps in both light and dark colours or at least 6 fat quarters in solid colours (three darks and three lights)
• Rotary cutter with a sharp blade
• Cutting mat
• Chalk pencil
• Neutral-coloured thread for piecing
• Sewing machine in good working order with 1/4in foot
• Iron, ironing mat, extension cord
• Spray starch (optional)
• Digital camera or cameraphone

Sewing Machine Required