Saturday 8 & Saturday 15 February 2025, Improvisational Quilting with Malka Dubrawsky

15:00 - 18:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time, London UK)

Online workshop, hosted on Zoom by Malka Dubrawsky

Eighth-grade art class introduced Malka Dubrawsky to art and she hasn’t been the same. She went on to graduate from The University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Studio Art, focused on printmaking. It was being at home with children that pushed her into working with textiles and it was that interest in fabric that led to an exploration of dyeing and patterning fabric.

For several years Malka worked primarily as a fiber artist and was included in prestigious shows and publications among which were Visions, Quilt National, and Fiberarts: Design Book 7.

Fast forward a few years and she is making more functional textiles, designing fabric for Moda and Robert Kaufman Fabrics, teaching and lecturing, and writing two books, Color Your Cloth: A Quilter’s Guide to Dyeing and Patterning Fabric and Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration.

Additionally, she has designed for a host of other craft books and magazines and taught workshops across the country as well as online via Craftsy and CreativeLive.

Malka's focus has shifted to creating and selling beautiful, one-of-a-kind hand-dyed and patterned fabric and creating finished textiles for both functional and decorative use.

Follow Malka:
@stitchindye

Outline of the workshop
Malka will introduce you to what it means to create patchwork improvisationally. The workshop will cover the following:

Cutting Improvisationally:

• Methods for cutting without measuring tools focusing on cutting strips
  Demonstration of cutting process
• Opportunity for students to practice and time to make a small collection of strips
• Question and answer regarding common issues that might arise

Sewing Techniques Specific to Improvisational Patchwork:

• Basics of sewing patchwork (e.g. ¼ inch seam allowance)
• Situations specific to improvisational patchwork: strips of different lengths, edges not straight, dealing with curvy edges

Making a Patchwork Blocks

• Sewing Together Two Blocks: options for dealing with differently sized blocks, dealing with curved edges: when, why, and how to cut edges to fit, and maintaining a ¼” seam allowance with curvy edges
• Making More Blocks
• Squaring Sewn Patchwork: pros and cons
• Thinking About Scale
• Making the Quilt Sandwich: basting a quilt
• Basic Hand Quilting Demonstration
• Discuss Other Quilting Options: Machine quilting and tying
• Discuss Finishing Possibilities: binding, stretching, framing
• Other Uses for Patchwork

A material pack will be sent to participants in advance of the workshop containing:

• 1/4 yard/meter of neutral-coloured cotton fabric ( e.g. cream, pale grey)
• Scrap amounts (1/8 yard/meter) of 11 differently colored cotton fabrics

In addition, participants will need the following:

• Seam ripper
• Coordinating machine sewing thread
• Scissors
• Rotary cutter
• Self-healing mat
• Iron
• Pins
• Sewing Machine
• Ironing board/surface

Please note: material packs are shipped on an insured, trackable delivery service. Any customs duties, delays, lost or undeliverable packages are the responsibility of the customer. Once a material pack leaves the workshop tutors' hands with a tracking number, the seller has no further obligation to the buyer.

Workshop cancellation policy
All places reserved on workshops are non-refundable. However, if you let us know you cannot make the workshop you have booked at least two weeks in advance of the workshop, we can offer a credit note.

If you require additional information about this workshop please contact the events team at events@selvedge.org.