Beginner Foundation Paper Piecing (Judy Niemeyer)

In this three day class you will learn the basic to foundation paper piecing. All students will be making the Desert Sky pattern by Judy Niemeyer. The class size is kept smaller for this beginners class so that all students can get full instructions from the teacher. You will NOT finish the whole quilt in class, but you will leave with all the information necessary to complete the project. After taking this class, and you feel like you want something more challenging, you might want to take a look at our Paper Piecing classes with Eileen Urbanek.

Supplies: (print out version)

• Your pattern package by Judy Niemeyer (Desert Sky)

• Thread to blend with your fabrics

• Iron and pressing mat

• Rotary cutter - 60 & 45mm (If you have others, bring them)

• 6 x 24 ruler

• 6 x 12; 2½ x 12½; 4½ x 8½ rulers (or a couple of your favorites)

• Medium sized cutting mat (12 x 18 is a good size for use by your machine)

• A piece of Template Plastic (approx 3” x 12”) for folding the paper

• Sewing machine with a ¼” foot and an open toe foot

• 12” Add-A-Quarter Ruler (not the Add-A-Quarter Plus)

• 6” Add-A-Quarter Ruler (optional)

• Washout fabric glue stick (SewLine, Fons & Porter, etc)

• .55mm Flower Head or .5mm 1⅞” Glass head pins (nice long shanks)

• Purple Thang

• Size 70/10 Microtex Sharp sewing needles

• Some gallon sized ZipLoc type bags

• Basic sewing items

• Scissors for paper cutting
• Sharpie (NOT extra fine point)
• Highlighter
• Pen or pencil
• Post-it notes (small size)
• Invisible tape (not the glossy type)