DES009FriAM - Explore and Design Quilts in Streets of Raleigh
Friday, February 20, 2026
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Eastern time
Seats Available?: Sold Out Required Supplies: - Good walking shoes, appropriate clothing for walking around the convention center (comfortable clothes, umbrella and jackets are recommended if weather looks tentative). - Smart Phone with Camera or a Digital Camera (where you can download an image to phone or your device) - Blank paged Art Journal (or blank paper to design on) - Glue stick - Grid paper - Colored pencils, HB pencils (2H) - Eraser - Ruler - Scissors (for paper) - shared scissors will be provided but you may wish to have your own to maximize class time
Optional Supplies: In case of bad weather on the day, the back-up options are: - Photos will be provided that will be taken from the local area around the convention center or, - You can bring your own photographs that you have taken around the convention center before the class.
In this fun, hands-on workshop, students will head out for a relaxed walk around the Raleigh Convention Center to find inspiration in the everyday sights around them. With phones or DSLR cameras in hand, they'll snap photos of anything that sparks a creative idea—textures, patterns, colors, or shapes. Back in the classroom, everyone will take a look at their photos and work on translating them into a quilt design using paper and pencils. The session wraps up with a group chat about how to turn those sketches into real quilts!
