Finishing & Binding with Lorraine Woodruff-Long

Join renowned artist and teacher Lorraine Woodruff-Long as she helps us get ready for the SFQG Show, 2-3 April 2027, with a class on finishing and binding. Lorraine will take us through multiple techniques to ensure your quilts are finished to a high standard. 

Get ready for your next quitl show! Binding is often a quilters least favorite part of quilting. Never fear
– it’s possible to love the process and your result! In this workshop I’ll show you:
 How to create, attached and sew-down well-constructed double-fold binding to protect the
edges of bed and larger quilts.
 How to face a quilt (not visible from the front) for floating wall and art quilts.
 When to use and how to create bias-binding.
 How to easily make a hanging sleeve to ensure your quilt hangs easily and falls straight
cleanly when mounted to a wall or frame.

The venue is the rear classroom at St Anne's. There is ample parking at the rear of the church on the basketball courts. 

Supply List

• Students must provide and know the basics of their own working sewing machine
• Fabric (I’ll teach all three of these)
  o For on-grain binding: ½” yard
  o For bias binding technique: ½” yard
  o For sleeve: Fabric or sheet that is at least 9” x (width of your quilt) Or bring a sheet as a
  sample to learn.
  o Note: I’ll provide quilted samples that you can use to attach binding to learn to bind and
  face a quilt, or you can bring your own quilt to bind. But bring fabric for binding and a
  sleeve.
• Thread for machine
• Sharp fabric scissors/shears
• 45” or 60” Rotary cutter
• 3”x18” acrylic ruler (or other favorite size that is long-ish)
• Portable cutting mat
• Sewing pins/pincushion or magnetic pin catcher
• Sewing pins & needles
• Glue stick or Elmers glue
• Toilet paper or paper towel rolls to roll up your binding

- Bring a water bottle and snacks

The Teacher

Lorraine Woodruff-Long is a San Francisco quilter with a primary focus on color, improvisation, and recycled/repurposed fabrics, who is passionate about creating quilts as political and social commentary. She is familiar under her quilting name @quiltinginthefog.

Raised in Houston, and educated at University of Texas/Austin, 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 with her architect husband before spring boarding into a fiber art practice prompted by the pandemic.

Lorraine’s work has been juried into art exhibitions at the de Young Museum/San Francisco, the California Heritage Museum/Santa Monica, Slate Contemporary Art Offsite Exhibitions, the Sanchez Art Center/Pacifica, Muzeo Museum & Cultural Center/Anaheim, TAG Gallery/Los Angeles the Drawing Room/San Francisco, and the Bedford Gallery-Lesher Center for the Arts/Walnut Creek. She has received numerous awards for her quilts at local, national and international quilt shows. Quilt exhibitions include the International Quilt Festival/Houston, QuiltCon, Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), and Quilt San Francisco among others.

Tickets

Tickets are open to members of the SF Quilters Guild ONLY until July 31st. Think about joining today! 

Any remaining tickets after this date will go on general sale. Simply come back from August 1st to see available ticket options. 

SFQG operates an equity ticket program to help those members facing financial difficulty be able to attend events. No one will know if you buy an equity ticket other than the Workshop Chair. Details about the program can be found here. 

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