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 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" charm squares (all different) extremely close in value (very light) which "read" as muslin. (One light fabric may also be used.) ** For THREAD: 13 - 5" x 5" 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 3-3/4" x 3-3/4" 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. 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. "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."