Class 202: Around Robin with Robin Long
October 19 @ 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Create this 171/2” mandala style block using techniques that are common in Robin Ruth Design patterns. We will make a faced circle center, a 45˚ Dresden band, and some faced petals to create this finished block that can be applied to any larger project you choose! Robin will give other examples in class of how these techniques are used in many of her patterns to go along with her strip pieced mariner’s compass blocks.
All work to make these blocks will be done in class.
Choose from one of the three blocks below.
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner
Students should have experience piecing and be prepared to move along at a fairly quick pace in class. Good rotary cutting skills and accurate sewing are a plus for this class.
Required kit will include:
- Freezer paper templates
- 4 fat quarters (note that your finished block may look slightly different
- than those above depending on the fat quarters your receive in the kit)
- Lightweight non-fusible interfacing for faced elements
Kits fee is $15 and will be collected in class.
Classroom Bernina 475 sewing machines provided by The Quilting Bee
Robin Long
What started as a quest to make a Mariner’s Compass quilt for her submarine officer husband, Robin Long took an idea she had in 1992 and launched Robin Ruth Design in 2015. She has developed a line of revolutionary rulers, books, patterns, and technique for making STRIP PIECED mariner’s compass blocks and projects – that’s right, NO PAPER PIECING!
Robin learned to sew in the 70’s at a young age from her mother, an accomplished garment seamstress, and it was her grandmother who took her to her first quilt class in 1985. Quilting became one of her favorite creative hobbies that she continued to pursue throughout her life. Robin has a degree in Communications/Public Relations and successfully ran and owned a gift store for 16 years in partnership with her mother. After closing the store and sending her daughter off to college, Robin refocused her attention on quilting and the original ruler¬ she designed in 1992.
Robin has become an internationally known quilt teacher and gives classes across the country. She also is a sought-after quilt designer for fabric companies such as FreeSpirit, Windham, and Clothworks. Her quilts have been in many shows including International Quilt Festival, QuiltCon, and Road to California. She loves to travel and her creative inspiration comes from the art, architecture, and nature that she experiences along the way. Her travel and creative designs come together under her ever-popular hashtag #wherewillyourcompasstakeyou as she encourages others to give her rulers a try for their own creative expression. Her products are sold in quilt shops across the U.S. and around the world.
When she’s not on the quilt trail, you might find Robin on the cattle trail at her family’s cattle ranch near Ritzville, WA where she and husband, David, recently moved back to and built a new home. You might find her out working cattle on her quarter horse, Major, or mustang, Mitey, or in her new sewing studio dreaming up her next creative project to bring the mariner’s compass into the 21st century!
