Karla Alexander

Stack, Cut & Shuffle Quilts

Karla Alexander
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Meet instructor Karla Alexander and learn what it means to stack, cut, shuffle and sew for creative quilts, right from your stash. Next you’ll select, prepare and shuffle fabric for simple rail fence blocks, which you'll efficiently chain piece together.
Square up, preview and audition your rail fence blocks to ensure proper placement. Karla will teach you to add variety to your blocks by altering the cuts in your remaining your stacks before you assemble your quilt top with ease.
Get a little crazy! Learn to use the stack, cut and shuffle techniques to make a basic crazy quilt block, and Karla will show you how to stay organized as you chain piece your crazy blocks.
Advance to Simply Crazy block variations using a variety of cutting techniques. Karla will reveal hacks for swapping fabrics and customizing your blocks before you put it all together in a Simply Crazy lap quilt.
Learn to create a dynamic Square-in-Square style block and see how to easily keep track of your pieces as you sew. You'll also plan the border for your lap quilt.
Get a great tip for squaring up your blocks and sewing the quilt together, without undoing your careful block placement. You'll be able to assemble your quilt in no time, and easily create striped mitered corners for the border.
 
 
6 Lessons
1  hrs 57  mins

Play with color and sew a creative quilt top in no time at all; it’s as simple as stack, cut and shuffle! Join designer Karla Alexander as she walks you through turning the stacks of fabric you already have into an endless variety of designs. With her simple stack method, no two tops will turn out the same!

Karla Alexander

Karla Alexander is the pioneer of the stack method, a special approach that makes for quick and creative quilting. She's taught this method to thousands of quilters, traveling across the country to lead a variety of retreats, and she's even written several books on the subject! Visit Saginaw Street Quilt Company online to find out more about her writing, teaching and design.

Karla Alexander

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