A fresh take on quilting: weave your fabric instead of piecing it
In this workshop, Nancy will walk you through a clever and creative technique called Fabric Wonder Weaving—a method that transforms fabric strips into a fully finished woven quilt top.
Your instructor, Nancy, will guide you step-by-step through how this process works and how you can create beautiful woven designs using prepared fabric strips with finished edges.
This workshop is perfect if you enjoy trying new techniques and want a fresh way to work with fabric strips—without worrying about raw edges or complicated piecing.
Nancy will show you how the strips are prepared, how they are woven together, and how this technique creates a clean, finished surface that’s ready for quilting and binding once complete.
What You’ll Get From This Workshop
- How to prepare fabric strips with finished edges on both sides
- The step-by-step Wonder Weaving technique (over/under method)
- How to keep your weaving straight, smooth, and aligned
- Tips for choosing strip widths and fabrics for different looks
- How to create a fully finished woven quilt top—no raw edges
- Design ideas and layout options to make your woven piece unique
- What to do next: quilting and binding your finished woven top
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Nancy is the quilter and creative behind Patchwork Breeze, where she shares her love of quilting through unique techniques, thoughtful designs, and a focus on making quilting approachable and enjoyable.
With years of experience exploring different quilting methods, Nancy enjoys teaching techniques that help quilters look at fabric in new ways—especially when it comes to working with strips and creating texture without complicated piecing.
Her teaching style is clear, encouraging, and easy to follow, making it simple to try something new without feeling overwhelmed. Nancy loves helping quilters build confidence while creating projects that feel both creative and doable.
In this workshop, she’ll guide you step-by-step through her Fabric Wonder Weaving technique so you can learn, experiment, and walk away ready to try it yourself.
About Nancy-
Website: https://patchworkbreeze.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patchworkbreeze/
How did you get your start in sewing:
I sewed my own clothes since age 12. A 1976 article in the Detroit News talked about the Bicentennial and the quilts women had made since 1776.
I decided I would make a quilt. Most fabric in 1976 wasn’t cotton; I used 50/50 polyester/cottons for my quilt. That was my start and I haven’t stopped.
What is your workshop all about:
I developed a technique I call “Fabric Wonder Weaving” or FWW. I’ve put together a slide presentation to show and discuss the basics of my technique.
Fabric Wonder Weaving allows a person to use fabric they have on hand. The main components are 2 sizes of fabric strips.
Sewing straight lines is easy, but the items created in the straight forward weaving step make people stop, take a look and ask, “How did you make that?”
Where do you find inspiration?
Truly my inspiration comes from the many fabrics I’ve collect over the years. I think of seasons or events where the FWW projects would stand out.
What are your favorite parts of quilting?
I get a charge from looking at fabrics, gathering combinations that may not be part of a collection, and designing something quilted and useful from the fabric.
Do you have a favorite notion?
The rotary cutter is a tool I use with every project. I have a 45cm and a 28 cm and I couldn’t do with out them.
The QS acrylic rulers with the grip backing are very helpful for me to keep the ruler in place when cutting my strips and pieces. And the last is blue painter’s tape that I use with layouts, numbering fabric pieces and taping notes to the wall.
Tell us about a project you are currently working on.
I’m working on a quilt using another technique of mine called Waves of Color. I’m preparing to offer it as an online class in late Spring. I’ve made two quilts and some table runners with the pattern.
What i like about the process is that it gives the illusion of curves without having to sew curves. It’s freeform cutting with a small rotary cutter and fabrics fused onto background squares. The layout of the pieces create so many possible designs.
What fun thing do you have coming up?
It’s been some time since I took a quilter’s bus trip. On April 18, I’m going to some quilt shops in southwest Michigan through our local shop.
I’ll enjoy seeing what things other shop have going on in the region. And I’ll leave the driving to someone else!
Give us a quirky fact about yourself.
In college I had too take a class called Industrial Ed for the Elementary Teacher. I was enthralled with what I was learning. This is 1975, I asked the Professor how I could get a degree to teach this. He told me and I ended up graduating with a minor to teach industrial education.
I almost got the chance in the district I was teaching in, but they decided they could not accomodate a course in the Middle School at that time. But I did make many things with my father and father-in-law using a variety of power tools!
What interested you when you aren’t quilting.
I like vegetable gardening, reading history books, and fishing with my husband.
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Becky Jorgensen is the creative quilter behind Patchwork Posse, the Patchwork Planner and her online quilt group Patchworkers Plus. You can find her patterns in books, magazines, and her quilt membership. Gather your quilting supplies, organize your sewing space, explore the process of disappearing quilt blocks, or finish a free quilt pattern. I'll help you use what you have, finish what you start and make your quilting journey fun!
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