Workshop
Weave That! Quilt Background

Weave simple fabric strips into a rich, “no‑piecing” background that makes your appliqué and quilt designs pop with texture and color.

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Flower Power 4
20 " x 12.5"
Tatting is in the flower center.

Transform simple strips of fabric into richly textured, custom backgrounds in this hands-on fabric weaving workshop. Jennifer teaches you how to prepare your fabrics, use stabilizers and grids, and weave color and value to create subtle gradients or bold graphic effects that make applique; and pieced designs pop.

You will create a unique textured background for a small wall quilt by weaving 1 inchstrips of raw-edge fabric on the diagonal, no piecing required, so there are no Y-seams to wrestle with. This workshop is ideal for confident beginners and exwperienced quilters who want a fresh, tactile way to add depth and dimension to their work.

1/2 day and full day workshop options.

In class we will weave a 14" x 20" background using 3 fabrics: 2 medium/dark and 1 medium. Fabric close in value works well for the background..

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Note: Weaving a quilt background is a little like making a mystery quilt.
How you think the finished piece will look and what you get can be quite different.
This is part of the fun! While many of the samples below feature applique flowers,
your finished background will speak to you about what kind of applique to use.

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New full day project combined with
Peekaboo Reverse Applique Flower
Flower created with 3 inch Peekaboo Fabric Tool™
19 " x 13.5"

More Workshop Samples
20 " x 14"

The Sea Turtle & Cactus designs
are available as a kit for class.

Color My World
35 " x 46"

Background: 1", 1.5" and 2" strips woven on the diagonal (60 deg)
Raw Edge Applique: Broderie Perse flower & leaves

Springtime at My House - 11.25" x 11"
This project was woven with 1/2" wide strips and also features tatting, silk ribbon embroidery and
a miniature of my bed quilt printed on an inkjet printer fabric sheet.

Thoroughly Modern Flower
14.25 " x 15.75"

The flower was created with my new
5" Peekaboo Fabric Tool, a reverse applique technique.

Flower Power 2
19.25 " x 13"
The color variation is achieved with gradient fabric.
The center of the flower has fabric confetti.

Flower Power 1
20 " x 12.5"

Tatting and beads are used for the flower center.

Flower Power 3
Here is Flower Power made with the custom poppy pattern provided in the kit.
The flower was created using a hand dyed fabric and embellished with tatting.

Matilija Poppies - 21.5" x 17"
A quilt made by one of my students, Dorothy Elerding

Workshop Weave That! Quilt Background

Workshop
Weave That! Quilt Background