This class outline may be used by teachers who wish to teach a project using The Creative Pattern Book by Judy Martin. Individuals seeking guidance for self instruction are also welcome to use this outline. I recommend beginning each class with a preview to ensure that students will come to the first work session properly prepared. Feel free to tailor this outline to your own teaching style. I divide each project into sessions. Sessions can be planned for consecutive weeks or all sessions can be presented in a single all-day workshop. The outline indicates where you can find additional lessons and details in the book or on this web site.
 
Class Description: Byzantine Flower Garden is a new pattern from Judy Martin’s Creative Pattern Book. It was inspired by the traditional Grandmother’s Flower Garden. Judy’s new, easier version eliminates the set-in joints and the need for hand stitching to paper foundations. For a special touch, Judy added a star to each ring. Learn to fancy cut, centering printed motifs in rotary cut patches, or simply rotary cut as usual. The quilt is presented in queen or wall/crib sizes.
 
Level: Intermediate
 
Supply List:
The Creative Pattern Book by Judy Martin
Rotary cutter
Rotary ruler with sixty-degree angle
Cutting mat
Sewing machine
Thread
Straight pins
Thread snips
Seam ripper (optional; you know if you need one)
Extension cord
Yardage, fat quarters, or scraps for your chosen quilt, as listed in The Creative Pattern Book
 
SESSION ONE: Preview
Demonstration:
Show the classroom sample as well as the book versions
Discussion: Style and color choices (p. 163)
Hands on:
Assist with fabric selection
Homework:
Choose and prepare fabrics (p. 126)
 
SESSION TWO: Units Y and Z
Discussion:
Cutting lengthwise strips (p. 25), trimming points (p. 36)
Demonstration:
Fancy Cutting (p. 172)
Rotary cutting 60-degree diamonds (p. 20)
Rotary cutting 60-degree triangles (p. 20)
Rotary cutting hexagons (p. 20)
Hands on:
Cut patches A, B, & C for Units Y and Z and border
Demonstration:
Piecing Units Y and Z, making matched pairs; do not join (p. 167)
Homework:
Cut and stitch Units Y and Z
 
SESSION THREE: Joining Units
Demonstration:
Rotary cutting long triangle F and Fr (p. 16)
Hands on:
Rotary cut F and Fr patches
Demonstration:
Arrange units with matched pairs together; make rows (p. 167)
Hands on:
Arrange units and make rows; join rows
Homework:
Complete quilt center
 
SESSION FOUR: Borders
Demonstration:
Rotary cutting clipped diamond E (p. 20)
Rotary cutting ½ square triangle G (p. 16)
Rotary cutting acute triangle H (p. 21)
Hands on:
Rotary cut E, G, and H
Demonstration:
Piecing Border Units and End Units (p. 167)
Hands on:
Piece Border Units and End Units
Discussion:
Making and attaching plain and pieced borders (p. 167)
Homework:
Make and attach borders
 
SESSION FIVE: Quilting and Finishing
Demonstration/discussion:
Quilting options (pp. 168 or 173), marking, basting, quilting, binding (p. 33) and finishing