Bring your string quilting into the 21st century and go paperless! String quilts were traditionally made with strips of leftover fabric sewn onto a paper or cloth foundation. This foundation-free technique makes it fast and fun. In the string intro class students focus on making squares and triangles. Specific string quilt classes include Down the Rabbit Hole and Last Bits.

Log cabins are a classic block that I consider kissing cousins to string quilts. They are fun, flexible and totally addictive. Try all the variations from traditional to improv; large or small. A word of caution: after a log or two, you might find you’ve caught “cabin fever.”

Medallion quilts start in the center, working outward with multiple borders. Liberated Medallions do not involve math. The quilt is done when it is the size you want or you get tired of going around and around.

Give the quilting police and the “cotton only” rule a sliand make quilts from whatever fabric catches your fancy. Use upcycled clothing or fabrics including shirts, silk ties, rayon, linen, wool, corduroy or, god forbid, polyester. Use it up, make it do and have fun while you’re at it.

Words in quilts have a long history, whether it’s just names, initials, dates or phrases. Learn how to piece your words using Tonya Ricucci’s method from her book Word Play Quilts. This is indeed a playful and easy way to add words to your quilts and truly liberated as the height, size and setting can all be modified to your specifications.

Learn, practice and perfect your handquilting stitches in this 3-hour handquilting class. Bring a project or quilt sandwich and stitch while you learn about needles, threads, quilting designs, using or not using a hoop and much more.

Work small with a focus on technique, color and composition: exploring an idea for use in a larger quilt; working in a series, changing a few elements in each piece. Small quilts allow you to take chances you might be hesitant to take with larger quilts.

Farm your scraps and shop your stash. I challenge you to take those mismatched, different sized, different colorway leftovers and create something new and exciting using the liberated tricks and techniques you will learn in this class.