Talks for Guilds and Groups
All About Scraps
Where do scraps come from? How do we end up with so many? What should we do with them? Johanna Masko shares her insights into these burning questions that all quilters eventually face. From our fabric-purchasing habits to suggestions for sorting, storing and using scraps, Johanna will spark your desire to dive into your own scrap collections.
Let’s Talk About Colour
and Print
For many quilters, choosing fabric for a new project is fraught with uncertainty. Where do we begin? Let Johanna Masko help you get going with her lively discussion about working with colour and print in quilts. A scholarly understanding of the colour wheel is not required!
Johanna shares many of her sources of inspiration and the methods she uses to make artistic choices for her work, and hopes you’ll walk away with a boost of confidence to do the same for yours.
Secrets of a Patchwork Pro
Johanna Masko completed a sampler quilt comprised of 111 different 6” blocks, which were sewn in a total of 30 sewing sessions, and used NONE of the provided templates. How? By using every piecing trick and Quilt Math formula she knew, plus inventing a few more along the way. “Secrets of a Patchwork Pro” is a visual overview of the technical side of patchwork construction, from recognizing the underlying grid structure of traditional patchwork blocks to the many ways to approach commonly used patchwork units.
[Secrets of a Patchwork Pro is also offered as a single, “crash course” style full day workshop, as a two-day intensive workshop, and as a series of four 3-hour classes]
Gradients: Lessons from
Patchwork and Cross Stitch
A pleasing collection of colour is beautiful, but arranging them into gradients? Magical!
Incorporating these gradual visual changes gives our work an additional depth that captures the eye and holds our attention. Johanna Masko gives you an insider’s look at the real-life sources that inspire her work in patchwork and cross stitch, with a side trip down the rabbit hole of gorgeous gradients.
Modular Quilting:
Making Big Quilts at Home
If actually quilting your quilts, even the small ones, is the part of the process you enjoy the least, you are definitely not alone. Let Johanna Masko help you get your quilts- ALL the quilts- finished! Save money and time by using her practical modular quilting techniques to complete even very large quilts, on your own, at home.
