About this Event
Workshop Information
Learn the basics of the versatile Log Cabin Quilt block and the beginnings to making your own quilts - from coasters to bed quilts! You will learn how to make a 12" Log Cabin block, and see how it can be replicated, stitched together with other blocks, and arranged in variety of patterns. I will show you examples traditional and contemporary log cabin quilts. A basic understanding of how to use a sewing machine helpful, but no previous sewing experience necessary.
Materials Provided:
Scissors
Ruler
Chalk
Sewing machine
Fabric
About Lorraine
Lorraine Woodruff-Long is a self taught quilter with a primary focus on color, improvisation, and recycled/repurposed fabrics.
Raised and educated in Texas, Lorraine served in Peace Corps Kenya and afterwards moved to California as a bucket list dream to temporarily experience living in a progressive urban city. She fell in love with San Francisco and never left. After a career in marketing and advertising, Lorraine later worked in the nonprofit sector while raising two city kids.
Lorraine learned to sew from her mother as a child. She made her first quilts as a mom for her young children. With no formal art training, she found creative inspiration seeing the “Quilts of Gees Bend” exhibition at the de Young Museum in 2006. This sparked a fire for creating with improvisation and repurposed materials. When Lorraine subsequently stumbled upon the growing online “modern quilt” movement, she fell deeply into her passion, carving out spare time around a demanding work and family life to create on evenings and weekends. She has received numerous awards for her quilts at local, national and international quilt shows. She is a member of the Modern Quilt Guild, San Francisco Quilt Guild, Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), East Bay Heritage Quilters, ArtSpanSF and an active volunteer with the Social Justice Sewing Academy Remembrance Project.
The pandemic lockdown provided new opportunity to fully invest in her passion, and yielded positive results. Her work has been juried for shows at the de Young Museum Open Exhibition/San Francisco, the California Heritage Museum/Santa Monica, the Sanchez Art Center/Pacifica, the Drawing Room/San Francisco, and the San Francisco Women Artists Network Gallery. Her work is included in the 2021 book, “Stitching Stolen Lives: The Social Justice Sewing Academy Remembrance Project.”
You can see her work on Instagram @quiltinginthefog or her website at QuiltingintheFog.com
About SCRAP
We at SCRAP breathe new life into old arts & crafts supplies and reduce waste by diverting over 200 tons of materials heading to landfill every year. To learn more about SCRAP and our mission to make art materials & education more accessible to all, please visit our website at www.scrap-sf.org
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
SCRAP, 2150 Newcomb Avenue, San Francisco, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 30.00