Celebrate your love of quilting with this new twist on the traditional spool pattern. Spools are three-dimensional and made from folded squares—there are no set-in seams. Striped fabric will make your 3-D fabric spools look just like the real deal as they dance around on this pushed-neutral background. Students will create the interior portion of the Dancing Spools quilt (about 24" x 24") during this six-hour workshop. Pieced or plain borders can be added at home, with or without the decorative flange shown here, making the finished quilt about 32" with borders. Skill level: Advanced Beginner, Intermediate (This should NOT be your first quilt. Accurate cutting and machine piecing skills are presumed.) This workshop requires focus and concentration. Supply List: Items preceded by * can be purchased in class. Items preceded by ** should be purchased from this web site up until 7 days before workshop date and will be hand delivered in class. Write the name of your guild in the comment section so it gets to the right place. * Required Kit, $10. Kit includes illustrated pattern, design wall alternative, Sew Easy Guide (a plastic sewing guide that sticks to the bottom of your presser foot), and 13 pre-cut 3" x 3" squares of Soft & Natural needlepunched 100% cotton batting for optional "stuffing" of Thread. For BACKGROUND: 36 charm squares (all different) extremely close in value (very light) which "read" as muslin. (One light fabric may also be used.) ** For THREAD: 13 fussy-cut charm squares of striped fabric with stripes running diagonally from corner to corner. Stripes should be no wider than 1/2". Note: One Fat Quarter yields anywhere from 7 to 9 patches when the strips run parallel or perpendicular to the selvage edge, more if the stripes are printed on the diagonal. ** For SPOOLS: 26 squares, medium brown. Sewing machine in good working order that you know how to operate. Acrylic bed would be helpful, if available. Note: BRING ALL SEWING MACHINE FEET THAT FIT YOUR MACHINE, so you can pick the best foot for each task. Seriously. * Neutral thread, pins, small and medium fabric scissors. Rotary cutter, ruler, and mat. [OPTIONAL] Please come to class with fabric cut and one or two extra patches (in case of errors). There will NOT be time to cut fabric in class. Supply with cutting instructions will be provided by your workshop chairperson after you sign up for this workshop. Size Limit: 25 students Duration: 6 hours Room Set-Up Outlets and elbow room appropriate for the number of students and as many irons as the circuit breaker will allow. Two students per 8 foot table is sufficient IF students have access to additional space to lay out 36" x 36" blocks. This could be the floor, but tables are preferred to accommodate those who can not bend down or move around on hands and knees. "I loved the Dancing Spools workshop. I finished the quilt top and will be machine quilting it tomorrow...You are a wonderful teacher and I would definitely take another class from you at my first opportunity." Jean Hensley "Joyce Cameron here just wanting you to know how much I enjoyed your [Dancing Spools] workshop Wednesday. I now have it finished except for picking out a border. Thank you for a very good day and I really learned a lot from you, a wonderful teacher. Come back to Effingham anytime."