Creative and colorful improv piecing

Workshop topic: Moderne machine quilting
Languages: French flag English flag Italian flag Spanish flag Portuguese flag
Nb of students: 15

In this workshop the attendees will learn about what is Improv piecing and four improvisational piecing techniques (triangles, crosses, 1/4 circle and soft improv curves). . I will help you to choose a beautiful color palette, that works perfect for this project and how to piece the quilt top in an organic way.

Where: ancien lycée, 3 rue Osmont, 68160 Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Salle 3

List of supplies
  • neutral sewing thread
  • pins
  • fabric scissors
  • paper pencil
  • quilter's ruler
  • small garbage bag
  • rotary cutter
  • cutting mat
Required supplies
  • None
Fabrics to bring + lengh
  • 16 fat quarters (solids or monochromatic printed fabrics) in 4 different analogous colors and 4 different values per color (4 colors x 4 different values = 16 fat quarters) 1 Fat quarter measures 50cm x 50 cm
Kit
+ Content
  • None.

The teacher

Carolina Oneto is an Industrial Engineer with a Master's degree in Business Engineering. She worked in the industry and was a university professor for more than 10 years. In 2010 she left Santiago (Chile) to live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she discovered patchwork. She studied patchwork and quilting with Cecilia Koppman and Teresita Leal and since then she has been traveling to the USA every year to specialize with experienced quilters from that country.

In 2016 she studied "Interaction of Color" at the art school of the Catholic University of Chile. This has marked the development of her work, where color and its interaction are a relevant part of each of her quilts.
Her quilts have been exhibited at many Quilt Festivals around the world, such as Quilt Week (Paducah, Lancaster, Des Moines, Daytona Beach, Grand Rapids, Virginia Beach), Quiltcon, Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, the European Patchwork Meeting of course, Fiberart International, Festival do Patchwork Gramado, Quilt Brazil and Floripa Quilt Festival (all in Brazil). Additionally, her work has been featured at art centers and galleries in Europe, USA and Chile.

Since 2020 she has been teaching online quilting and design classes, and she also creates many on demand classes for those who need to learn at their own pace and time. Online classes allow her to connect with students from many different countries, which is a very enriching experience. She has taught many quilters and quilt guilds all around the world.
Carolina currently lives in São Paulo, Brazil, where she has her own studio, from where she continuous creating and developing her art and teaching that WE ARE ALL CREATIVE.

Currently Carolina is a Janome Maker for Janome America and a Wonderfil thread specialist for Wonderfil Specialty Threads.