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Latifah Saafir: Half Rectangle Triangle Design School

July 24 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Take your quilting to the next level with the bold, versatile Half Rectangle Triangle (HRT)!

In this immersive three-day workshop, you’ll master the techniques for cutting, sewing, and trimming perfect HRTs — then discover just how limitless they are as a design tool.

Beyond standard shapes like chevrons, diamonds and arrows we’ll explore whole quilt designs, radiating layouts and inventive block based designs. You’ll build a “design vocabulary” of HRT-based blocks and explore how color, scale, and proportion transform them into show-stopping quilts. With plenty of guided design play, you’ll experiment on the design wall, sketch layouts, and scale your ideas into a finished quilt top that’s uniquely your own.

By the end of class, you’ll leave with:

  • A full toolkit for making HRTs in all sizes and ratios with accuracy and confidence.
  • A solid start to a quilt top of your own design (or series of mini compositions).
  • A deeper understanding of design principles you can apply to any quilt.

Whether you love clean modern lines or even love fresh traditional shapes, HRT Design School will open up a whole new world of creative possibility.

National Quilt Museum

215 Jefferson St
Paducah, 42001 United States