NOTE: *An asterisk means that important item will be available for sale at the conference, so don’t waste time finding it on your own if not convenient.

Supplies

1. Graph paper with an eight-to-the-inch grid and a bold inch line; one sheet per student will be provided by instructor.
2. Sheets of see-thru plastic template material with an eight-to-the-inch grid and a bold inch line. (Do not purchase long sheets in rolled format; they will never obey your will and lie flat.)
3. A thin 6″ x 1″ ruler made of clear plastic with accurate one-eighth-inch grid lines.
4. Well-sharpened pencils with ample and accessible erasers
5. Extra fine-point permanent marker.
6. A fine or extra fine silver or light colored gel pen for marking dark fabric. I recommend Silver Sanford Uni-ball Gel Impact Bold 1.0mm
7. Fabric scissor
8. Template/paper scissors (this does not mean a discarded kitchen shears or made to fit the hand of a 5 year old!)
9. Set-up for rotary cutting, including a rotary cutter, ruler and mat. I like a small 30mm rotary cutter for trimming, and a rotary mat on a lazy susan (like the Brooklyn Revolver) so bring them if you have them.
10. Sewing machine with well-defined quarter-inch seam allowance guide. Bring a single hole throat plate if you have it.
11. An inexpensive compass
12. General sewing supplies including black or dark thread
13. Ziploc baggies to hold templates

Fabric: Keep in mind, the palette of fabric does not have to match. Diversity is the key.

Important: A couple of multi-colored cotton fabrics printed with at least 8 or 16 identical, on-grain bilaterally symmetrical motifs (in other words, the motif can be divided into identical halves by a line passing through the center) Also good: symmetrical patterns and mirror-imaged motifs printed off-grain (ie: paisleys). Also: Bring at least six 1/4-1/2 yards of small to medium all over prints, textures, gradations, stripes, marbled and stuff speckled with gold. Include rich, saturated jewel tones and painterly fabrics like batiks that evoke luminosity, translucence, iridescence. Gradations and stripes of all kinds are very useful.