Quilt Workshop:
Quarter Circle Quilts
Saturday, 30 May 2015
Instructor: Karen LiVecchi – klivecch@optonline.net
Description: Learn to sew a curved seam in constructing a Drunkard’s Path quilt block. Then use this simple block to design an eye-catching quilt. Your finished quilt will look stunning in jewel tone or Batik fabrics as well as more traditional patterns. Use your quilt as a wall hanging or table topper, or sew more blocks for a larger size quilt.
A detailed Supply List for the Mile-a-Minute Quilting Workshop may be found here.
- Workshop hours: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Cost: $25.00
- Preregistration is required. To register, call 518-327-6241.
Instructor’s Biography: Karen LiVecchi is a retired teacher who has taught Computer Science in the East Moriches Public Schools, as well as adult computer classes, for 25 years. She has a Masters in Educational Computing from SUNY Stony Brook. Over the years Karen has acquired extensive training and leadership expertise in education through various teacher enhancement programs. She has developed and taught several in-service courses for the Teacher Center of the Western Hamptons.
Karen has been a quilter for ten years. She especially enjoys working with traditional patterns. She also enjoys designing and sewing to-scale miniature quilts using Electric Quilt software. Karen teaches quilting workshops for the Eastern Long Island Quilting Guild. As Second Vice President (2012, 2013), she has overseen the Members Teaching Members program, which offers workshops taught by Guild members, and has taught a “teacher prep” workshop to assist members in planning and running a quilting workshop. She has attended several quilting weekends at Frost Valley YMCA and continues to take various quilting workshops to build and hone her skills. Karen keeps up with new trends by subscribing to different quilting magazines, collecting new quilting books, and attending quilt shows. Karen considers herself a life-long learner.
