Quilting: Easy as 1, 2, 3 with Ronnie Ashford – G26070209
This weeklong workshop will provide the beginning quilter as well as the experienced quilter with the confidence and techniques needed to create art using a sewing machine, fabric and thread.
All levels of quilters are welcome; yes, even the “brand new, never have sewn a stitch, want to try it quilters”. There will be instructions, techniques, tips and tricks to sew quilt blocks that are square, with points that are crisp, seams that match and the blocks that lay flat. The construction of a variety of quilt blocks ranging from traditional, modern, scrappy and “crazy” will be demonstrated. Quilters can make the blocks they chose and will have all the patterns to take home. Depending on the skill level most quilters will be able to complete a throw sized quilt top, ready to take home to finish.
Instruction and guidance will be provided for all the components involved in making a quilt. We will learn how to cut accurately, sew a 1/4″ quilter’s seam, match seams, keep your points, see some of the newest tools of the trade and best of all create memories and new friendships as we quilt together.
Instructor
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Ronnie Ashford
Rogene E. Ashford “Ronnie” from Tulsa, OK, has created “Art” since early childhood. At about eight years old, she got into trouble for creating a very large mural in charcoal on the side of the freshly painted stucco garage! She learned to do embroidery at an early age and remembers playing under the quilt frame while her mom, aunties and grandmother stitched and talked. She studied art through high school and college. Throughout her life, she has tried her hand at many art mediums; two mediums of her art have always been paint and thread. Ronnie is an award winning quilter and is active in several local quilt guilds. She has a small ministry of refurbishing older sewing machines and getting them to gals that would love to have a sewing machine, but cannot afford one. Ronnie currently works as a Mental Health Therapist and an Adjunct Professor at Southern Nazarene University. She enjoys family, friends, art, her chickens, gardening, handwork, music, painting, quilting, reading, walking/running and writing. Her philosophy in life is “Laugh Loudly, Live Fully, Love Deeply and Never Ever Go Backward!’’